Waste Eating Fish

[xFLEAxx]

Are there any fish out there that will eat the waste produced by other fish??

 

[KMKN]

carp and tilpia

 

[Lupin]

Scats are also one of those. All the fish mentioned though are too large for most aquaria.

 

[KMKN]

Scats are also one of those. All the fish mentioned though are too large for most aquaria.

scats really? wow never heard of them eating waste

 

[rabbit1981]

might i ask what size tank i need to have a scat?

 

[Dylan]

You need to take in to consideration that they most likely will ignore the waste for the prepared foods you offer them, secondly they to will produce their own waste

 

[Jeox]

yeah..even if a fish meticulously ate all the waste in a tank, it would just poop it right back out, saving you no cleaning work.

 

[KMKN]

ya true

 

[TwistedPenguin]

There's no shortcuts to tank maintenence Get a powerhead and put it towards the bottom to push water towards the intake, that works alright. But you'll still have to clean the filter out.

 

[crisper]

scats really? wow never heard of them eating waste

Hence the latin name scatophagus