Poo? Really. POO?! Where did this theory start? I'm calling Shenanigans!

[MammothReefer]

Where did we some how get the notion that "poo" "fish waste product" is what's good for our SPS. What solid evidence have we seen that it's the act of fish pooping in the water that some how attribute to the coloration of our sps?

Would it not make more sense that it's the act of FEEDING the tank (or our fish) is what does the trick,

The left over food particles "clouds" that come off our food, break down in the water column and are then collected and eaten by our SPS when they are small enough to be captured are what I believe are feeding/coluring our SPS, and our ability to skim or remove by other means these particles before they break down and pollute the water is what sustains our ability to keep these corals alive. Regardless of if we have fish or not. I'd go as far as to say. An SPS tank FED and with proper waste export without the presence of fish would do just as good if not better then any fish infested waters!

To me... Fish Poop = Good Colured SPS = Add more fish = or take a deuce in your tank once a week. It just doesn't add up.

How could the nutrient stripped waste of our animals be more beneficial to our coral/colours then the nutrient rich food we supply them with?

 

[laud]

I guess it is as ridiculus as saying cow manure or worm castings are good for plants.

Even worse, fish emulsions for tomatoes? Haha

One man's trash is another's treasure

 

[Eurobeaner]

take a deuce in your tank once a week.

ill paypal $5 to the guy that does this and documents the success/failure. :lol:

 

[MammothReefer]

Agreed, I've never seen my sps show any signs of feeding when I've seen my fish poop in the water (or say shortly after).. However when ever I feed the tank, Cyclops, Roids, ect.. There is very visible signs of PE, and attempts to feed. I see this phrase thrown around a lot (and I'm sure i've said it myself), but today I got to thinking about how accurate it actually is.

 

[dvanacker]

I once read it is because fish are very ineffiecient at digestion. There digrestion systems can only harness roughly %25 of the foods nutrition.....leaving some fairly high nutrient particles in small sizes for corals....when its poopin time.

 

[Sisterlimonpot]

"When fish consume a meal a percentage is absorbed and waste is then created. Coral, fish, and other inhabitants then utilize the waste in nutrient absorption creating more waste broken down for other fauna to make use of. The process is a bioaccumulation of nutrients providing energy; however, exportation and suspension within the water column (unused) can interrupt the cycle, for better or for worse."

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

I've never seen any of my corals or anemones eat fish poo.

 

[israel.kendall]

I know this is the SPS forum, but I have witnessed an LPS eat poo with my own eyes. I have a 4-4.5" chalice that swallowed a large fish terd that landed on it.

 

[pimp2daizzo]

hows the food high in anything? protein ect.

 

[mutateddogbone]

i think the fish poo thing is more of a nutrient thing than actual eating itself. by feeding your fish, the crumbs they arnt able to grab and the nutrients released by the fish in the act of "taking a deuce" is what feeds the coral and helps it to grow. whenever i see somebody asked what they feed their acros to make em grow, and they say fish poop, i just understand that they have a very well fed fish population and the byproducts of feeding the fish is taking care of the corals

 

[tmgrash]

My tomini tang loves poo... Sick sob

 

[dudley moray]

How could the "NUTRIENT STRIPPED" waste of our animals be more beneficial to our coral/colours then the nutrient rich food we supply them with?

then why did i waste all that money on a protein skimmer?

 

[Pnoytoitz]

My tomini tang loves poo... Sick sob

Everytime my Starry blenny poo, my tomini tang eats it.. YACKY!!! :lol:

 

[jc-reef]

Everytime my Starry blenny poo, my tomini tang eats it.. YACKY!!! :lol:

Better yet my Blue Hippo Tang will hog most of the food during feeding time....at the same time lets out a big poo...turns around and eats its own poo!!! Gives 'recyling' a new meaning... :lol::lol::rollface:

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[MammothReefer]

then why did i waste all that money on a protein skimmer?

and our ability to skim or remove by other means these particles before they break down and pollute the water is what sustains our ability to keep these corals alive.

 

[MammothReefer]

hows the food high in anything? protein ect.

Should be on the labels of the food you got, some are high in fatty acids, some protein, ect.

 

[Brian Chong]

How could the nutrient stripped waste of our animals be more beneficial to our coral/colours then the nutrient rich food we supply them with?[/QUOTE]

Different needs for different species. Through adaptation? I was hoping to be convinced that all that coral food is not a waste of money.

 

[MammothReefer]

How could the nutrient stripped waste of our animals be more beneficial to our coral/colours then the nutrient rich food we supply them with?

Different needs for different species. Through adaptation? I was hoping to be convinced that all that coral food is not a waste of money.

Corals even sps are known to eat plankton in the wild, never have I heard or read (outside a forum). That SPS require "fish poop" for nutritional usage.

 

[Sk8r]

I've also seen it written somewhere, in some scientific context, that bristleworms may figure in the cycle by breaking down fish poo into a size convenient for sps to consume. So it's gotta pass through worms, first---like those very pricey coffee beans they recover from the droppings of the Common Palm Civet. Urk.

 

[Brian Chong]

Never cared to google this, but a good point. However, just because poo has been processed doesnt mean it's not rich in nutrients or maybe corals dont require the same amount as fish? Just throwing ideas at you