I never contemplated the amount of work involved, and the filth involved.
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Scuba Poop, don’t that say it all?
Itz a fish toilet!
0.29. Gal has some “junk in the trunk”!
These guys are essentially janitors with marine biology degrees.
I remember my Mom having a 20 gallon aquarium when I was a kid. It was a continuous effort to keep it clean. Definitely not worth the entertainment value.
She bought snails and sucker fish which were supposed to help but still not enough. The shit accumulates faster than they eat it.
They could use those guys to clean up the streets of San Francisco; it looks very similar.
I’m glad the oceans are self-cleaning.
Now do a municipal waste water filtration facility.
No wonder W.C. Fields didn’t drink water.
They scrub the poop, suck the poop, collect the poop. Then in the collector they spray the poop and shovel the poop…. to where?
Seems there’s a business opportunity they either didn’t include or aren’t taking advantage of. That crap can be composted and sold in bags at the gift store as plant fertilizer.
I thought that was what Tilapia were for.
@ecp
I believe @aircubed answered your question.
The on site restaurant serve shrimp from the tank? Yum.
Zookeepers have similar problems, it’s a dirty SMELLY job.
Lot of work I did not realize.
If Mike Rowe hasn’t covered this in one of his “Dirty Jobs” episodes, this needs to be brought to his attention.
Along with the above mentioned zookeeper cleanup job.
In that last segment, cleaning out the collection tank, I’d be wearing some sort of filter mask. I DON’T want that gunk spraying onto my face or into my ears/mouth/nose/eyes.
@Jethro couldn’t agree more…my husband liked to keep a tank too. I was eventually able to relegate it to the kid’s room cuz I sure didn’t find it attractive nor did it enhance my decor. And the upkeep didn’t balance whatever enjoyment was to be had. I hate fish tanks!
Very, very interesting. Thanks!
Also, FYI, it was built by Home Depot. LINK: https://www.georgiaaquarium.org/gallery/ocean-voyager/
And, from ecp at 11:22 am, hope they are cashing in on all that fish manure. If not, I know a few farmers further north who would gladly remove all that nasty, stinky old solid waste stuff off their hands for free!
Like everyone else, fish have to poop.
If you buy “cleaned” shrimp at the market, don’t be fooled. The top have may be butterflied and look like it’s been cleaned. Look at the underside and you’ll see a dark blue or black line. That’s their poop canal. You should hold them under cold water, slit them up the belly, and remove the line.
Otherwise, you’ll be eating both shrimp and shrimp poop.