Is it normal for some fish to eat other fish' poop?

[HiGhTiMeZ]

weird i just noticed today after feeding my arowana and pbass some feederfishes...
i saw my tinfoils and bala shark ate my pbass and aros poop!!! i was like wtf! is it normal for these fishes? im worried abt their health even theyre just my dither fishes.

 

[RadleyMiller]

weird i just noticed today after feeding my arowana and pbass some feederfishes...
i saw my tinfoils and bala shark ate my pbass and aros poop!!! i was like wtf! is it normal for these fishes? im worried abt their health even theyre just my dither fishes.

Poop still has nutrients in it. For a long time, my female mollies used to follow my male molly around and eat his poop as he pooped.

 

[WyldFya]

Nothing to worry about.

 

[Zorro]

Hey the more poop it eats the less u need to pick up . Nothing to worry about

 

[davo]

Hey the more poop it eats the less u need to pick up . Nothing to worry about

it'll still get pooped out again!

 

[Zorro]

it'll still get pooped out again!

good point... crap

 

[RadleyMiller]

good point... crap

haha crap

but the poops will have less nutrients because they are twice digested

 

[awdawg]

I used to like the fact that my albino channel cat ate the poo.... haha I called the Sh*t poo! no but really, It saved a bit of mess!

 

[HiGhTiMeZ]

Hey the more poop it eats the less u need to pick up . Nothing to worry about

haha! i know! thats probably y i dont see too much poop on my WAY OVERSTOCKED tank!
its just that i dont know the nutrient facts on poop!

 

[WyldFya]

Anyone ever hear of the hippocrapeater? Real fish just ask guppy.