I never see my fish poop!?

[DeirdreHoyle]

I have a 25 gal community tank with 6 harlequin rasboras, 7 neons, a clown pleco and two GBR's. I've had the GBRs for about a month and the rest of the fish for almost a year and...I never see them poop! Is this weird? I used to have a tank with angels when I was younger and I would often see little brown strings hanging off them...not in my tank now! Are my fish ok?

 

[absolutangel04]

I imagine they are fine. Just because you don't see it doesn't mean it doesn't happen. I am going to go out on a limb here and guess that you probably don't watch them 24 hours a day looking for poop? Just vacuum the gravel for re-assurance.

 

[elephantnose]

Unless they get bloated you're fine. Who wants to see their fish poop anyways lol. Mine do it all the time while I'm watching I guess yours are just polite Xd.


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[DeirdreHoyle]

I imagine they are fine. Just because you don't see it doesn't mean it doesn't happen. I am going to go out on a limb here and guess that you probably don't watch them 24 hours a day looking for poop? Just vacuum the gravel for re-assurance.

Haha yes you are correct, I'm not on poop watch 24/7. There is always plenty of nastyness when I vacuum the gravel so you are probably right.

 

[DeirdreHoyle]

Unless they get bloated you're fine. Who wants to see their fish poop anyways lol. Mine do it all the time while I'm watching I guess yours are just polite Xd.

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Well I'm glad I've raised healthy AND polite fish

 

[toddnbecka]

Get a BN pleco, they mainly graze on algae and biofilm. Long digestive tract, they produce impressively long strings of poop, should be enough to satisfy your curiosity LOL.