ammer
New Member
Allow me to explain.
Arouns October, I got a 29" tank. I put fish in there, cycled, some died, ectect. The tank was great and I added fish slowly. I ended up having about 14 in all. Everything was going fine up until the last couple weeks.
I hadnt really been watching my fish much, because spring break came around. Then maybe last week I realized, golly, three of my fish are gone
Maybe I should tell you what I had first.
1 male betta
2 penguin fish
1 bloodfin tetra
1 type of fish that was labeled as a bloodfin in the store, but I found out it wasnt, although it looks very similar to one.
1 pristilla tetra
1 lemon tetra
2 corys
3 orange platys
2 glow-lite tetras.
I know you're probably saying "these should be kept with their own" but most of the single fish grouped together. Everyone was getting along just fine, I've had these fish since maybe january.
But now I find that a glow-lite is missing, a penguin fish is missing, and so is an orange barb.
I checked behind the tank, I checked the filters, all that jazz-- nothing. All of my chemicals and so on are fine, too. So, I'm wondering, how could these three fish just have disappeared?
On a side note, just in case- I usually feed my fish before I go to bed, once a day. I'm always worried about overfeeding, because I've lost many fish to that [as well as many dollars]. I moved feeding now to two times a day, as long as I have time in the morning, because I'm deathly afraid my fish are eating eachother
could this be true? I've run out of excuses for myself, lol. I just dont understand how everything could be going fine and then BOOM. and its not like they died. They just... disappeared.
Arouns October, I got a 29" tank. I put fish in there, cycled, some died, ectect. The tank was great and I added fish slowly. I ended up having about 14 in all. Everything was going fine up until the last couple weeks.
I hadnt really been watching my fish much, because spring break came around. Then maybe last week I realized, golly, three of my fish are gone
Maybe I should tell you what I had first.
1 male betta
2 penguin fish
1 bloodfin tetra
1 type of fish that was labeled as a bloodfin in the store, but I found out it wasnt, although it looks very similar to one.
1 pristilla tetra
1 lemon tetra
2 corys
3 orange platys
2 glow-lite tetras.
I know you're probably saying "these should be kept with their own" but most of the single fish grouped together. Everyone was getting along just fine, I've had these fish since maybe january.
But now I find that a glow-lite is missing, a penguin fish is missing, and so is an orange barb.
I checked behind the tank, I checked the filters, all that jazz-- nothing. All of my chemicals and so on are fine, too. So, I'm wondering, how could these three fish just have disappeared?
On a side note, just in case- I usually feed my fish before I go to bed, once a day. I'm always worried about overfeeding, because I've lost many fish to that [as well as many dollars]. I moved feeding now to two times a day, as long as I have time in the morning, because I'm deathly afraid my fish are eating eachother
could this be true? I've run out of excuses for myself, lol. I just dont understand how everything could be going fine and then BOOM. and its not like they died. They just... disappeared.
It is not unusual for fish to disappear specially when you have been less attentive during break time. The barb may have jumped but i dont think the others are jumpers. Maybe they stressed out and died and the other fish will certainly pick at them until they are gone. Keep an eye on them now for a while to see if you have a bully. But other than that i wouldn't worry to much, they just don't disappear into thin air (or do they 
