A Rather Peculiar Question.....

[zorg]

Can fish fart?

Yes I honestly want to know

Can Fish Fart......


I'm sure YOU'RE wondering now too! *unless you know, if you do, please post!*

[Rachel]

well, you fart because of gasses created by the decomposition of food in your GUT, mainly due to bacteria. thats why you fart more if you eat certain foods. whether fish far or not would depend on if they eat these foods, and if there are bacteria in the fish's gut.

[Charisma]

Can fish fart?

Yes I honestly want to know

Can Fish Fart......


I'm sure YOU'RE wondering now too! *unless you know, if you do, please post!*

Where do you think all those foamy bubbles in waves come from

[(*Dranzer*)]

That reminds me of finding nemo.

Nice

[Marching Duck]

Can fish fart?

Yes I honestly want to know

Can Fish Fart......


I'm sure YOU'RE wondering now too! *unless you know, if you do, please post!*

Where do you think all those foamy bubbles in waves come from

not to be a bill nye wanna be but:

those bubbles are nests. fish make them when they're..."im heat"...or horney.

as for farting....i dont kno. they have simple digustive tracks...while ours are complicated. maybe cmas 1/2 right. those bubbles might be partly gas...but thats more of a burp then a fart.

[Anna]

Well, I have 5 fish, and I have never seen one fart. However, they burp quite often.

[Charisma]

Alright here you go

Do fish fart?
According to our ichthyologist at the University of Guam, fish flatulence per se has not been studied, although people have investigated fish digestion. They find that although most fish have alkaline intestinal environments like our own, coral-eating fish have acidic intestinal contents. The acid serves to dissolve coral skeletal material. Coral has the same composition as Tums (calcium carbonate). One product of the reaction between acid and calcium carbonate is carbon dioxide gas. Therefore, it is logical to assume that coral-eating fish fart a lot.
The other fish probably fart also, for the same reasons that we do.
However, Mike Pulte, a great fish enthusiast, said that he has never seen a fish do it.
I asked our ichthyologist if it were possible that fish gas would go into the swim bladder instead of out the anal opening. He said that modern fish have an air bladder that is independent of the gastrointestinal tract. The gas comes from enzymatic activity and not from the intestine. Older models of fish have their swim bladder connected to the gastrointestinal tract, but it is attached high up, closer to the mouth than to the other end, and these fish come to the surface and gulp air to fill the bladder. Therefore, we can assume that intestinal gas leaves the fish through the anal opening.
We also pondered the possibility of fish making noise via flatulence, but apparently most fish noises are made through belching rather than farting.
Lisa P., an aquarium enthusiast, reports that she has seen her fish fart: "I have four aquariums and many fish, and I have personally witnessed fish farting! My goldfish used to do it all the time! You'd see a little bubble come out of his anus and stay there, trapped in the mucus of a long string of poop. (Ugh!) And my opaline gourami does it too. Neither of these are coral-eating fish. I have only owned two coral-eating fish so far, but I have never seen either of them fart. It seems most likely to me that much of this gas comes from air swallowed during eating. Also, goldfish have a very simple digestive system and their food is absorbed inefficiently, so possibly the bacteria have more to feed on?"

See Ducky this is what happens when you go against what mama says, I had to look it up. My mama said those bubbles come from fishy farts

[Marching Duck]

Alright here you go

Do fish fart?
According to our ichthyologist at the University of Guam, fish flatulence per se has not been studied, although people have investigated fish digestion. They find that although most fish have alkaline intestinal environments like our own, coral-eating fish have acidic intestinal contents. The acid serves to dissolve coral skeletal material. Coral has the same composition as Tums (calcium carbonate). One product of the reaction between acid and calcium carbonate is carbon dioxide gas. Therefore, it is logical to assume that coral-eating fish fart a lot.
The other fish probably fart also, for the same reasons that we do.
However, Mike Pulte, a great fish enthusiast, said that he has never seen a fish do it.
I asked our ichthyologist if it were possible that fish gas would go into the swim bladder instead of out the anal opening. He said that modern fish have an air bladder that is independent of the gastrointestinal tract. The gas comes from enzymatic activity and not from the intestine. Older models of fish have their swim bladder connected to the gastrointestinal tract, but it is attached high up, closer to the mouth than to the other end, and these fish come to the surface and gulp air to fill the bladder. Therefore, we can assume that intestinal gas leaves the fish through the anal opening.
We also pondered the possibility of fish making noise via flatulence, but apparently most fish noises are made through belching rather than farting.
Lisa P., an aquarium enthusiast, reports that she has seen her fish fart: "I have four aquariums and many fish, and I have personally witnessed fish farting! My goldfish used to do it all the time! You'd see a little bubble come out of his anus and stay there, trapped in the mucus of a long string of poop. (Ugh!) And my opaline gourami does it too. Neither of these are coral-eating fish. I have only owned two coral-eating fish so far, but I have never seen either of them fart. It seems most likely to me that much of this gas comes from air swallowed during eating. Also, goldfish have a very simple digestive system and their food is absorbed inefficiently, so possibly the bacteria have more to feed on?"

See Ducky this is what happens when you go against what mama says, I had to look it up. My mama said those bubbles come from fishy farts

i was told by people at the fish store that those were bubble nests because my beta does them quite often.

*shrug* i guess pet store people are dumb. i thought they were supposed to be experts. oh well. last time i listen to them.

[cptcrunch]

thats an interesting question.... its pretty funny. i've never thought about the fact of if fish fart. i know horses fart though. and so do humans.. alot.

[Atamand]

Cool. It does seem logical that they would......

[cptcrunch]

it does.. i like the therrey that thats what the bubbles come from, even though, i don't think thats really waht they are.

[Zero!]

I wonder if the other fish can smell it in the ocean...

[cptcrunch]

if they can, it must not be very pleasant...

[shortin]

ahh so they do fart well thats good to know (i guess)

[Harmonize]

*wonders off to watch her fish fart*

No luck so far.