Clown Pleco.. Vanishing Act?

[Aviici]

Yesterday I was at my LFS, and I walked by a tank with a lonely baby clown plec, it was only about 4-5cm long, but such a cutie. Therefore I bought him, foolishly. I acclimatised him, as one usually does, and when I released him he decided to stick to the glass right at the front of the tank.
My snakehead showed a bit of interest so I intervened and moved the clown plec down behind some bogwood and in amongst the bottom of my amazon sword.
 
HOWEVER, since then, I haven't seen him.
 
Has the baby fallen victim to a snakehead? or are clown plecos notorious for hiding? I can't find too much good info on them.
 
Thanks.

 

[fluttermoth]

Clown plecs are notorious for hiding; I have one that I can go for months without seeing; having said that, I wouldn't trust a snakehead with anything that might fit in its mouth

Plecs are also pretty spiky; if the snakehead does try and eat it, it might get stuck and choke it. How big is the snakehead, and what species is it?

 

[Aviici]

I've got a Starlight BN pleco in there with the snakehead, and they've been happy together for a long time! the BN is about 4 inches.
My snakehead is a 7 inch Rainbow. He's still not an adult just yet, but close to full size.
 
That's interesting you say they're notorious for hiding though, i hope that's the case! Clowns are such cute little guys, couldn't walk past him in the shop
My rainbow usually eats river shrimp, hikari massivore, and hikari cichlid gold, but he has been a naughty boy and eaten some tankmates in the past.