SiameseFightingFist Posted November 11, 2011 Report Share Posted November 11, 2011 What does betta poop look like? I set up a little hatchery and placed a zucchini in it for my catfish but I suspect that the bettas have been eating the zucchini. Every morning I see two kinds of poop in there, thin black tiny stick-like things, and the usual orangey poop. The thin black sticks are the betta ones aren't they. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melbournebetta Posted November 11, 2011 Report Share Posted November 11, 2011 yesh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiameseFightingFist Posted November 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2011 That's my line!oh by the way, I have seen the betta ripping into the zucchini so I know they do eat it. And I've also seen my male betta swallow a couple of whole zucchini seeds. So I know there's some of that going on .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicola Posted November 11, 2011 Report Share Posted November 11, 2011 When i had betta's in the past their poop was orange blobs o.O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiameseFightingFist Posted November 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2011 oh.. hm... in that case... hmm.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicola Posted November 11, 2011 Report Share Posted November 11, 2011 Though i guess it depends what they are fed, mine were on pellets which were reddy orange, so that must = red/orange poo.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiameseFightingFist Posted November 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2011 That complicates things then. Cos I've been feeding the bettas fish flakes (although I've got some frozen blood worms in the freezer waiting to go), but the zucchini and algae sinking pellets are for the catfish. I've seen the bettas grab mouthfuls of zucchini, they also pick up the pellets but spit them out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiameseFightingFist Posted November 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2011 Here's my quandary - the bettas are curious everytime I do something in the tank and when I place the hatchery containing the zucchini and pellets in the tank, they pretty much all get into the hatchery to play with the pellets (but not eating them) and some of them take some chunks out of the zucchini. But most of the poop by morning are the black thing stick ones. The inside of the zucchini looks like it's been eaten out but most if not all of the pellets are still there so .... I can't quite work out whether it's the bettas eating the zucchini, or whether the bristlenose catfish are eating the zucchini but completely leaving the pellets alone. The LFS sold me these pellets saying that they were feeding the bristlenose the same thing and if that's the case, I can't figure out why the bristlenose are leaving them alone. I'm concerned if the bristlenose are eating or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild Nut Posted November 11, 2011 Report Share Posted November 11, 2011 I always find brown-orange balls of poo in my betta tanks depending on what I feed them. My otos have very thin, almost sticks of poo that I find all over everything. Perhaps your bristlenose are finding enough food elsewhere in the tank that they're not bothering with the pellets and only eating the zucchini. Wouldn't put it past that lot to have a go at anything, no matter how unpalatable :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiameseFightingFist Posted November 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2011 The thing that worries me is that it's a new tank so there's absolutely nothing in terms of algae for the bristlenose fish. I'm not sure if they are slowly starving themselves in this new environment with the bettas. But then if that was the case, where is all the poo coming from. I can't see that they're eating the pellets and the bettas are pretty much all over the hatchery every time I look. Does anyone have these bristlenoses too: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicola Posted November 12, 2011 Report Share Posted November 12, 2011 Maybe only feed the Pellets for the Bristlnoses for a while to see if they are eating them, might help you see if they are in fact nomnoming on them :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiameseFightingFist Posted November 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2011 Maybe I should do that. I was worried they weren't eating anything so I tried to provide them a smorgasbord at first instance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted November 12, 2011 Report Share Posted November 12, 2011 I've never paid attention to fish poop. Maybe that's just me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiameseFightingFist Posted November 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2011 I'd never paid any attention to any kind of poop, up to two days ago.This fishkeeping adventure I embarked upon two months ago has been unpredictable.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiameseFightingFist Posted November 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2011 Nicola you're a genius. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicola Posted November 13, 2011 Report Share Posted November 13, 2011 :lol: Uhm? Thank you? LOL So what did you end up finding out :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiameseFightingFist Posted November 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2011 I removed the zucchini and throughout the day I noticed the little green pellets have been disappearing one by one and there's lots of little black poo sticks in the hatchery. I'm pretty sure the bettas don't touch the pellets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicola Posted November 13, 2011 Report Share Posted November 13, 2011 Well that's good, at least you know that they are eating now and who's responsible for what poo Lol! :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiameseFightingFist Posted November 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2011 I'm pretty sure I had a relatively normal life before I started on this fishkeeping thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicola Posted November 13, 2011 Report Share Posted November 13, 2011 Most people probably did too My life was normal before chickens, and now fish are being added to all the maddness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumofthehoarde Posted November 13, 2011 Report Share Posted November 13, 2011 my life was never normal...but it just keeps getting freakier.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiameseFightingFist Posted November 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 News update - Bettas can poop green poop too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicola Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 :lol: !! Guess it depends on what they eat LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiameseFightingFist Posted November 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 I think they're pooping green on purpose. Just to throw me off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicola Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 It's their master plan, to confuse people with Poo :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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