Fish farts

[MohrReefs]

Wondering if anyone has seen this before. My clown fish was swimming around and producing small bubbles from it's exit. Did I witness a fish fart?

 

[NanoDJS]

lol

 

[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

Yep. It's a thing. LOL

 

[jeffchapok]

Oh yeah, we had a thread on it.

 

[vetteguy53081]

 

[joe0813]

Great now ill be sitting in front of my tank longer than i already do waiting for my fish to start ripping them.

 

[homer1475]

Saw my silly little clown do this yesterday. Didn't realize it was an actual thing till I saw it happen. Funny part, as he farted he got a little boost, kind of like rocket power. lol

 

[Magellan]

Saw my silly little clown do this yesterday. Didn't realize it was an actual thing till I saw it happen. Funny part, as he farted he got a little boost, kind of like rocket power. lol

If he’s anything like my dog it probably scared him ;Hilarious

 

[Sallstrom]

https://www.maritimeherald.com/2019...t-founded-the-most-liberal-city-in-the-world/

 

[piranhaman00]

My tang does all the time.

 

[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

I just wish someone would catch it on camera.

 

[FishDoc]

Wondering if anyone has seen this before. My clown fish was swimming around and producing small bubbles from it's exit. Did I witness a fish fart?

This topics come up many times in the past and there is some misconception with regard to the formal biological process but some fish can release gas from the vent. Many however cannot but will expel excess gases from gas bladder or digestive byproducts from their mouth, like a burp.

 

[FishDoc]

https://www.maritimeherald.com/2019...t-founded-the-most-liberal-city-in-the-world/

Strange write up but yes, herring is one of the families known to emit gases, in their cause as a form of altruism.

 

[Cuzuco]

Having a nanotank I can't but notice it as everytime this happens the parameters get wild and the corals retract.

 

[N8Hull]

I just witnessed this for the second time from my snowflake. I’ll catch her one day this week and post a video.

 

[BackToTheReef]

All I can picture is right now there are a bunch of people sitting in front of their tank with their phones out waiting to capture the "moment" and be the first to post!

 

[N8Hull]

All I can picture is right now there are a bunch of people sitting in front of their tank with their phones out waiting to capture the "moment" and be the first to post!

Uhhhhh, yep.