What fish eat waste in aquarium?

[rmkblades]

Why do plecos poop so much? Would a goldfish of similar size and weight create more or less bio waste than a common pleco?

 

[ecoli73]

I think all dedicated plant eaters poop a lot.


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[RD.]

Not all plecos produce a lot of waste, nor do they all eat plant matter. Those that are genetically hard wired to consume a lot of plant matter, generally consume a lot of food with low nutritional content such as the algae, wood, and biofilm found in aquariums, so they glean what nutrients that they can, and excrete the rest.

 

[Bottomfeeder]

Large bodied, slow moving, bottom feeding fish just tend to create a lot of waste. Not sure why. I assume it has something to do with how their digestive system is built, which obviously has something to do with the lifestyle they have and the food they eat.

 

[BigFinn]

my goldfish will eat my oscar's poop sometimes.

 

[ecoli73]

my goldfish will eat my oscar's poop sometimes.

And when Oscar eats it, it's eating his own poo...


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[cichlidfish]

my goldfish will eat my oscar's poop sometimes.

I doubt its actually eating the poop. It might be spitting it out later. A lot of fish do this and especially goldfish. They'll keep trying to eat it and the poo usually ends up getting broken up.

 

[Trvrdgr12]

Scats

 

[pops]

should never feed Oscar gold fish, wither gut loaded or not,, not good for them.

 

[Big Rob Gee]

I think flagtails always left my tank in tip top shape
Not sure of eating poop
But left over food and clean glass or acrylic good fish to do so


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