How often does your tang...um...poo? haha

[skidoll]

I have a yellow-eyed kole tang, approximately 4 inches. He's quite the piggy, and grazes all day. I dont have a lot of algae in my tank, but he still manages to pick whatever he can find. I feed the tank three times a day, usually, and a combo of NLS pellets, F1/F2, Mysis, etc.

Has anyone ever noticed how often their tang poops? I noticed Bubba (the tang) poops A LOT! I was staring at my tank last night, and decided to count his "explosions." 10 times in a 20 minute period. OMG! If that were continuous, thats 30 times an hour! Is this normal? Has anyone ever observed this, or am i just slightly sick? LOL

Can fish have intestinal upset? Is my tang normal?!?

[RealReef7]

Well it just depends on how much you feed.. in my case i only feed once a day too keep my nitrates in check. In your case 3 times a day is pretty heavy feeding but the more food for the fish is better but at the same time keeping your parameters in check.

[skidoll]

Ya, I know 3 times is a lot, but im careful and check my parameters a lot, and everything is in check. It just seems like a lot for him to be a constant pooper, even many hours after his last feeding. Weird!

[aleonn]

I think tangs naturally poo a lot lol. My blue tang takes care of business every time I'm about to feed the tank.

[Stanley-Reefer]

making room for more

[scapes]

yeah, my tang was quite the piggy too. He was a whitecheek tang, had for over 2 years until he passed last week. anyway, he would eat anything. I have a melanaurus wrasse and this tang would go so far as chase this wrasse all over the tank b/c the wrasse had poo coming out and the tang wanted to eat it-which he did! gross!!!

to answer your question....i've never sat there and counted poops. so, i couldn't tell ya' if my remainder yellow tang is as bad as yours

[Oceanic150]

My Yellow Eye Cole Tang is about the same size,he eats and pics constantly and now that you mention it, he does poo alot. But not anymore than my Niger Trigger!

[smoyer]

I see them pooping a lot right at and during feeding. I think feed stimulates them to poop.

[skidoll]

I swear i have more important thing going on in my life than counting poos! haha! Watching the tank is my kind of therapy, and when I realized the little guy goes so much, I knew I had to get opinions. I'm glad he's normal! I didnt know if fish could get the flu, or some kind of intestinal upset, which would make them go to the bathroom more!

[aleonn]

I was waiting for this discussion to turn towards texture and type of poo depending on their meal of the day hehehe

[celamb89]

my orangeshoulder tang does some serious unloading hahah I feed him 2 times a day plus give him nori algae... if he's not happy with the feeding he gets grumpy and starts bullying others fish... but anyway he doesnt poop as much as urs! thats some serious unloading skills haha