Molly Pooping Sand?

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venymae

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Hello All!

I have a black/dalmatian Molly. She is fat, healthy and companions with 2 other dalmation mollies and 9 zebra danios in a well established, planted, 29 gallon tank. She is acting normal (she's always been a bit shy) but today while watching her she seems to be defecating...sand? It's powdery like, white, not like poop at all more like, fine sand or course powder? It's weird.

The substrate is play sand, and she does sift it (suck it in, spit it out). Has anyone heard of this before? If she is ingesting sand should I be worried???
 
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