Any tips on locating corpses?

[Maroonostrich]

The pale neon at work musta died- he was not out of shape so prob. not neon tetra disease?- came in today to check on him and he's vanished... I'll repeat fellow residents;

Clown loach x 1- again, not at my choice!
5 penguin fish
a shoal of 4 remaining neons (diamond)
3 bronze corys- 1 1/2 inches at the moment
1 golden eyed dwarf cichlid (temporary measure, juvenile- smaller than penguin fish at present).

Any that could have eaten him overnight?

I can't see him in plants and he's not floating on the surface.

I'm just waiting to find out if anyone has already disposed of him before I rip the tank to bits, he must be found today as it is going to be the weekend and he will pollute the tank if left.

Any hints and tips?

 

[Dubby]

Must have been eaten by the rest by now.

 

[Weaver]

I had an albino rainbow fish which I put into a tank 3 weeks ago andthat was the last I ever seen of him.Never found a trace.I asked my lfs owner and he said that the other fish would totally devour a dead body.
They must have done a good job because I checked water stats for a few days and there was no difference.
Hope you find it but dont be surprised if you dont

 

[GSD]

i cant find my tiger barbs.Since i rescued a shark ve had 6 dissapear.I only have 3 left now

 

[Undawada]

Check the filter intakes, behind the heater and in any plants.

Also check INSIDE your filter in case any non-eaten bits got sucked in, you don't want the body fouling your water. Most times other fish will eat the fins and soft bits first and leave the head.

 

[OohFeeshy]

They eat dead fish suprisingly quickly, I had rearranged some rocks and found the almost completely gone body of a tetra that had been alive that morning, I can only assume the betta had been eating it.

 

[playfulalliecat]

Depending on your filter, it could be inside there! We had one of the hang on back power filters and a couple of neons ended up inside of it. As for who could have possible eaten it, any of the fish with a mouth larger than it could have swallowed it up. If it died, they all could have eaten on it.

Speaking of tiger barbs, I had a small pictus catfish eat one of them one time. You could see the shape of the barb in it's body! I don't know how it swallowed him.

 

[Bloo]

They eat dead fish suprisingly quickly, I had rearranged some rocks and found the almost completely gone body of a tetra that had been alive that morning, I can only assume the betta had been eating it.

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Any dead fish in my main tank wont last long if anything dies, there's little chance of me ever seeing a body - unless it happened within an hour or so.