stupid question but o well.

[guppy_man]

i kno this is probably a stupid question but when i went to get my 2 fantail goldfish earlier on today my 9 year old sister asked me if fish pee lol

but it is quite a question isnt it well i dont know if they do.


do any of you guys

 

[rdd1952]

They definitely do and poop too. That is why you have to cycle your tank so that you have good bacteria to process the ammonia in their waste.

 

[nc_nutcase]

I've never studied fish waste systems...

But I think it's pretty safe to say that any animal releases liquid waste (pee) in one way or another. They may not sneak off behind a rock and wizz a yellow stream out from under their fin, but I'm sure they let it out somehow.

I can attest (as most of us can) that ammonia is a large part of urine and we find ammonia in our aquariums. So I would venture to guess that fish pee is the source of the ammonia.

 

[simonbrown403]

i think it passes from there gills

 

[OrkyBetta]

I always thought that they are like birds, and their fecal and urine matter kind of come out at the same time through the same opeing as kind of a paste.

 

[guppy_man]

ok lol u guys seem to know what you are talking about thanx anyway

 

[OrkyBetta]

I found a link that explains fish pee.

http/oceanlink.island.net/ask/fishy.html#anchor105868

does that help?