Anyone else have toilet trained fish?

[Aronsaquarium]

I’ve got a White tail Tomini Tang, and he poops in a specific spot every time lol
Right in the front left corner

I’ve never seen a fish be so particular before about that

(And no it’s not the flow.. I’ve watched it a bunch of times. He literally comes out of his cave to poop)

 

[Widdlyscudds]

My Tomini does the exact same thing

 

[DrkNMighty]

I have a whitetail bristletooth that did the same thing for months. I don't think I have noticed it so much anymore.

 

[Aronsaquarium]

That’s really funny!
I guess something about their specific species

 

[shakacuz]

my tomini tang did that to the entrance to my yellow head jawfish cave. it would poop right in its face then swim away. jawfish would pick it up and spit it away

 

[DIYreefer]

Show off! I can't even get my puppy potty trained and this guy has a fish that is a tidy pooper, lol.

 

[vetteguy53081]

A couple of my tangs do the same and even have 2 that squirt their feces at feeding time to get the fish to go after it while they steal the food !

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

Yep. My bristletooth does the same thing!

 

[Aronsaquarium]

A couple of my tangs do the same and even have 2 that squirt their feces at feeding time to get the fish to go after it while they steal the food !

Haha! Thanks gold!

 

[Cthulukelele]

I love that bristletooth tangs specifically are known for this. My tomini tang also absolutely has a tank "bathroom" spot away from the rest of the fish in between 2 rocks in a low flow low traffic area of the tank. Wonder what the biological advantage for this genus is related to that!

 

[i cant think]

My twin spot bristletooth definitely used to do this, maybe the first 2 years I noticed he would poo in the exact same corner. Luckily it was the back corner that was furthest away from sight.
Now, I haven’t really seen it often.

 

[CBonito]

It all comes down to dookie. I mean, what else do we have? :face-with-tears-of-joy:

 

[Paul B]

Every morning I put mine in the toilet bowl. (I don't use "Tidy Bowl") An hour later after he does his thing, I put him back in the tank.

Sometimes my wife flushes the bowl so I go through a lot of Tomini Tangs. :oops:

 

[Waters]

Throw some coral in that corner and you have built in fertilizer/coral food :)

 

[Nano_Man]

Yep I had one toilet trained but passed it to a new owner it used far too much bog paper :face-with-tears-of-joy:

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

I love that bristletooth tangs specifically are known for this. My tomini tang also absolutely has a tank "bathroom" spot away from the rest of the fish in between 2 rocks in a low flow low traffic area of the tank. Wonder what the biological advantage for this genus is related to that!

(Tomini tangs are a type of bristletooth tang :) )

 

[Cthulukelele]

(Tomini tangs are a type of bristletooth tang :) )

I was corroborating everyone else's story lol

 

[litsoh]

On more than one occasion I've witnessed my Royal Gramma poop right above the intake of my filter so that it would get sucked up immediately. If only the others could catch on, especially my Threadfin :rolling-on-the-floor-laughing:

 

[butcherreef]

My gem tang will swim right above my maxima clam and poop on it in the same spot everyday.

 

[jajasonson]

My blue eye bristletooth and sometimes yellow tang will poop in the same area under a cave every time.