Fish poop consistency?

[SDguy]

I was just curious if there is an accepted correlation between fish poop consistency and health. Example: My tangs...classic looking herbivore poop. My anthias have very solid, structured poop. But some wild cards: my male swallowtail angel....not at all solid...turns to particulates. My meredithi angels in my FO have very solid poops, but some of my butterflies literally poop dust. Thoughts?

 

[lilalove]

You've been hanging out in the Lounge too much! But I'll play. This is interesting, my anthias and clowns poop kind of dusty too. My tailspot blenny though, poops a massive turd and will swim to a corner, poop, and then go back to his hole. Always the same corner. I haven't really noticed anyone else's poop though.

 

[rogersb]

My blue throat trigger has poo that is just a ton of small particles. My yellow tang has large chunks. I don't observe my clowns or flame angel pooping often, but I did see a huge snail let go tonight and it was almost a dust cloud.

 

[SDguy]

You've been hanging out in the Lounge too much! But I'll play. This is interesting, my anthias and clowns poop kind of dusty too. My tailspot blenny though, poops a massive turd and will swim to a corner, poop, and then go back to his hole. Always the same corner. I haven't really noticed anyone else's poop though.

My tomini tang only poops in the front left corner of the tank. Always.

 

[IFbettas]

My pair of ocellaris clowns have always had white poop. They spawn every 2 weeks and I've had them for several years. Does the white color still mean they have internal parasites?

 

[rogerwilco357]

do any of these fish leave logs? like solid poop that hit only one coral? instead of a wide spread feeding all corals?

 

[lilalove]

Yes, my blenny poops huge green logs. But only in one corner, so he isn't feeding anything but my skimmer.

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

My tomini tang only poops in the front left corner of the tank. Always.

ditto with my Ctenochaetus striatus. It's so odd that I even took a picture of it.

fwiw my cleaner wrasse lets loose with a long string of flourescent orange poo.

 

[SDguy]

LOL, did you sneak into my place and take that picture? :lol: