My kole tang eats fish poo

[snorvich]

Tangs are inefficient eaters and must feed constantly. As a consequence their "poo" is reasonablyy nutritious and attractive to algae grazers..

 

[Roshan8768]

My Tomini eats his own, not sure if he's started munching on others' lol

 

[brett559]

As a consequence their "poo" is reasonablyy nutritious and attractive ..

I love this hobby!

 

[LJC6780]

This thread is so old but I must add to it! I just got a Kole Tang a couple days ago. He is in QT with some other fish, going through TTM. I'm sitting here watching him go around the whole tank and clean up all the poop. There wasn't much since I just moved them to this tank yesterday but it's just about clean. Yuck!! I got him so he'd be a good algae grazer but I had no idea they are poop too! Poor thing, he just keeps picking at the day old PVC.

 

[hossa81]

I've seen my juvi red Coris wrasse go after my sailfin tangs poo, I think it's forgotten that detritus actually carries some nutritional value

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[gprdypoo04]

Mmmmmm yummy

 

[ca1ore]

This thread is so old but I must add to it! I just got a Kole Tang a couple days ago. He is in QT with some other fish, going through TTM. I'm sitting here watching him go around the whole tank and clean up all the poop. There wasn't much since I just moved them to this tank yesterday but it's just about clean. Yuck!! I got him so he'd be a good algae grazer but I had no idea they are poop too! Poor thing, he just keeps picking at the day old PVC.

It's a surprise to many, apparently, but bristles are detritivores more than they are herbivores (will eat slime algae, but not a great choice as a hair algae eater). Mine, whether kole, chevron or whitetail, have never eaten nori from the clip, but they do follow the larger fish around hoping for a 'treat'.

 

[Reef908]

My old tomini would eat his and others poo and also would only poo in one corner himself lol

 

[this is me]

My whitetail bristletooth also eats poop. I think he's a much better clean up crew than my snails, shrimps, crabs combine. Always pecking on the sandbed for the little algae and craps on it.