Do your fish eat other fish's poop :P

[trido]

Its just the same as when the new puppy eats almond roca from the cat litter box. Dont deny it. We've all seen it. :lol:

 

[Anonymous]

Vegan poop the new cheap Angel food!

 

[Anonymous]

Peeps, this is known as coprophagy, and is quite common in angelfish as well as other species. There are minerals that the fish obtain from fecal matter that occur in at least the same abundance as in non-poop food items. So the fish know exactly what their doing. This feeding pattern is often seen in Centropyge species, most notably acanthops and argi, but also larger species such as certain Holocanthus species (passer for instance).
It doesn't always manifest itself in captivity, but with regard to angels you're more likely to witness it with the smaller detrivore species mentioned above. It's sudden occurrence in a non-detrivore species may indicate some dietary deficiencies - that part us just speculation.

Jim

I'm surprised you didn't mention Centropyge interruptus. A large part of its diet is the feces of zooplanktivorous fishes (like fairy wrasses), mostly lyretail anthias IIRC. From--

Moyer, J.T. & A. Nakazono. 1978. Population structure, reproductive behavior and protogynous hermaphroditism in the angelfish Centropyge interruptus at Miyake-jima, Japan. Japan. J. Ichthyol. 25: 25-39.

I forgot that fish existed quite honestly. :lol:

 

[Anonymous]

You forgot? I don't believe you.

 

[Anonymous]

When making that post I did. You've had that affliction I'm sure, that localized secondary piscine amnesia.