I Would agree with you but for the very first point Lasse makes stating in fact that white stringy poop (I cant believe what we are arguing lol...) is always a myth. Or for that matter the question asked in absolute terms with a premise that it’s either real or a myth and as I pointed out earlier the truth is in the middle but despite posting contrary arguments and studies we won’t really get anywhere and thus my comment re.beliefs etc.
Go back to page 1 or see below. I think it’s been proven many times in the last pages that it’s not (always) a myth but here we are arguing over and over. Then when called out, people get offended - sorry for my impatience but that gets old fast...and yeah we all have agendas etc etc lol
“In the disease part of the forum – it comes a lot of advises according handling stringy white poops that often show up when you buy a new fish. The general answer to this is that the fish have internal parasites – treat ASP and it is often recommended to treat with Metronidazole or its derivates. IMO – this is one of the more dangerous myths existing in the reefing community and in this short write up – I try to show why I have this standpoint”
But in the article he says this (which states that white poop alone should not prompt emergency treatment) - I think (he can say or not) that this was the major point or?:
If a SW fish show up all four indications of African bloat – shy, dark coloured, not eating or even interest of food and showing up a thin, stringy white pop – I would be considering to do a treatment with help of metronidazole – especially if the fish have been normal before. But knowing the effects of metronidazole on gut bacteria. I´ll be very, very carefully to use this drug. Even in low concentrations in the water because of uptake in the fish body.