fish faeces and constipation

i love fish

Member
Can anyone tell me what a healthy fish faeces looks like, and if it is hanging form the fishes vent for a long time before it all comes off, does this mean it has constipation?
 

tarball

Member
Originally Posted by i love fish
Can anyone tell me what a healthy fish faeces looks like, and if it is hanging form the fishes vent for a long time before it all comes off, does this mean it has constipation?
This topic is disgusting
so I'll give an answer.
My sailfin tang has blowouts. Particles floating everywhere.
Anthias is as you described you above.
Hawkfish is as you described you above.
Copperband butterfly is as you described above.
The banana dude
.............. ?
 

snakeblitz33

Well-Known Member
my yellow tang and sailfin tang both have blowouts! Other then that, if it looks long and stringy, most of the time it's alright.
Like someone said earlier, check out Beth's thread.
 

salty blues

Active Member
Originally Posted by reefmate75
my sailfin blows out too.!! then he turns around and eats it
along with alot of the other fish

yum
 

dragonzim

Active Member
I've had my tank up for about 4 years now and I have never once seen any of my fish poop. Just lucky, I gues!
 

sepulatian

Moderator
Originally Posted by i love fish
Can anyone tell me what a healthy fish faeces looks like, and if it is hanging form the fishes vent for a long time before it all comes off, does this mean it has constipation?
It should not be hanging from the fish's anus. What does it look like? White and stringy or greeninish brown? Most salt fish do it quickly and you never see it, from the water flow. What is hanging from your fish? Are you referring to the anus as a "vent" or is it comming from some place else?
 

wattsupdoc

Active Member
Originally Posted by reefmate75
my sailfin blows out too.!! then he turns around and eats it
along with alot of the other fish

EEEEEWWWWW!
Thats nasty! Why does fish taste so good?
It's not uncommon for them to have some hangers. My naso gets them whenever he eats cheato. Can you get a pic of it?
 

i love fish

Member
most of the time they have blow outs, but my emperor mostly has solid stools, sometimes they are greenish brown and occasionally transparent/whitish they hang out of it's anus for abit, sometimes for an hour or so, and sometimes they just rall right off. But the majority of the time they are solid/semi solid or at times stringy.
 

metweezer

Active Member

Originally Posted by i love fish
Can anyone tell me what a healthy fish faeces looks like, and if it is hanging form the fishes vent for a long time before it all comes off, does this mean it has constipation?
Depends!
 
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