weird behavior with my kole tang

[david p.]

hi,
i know my question might seems really stupid (actually it is stupid)... but i have to ask because what i have observed with my kole tang seems unreal.

can a fish go poop always at the same spot ? it's almost like a ritual

i have seen my kole tang go near the bottom, his belly practicly touching the sand, and poop exactly at the same spot at a point where i can see a build up of his poop (it's not a build up odue to flow in the tank).
i do see him poop in the water column also, so it's not always on that spot, but i have seen him enougt that i thought it was a funny behavior.

am i crazy ?

 

[4FordFamily]

Never known fish to do that, particularly tangs. You sure it's not scratching on the bottom?

 

[Maritimer]

Mine does it too, like a cat with a litterbox. Except her litterbox is a rock-flower anemone.

~Bruce

 

[david p.]

Mine does it too, like a cat with a litterbox. Except her litterbox is a rock-flower anemone.

Yeah!!!
i'm not crazy!!

 

[Deinonych]

Nope, not crazy. Mine does it, right in front of one of my Royal Gramma pair's caves. I view it as an act of contempt, as the Kole is not fond of my RGs.

 

[4FordFamily]

My kole and chevron don't do any of this, I guess my bristletooth tangs are less fun

 

[david p.]

i spend some time in front of the tank, and i saw my kole do it 2 times just this evening... so weird

 

[Empress]

hi,
i know my question might seems really stupid (actually it is stupid)... but i have to ask because what i have observed with my kole tang seems unreal.

can a fish go poop always at the same spot ? it's almost like a ritual

i have seen my kole tang go near the bottom, his belly practicly touching the sand, and poop exactly at the same spot at a point where i can see a build up of his poop (it's not a build up odue to flow in the tank).
i do see him poop in the water column also, so it's not always on that spot, but i have seen him enougt that i thought it was a funny behavior.

am i crazy ?

That's funny. My dog does the same thing. Poops in the same place.

 

[Velcro]

My kole tang does the same thing and I've read that it's very common.

 

[Velcro]

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/a...hat-uses-the-same-spot-to-expel-waste.250429/

 

[Eva Rose]

Not exactly the same thing but my little bristletooth tang would poop right in my other tang's face whenever the bristletooth was chased. There was not real aggression - a mild short chase a few times, till she accepted the bristletooth after 2 days.. The pooping kept the chase short. But it must have been effective. They are now buddies.

 

[Maritimer]

I've also seen the kole eat other fish's droppings - maybe yours was a peace offering?! (~_^)

~B.

 

[DeniseAndy]

Mine has a specific spot too. Go figure. Funny fish.

 

[Eva Rose]

I've also seen the kole eat other fish's droppings - maybe yours was a peace offering?! (~_^)

~B.

Lol...maybe!! I don't know if my other tang felt that way but they now share Nori bits that come off the clip between each other. They get on either side of the shred ( like the spaghetti scene in Disney's Lady & the Tramp).

 

[david p.]

my kole can chase my flaemback angels until the poop falls from the angels.... yummy!!!

 

[Deinonych]

my kole can chase my flaemback angels until the poop falls from the angels.... yummy!!!

LOL...my Kole patrols the rocks where my wrasses sleep so he can grab a tasty morsel when they wake up (they always take big poops when they emerge). So gross.

 

[Velcro]

Tangs <3 poop.