tang poo....

[tydtran]

Thanks for chiming in everyone. I've changed my opinion thanks to the information presented.

[Lucky-rc]

Originally posted by DrBegalke
Yes, it does.

The more times a nutrient is cycled, the more that is "lost" to such things as energy expenditure of the animal, growth, etc.

Beyond that, each organism, in this case say a hermit crab, breaks down the waste into more basic molecules which bacteria are able to use, etc.

This is the very premise of live rock filtration, amphipods, copepods, bacteria in the porous rock, etc. and what happens in the reefs.

Very well stated!
everything on the reef has a purpose, even the poo, if it's not a food source for something then the coral and algae use the nutrients from it. In a captive setting these nutrients can build up and be bad, Hence the skimmer and oter equip. But Why not use the waste to support another critter. The trade off would me smaller poo and less nutrient value in it. I would have never thought that reef people would not see the facts behind poo breakdown. Not that I'm picking on them, It just kinda surprised me when a few said this a bad idea, and not the way it works?

Lucky

[Lucky-rc]

How bout a bump for the weekend crew...

I wonder if the Yellow Watchman goby would be a good guy for the job?
Lucky