Is there an animal that will eat goldfish poop?

[Pelvis Popcan]

My 6 goldfish poop a lot in their 42 gallon hex tank, I was searching
for a tank mate that might eat their debris.

Will snails do the job? Or are there any other creatures better suited
to this?

I don't have live plants in my tank, and don't want to fuss with them.

[BErney1014]

>I was searching
>for a tank mate that might eat their debris.
>
>Will snails do the job?

Snails make quite a poop mess too. Goldfish will recycle and turn the poop into
fines that will be caught by the filter. You need an intake near enough to have
the fines collected.

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if there is a lot of debris you are overfeeding and maybe feeding the wrong food.
find higher protein food with less "filler" like corn or wheat. feed MUCH MUCH less
and the fish will grow. if you are seeing their poop, it is diagnostic of over
feeding or problems. see diagnosis by poop here.
http://users.megapathdsl.net/~solo/puregold/disease/disease.htm
what you need is better filter too. get rid of the gravel BTW and the tank will stay
cleaner. Ingrid

Pelvis Popcan > wrote:

>My 6 goldfish poop a lot in their 42 gallon hex tank, I was searching
>for a tank mate that might eat their debris.
>
>Will snails do the job? Or are there any other creatures better suited
>to this?
>
>I don't have live plants in my tank, and don't want to fuss with them.



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[bassett]

You could try a nice big Oscar or a Firemouth,, Only trouble is they will
eat the Poo
while its still in the Goldfish.
..
> wrote in message
...
> if there is a lot of debris you are overfeeding and maybe feeding the
wrong food.
> find higher protein food with less "filler" like corn or wheat. feed MUCH
MUCH less
> and the fish will grow. if you are seeing their poop, it is diagnostic of
over
> feeding or problems. see diagnosis by poop here.
> http://users.megapathdsl.net/~solo/puregold/disease/disease.htm
> what you need is better filter too. get rid of the gravel BTW and the
tank will stay
> cleaner. Ingrid
>
> Pelvis Popcan > wrote:
>
> >My 6 goldfish poop a lot in their 42 gallon hex tank, I was searching
> >for a tank mate that might eat their debris.
> >
> >Will snails do the job? Or are there any other creatures better suited
> >to this?
> >
> >I don't have live plants in my tank, and don't want to fuss with them.
>
>
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List
> http://puregold.aquaria.net/
> www.drsolo.com
> Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
> compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
> endorsements or recommendations I make.

[Magic menagerie]

6 fish in a 42 gallon tank is a bit too many....

[Dave, Chris & Ben Oinonen Ehren]

in article , Pelvis Popcan at
wrote on 10/18/03 7:44 AM:

> My 6 goldfish poop a lot in their 42 gallon hex tank, I was searching
> for a tank mate that might eat their debris.
>
> Will snails do the job? Or are there any other creatures better suited
> to this?
>
> I don't have live plants in my tank, and don't want to fuss with them.
Snails will eat goldfish poop, but can't live on it, and will die if they
don't get additional food, which they will make into poop. I usually use my
twice monthly water change times to use the siphon to clean poop out of the
goldfish tank.

Once goldfish poop has been through the biofilter cycle, algae and plants
will eat goldfish poop, and poop that has been syphoned out makes great
houseplant fertilizer.

Chris

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