Anything eat poop?

[jaBX1]

I have a lawnmower blenny (algae blenny) who i just love. he is always hopping around the tank nipping at algae on the rocks and glass.

But since he is always eating and has a full belly he is ALWAYS POOPING.
There is poop all over my sand and rocks, every day or two i suck out as much as i can but it is really starting to get ridiculous.

I have a clean up crew of hermit crabs, different snails, and a cleaner shrimp but they dont help with poop.
Is there any animal that will actually eat or clean the blenny's waste or am i just stuck manually cleaning it?

 

[jaBX1]

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[tunicata]

nassarius snails. Almost any typical clean up crew.
So, snails, cucumbers, etc. It all depends on what your other tank inhabitants are. Either way, they are detritus eaters, os ...anything goes.

 

[jaBX1]

hmm.. i have nassarius snails, maybe he just is creating more than they can keep up with.

i will try adding more

 

[saltwaterinbrooklyn]

Diamond gobies sift through a ton of sand a day!!! That's your best bet!!

 

[NYreefNoob]

avoid the sand sifting gobies, besides the point they end up spitting the sand ontop of everything, they are scooping the sand for microflornia,
your pic dont look to be poop but algea or diatoms

 

[duke62]

Whatever you add to eat poop that in turn will also create waste. Add more flow to the tank. Sounds like you dont have much if you see the poop settling

 

[Dan_P]

I have a lawnmower blenny (algae blenny) who i just love. he is always hopping around the tank nipping at algae on the rocks and glass.

But since he is always eating and has a full belly he is ALWAYS POOPING.
There is poop all over my sand and rocks, every day or two i suck out as much as i can but it is really starting to get ridiculous.

I have a clean up crew of hermit crabs, different snails, and a cleaner shrimp but they dont help with poop.
Is there any animal that will actually eat or clean the blenny's waste or am i just stuck manually cleaning it?

Fish excrement is probably nutritious only to microbes unless there is undigested food present. The clean up crew's job is to remove algae, uneaten food and dead plants and animals.

How is the water flow in your tank? I would have thought the Blenny's excrement would break up and disperse.

Good luck.

 

[MikeC]

The most important part of this pic is to READ the part at the bottom in RED.

IMOP increase your flow and keep siphoning, by increasing your flow you will get the detritus up into the water column and out to your skimmer were it can be removed.
You must export what you import.

 

[lnevo]

avoid the sand sifting gobies, besides the point they end up spitting the sand ontop of everything, they are scooping the sand for microflornia,
your pic dont look to be poop but algea or diatoms

+1

I have a love hare relationship with my goby. Love how nice he keeps the sand but hate that i cant keep anything on the sand without him covering them.

 

[e.muehlbauer]

None of our aquarium animals "eat" poop...that is done by bacteria. They will sift through it and break it up, but the poop still remains.

 

[Arati]

turn up the flow until nothing settles in the bottom.

 

[MIKE NY]

None of our aquarium animals "eat" poop...that is done by bacteria. They will sift through it and break it up, but the poop still remains.

my PBT will eat it if it's free floating in the wate column....

 

[Elflaco112]

Like others have said get more flow in your tank. Will definitely break up the poop.

 

[e.muehlbauer]

Fish "eat" poop all the time (so does my turtle)...the question is what do they do afterwards. A few seconds later they spit it out or it comes out through the gills. Fish don't have our inhibitions...its taste first, decide if its edible later.