Mystery Droppings

divetroop

divetroop

Member
I've had my SW tank for about 4 months. I started noticing what I believe are large droppings.
I don't believe they are from any fish. They are too big! I always find them in the morning and in the same spot. They are bout an inch in length and about half an inch in diameter. I'm thinking it is some creature I haven't seen and that I don't know that I have in my tank. The droppings are grey in color with sand particles in them. It's making my sand bed look like a dump area every morning. I siphoned them out every morning. Has anyone had this problem before? Sorry, no digital camera, so no pics. :needhelp:
75 gallon tank
1 ocelllaris clownfish
1 coral beauty
1 yellow-tail damsel
1 blue damsel
20-30 hermit crabs
10 astreas snails
 
mikeyjer

mikeyjer

Active Member
Do you have live rock in your tank??? If so some creature might have hitch-hiked within the rocks....If you don't have live rock, most likely would be droppings from your coral beauty and it's nothing to worry about. My tangs take large green dump every morning cause they eat a lot, they graze on algae all day long.
 
divetroop

divetroop

Member
I have about 90-100 lbs of LR. The Coral beauty is always nipping at the LR. The droppings are an inch long and gray/ green in color. They don't look like nuggets. They break apart after a few hours. Just an eye sore.
 
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