Tang Police Help!

[GRREEF]

My Hippo is eating my Favia's excrement.... this is not cool.... this is gross. Why would she do this?

The horror...the horror....

:worried:

 

[DMK]

this is not a job 4 the tang police! so what, don't worry about it.

 

[Wiskey]

ya, don't worry about it, my 6-line eats my yellow tang's poop every day, never hurt him, it is nasty though.

Whiskey

 

[janco]

Dogs eat their fecal matter also. At least your tang isn't trying to lick your face after doing so (unlike man's best friend)

jan

 

[Gabi480]

hahaha my hippo eats my coral beauty's poop all the time. It's funny it eats it like noodles. HAHAHAHAHA
Gabi

 

[christianbak]

its nasty but nature... try spot-feeding if it really bothers you

 

[original-reefland]

Big word of the day.. "coprophagous".

And if that happens to be your thing.. (yuk), some reading material for ya:

Bailey, T.G. and D.R. Robertson. 1982b. Organic and caloric levels of fish feces in relation to its consumption by coprophagous reef fishes. Marine Biology 69:45-50. Download

Robertson, D.R. 1982a. Fish feces as fish food on a Pacific coral reef. Marine Ecology Progress Series 7:253-265. Download

 

[gman0526]

If you take into account that only about 30% of what the fishes originally eats is actually digested and 70% excretd then you can assume that the fish is actually having a healthy snack

 

[GRREEF]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6621059#post6621059 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by original-reefland
Big word of the day.. "coprophagous".

And if that happens to be your thing.. (yuk), some reading material for ya:

Bailey, T.G. and D.R. Robertson. 1982b. Organic and caloric levels of fish feces in relation to its consumption by coprophagous reef fishes. Marine Biology 69:45-50. Download

Robertson, D.R. 1982a. Fish feces as fish food on a Pacific coral reef. Marine Ecology Progress Series 7:253-265. Download

"Naturally occurring coprophagous interactions among marine macroorganisms have received little direct attention from marine ecologists."

....hmmm ... I wonder why, I guess that is one way to get your doctorate!!

:mixed:

 

[EmergencyDpt]

"Excuse me, are you gonna eat that poop?"

 

[JENnKerry]

It is perfectly normal for tangs to eat fecal matter.