Lost Bala Shark

[derekg0]

Ok, looking at my tank when i get home and my bala shark is missing??? looked around the aquarium, and all throughout the aquarium, and i can't find him... any ideas? he must've gotten out right? no skeletons so i'm guessing my school of 8 tiger barbs couldn't have eaten him?

clueless,

Derek

 

[blitztidus]

Start checking harder or checking the floor.

 

[Ethos]

i don't think the tiger barbs had much to do with it... the bala is far, far too fast for them to do anything to him.
I'd suggest moving around the decore and checking tunnels and such...

How large is the tank?

 

[derekg0]

It's a 55 gallon tank, and I just have fake plants in there right now, with rocks for substrate. so there aren't any really good hiding spots that I can't see. I'll check around the tank again tonight, but we looked pretty good last night. maybe abducted by aliens?

 

[BOD]

what sort of filter do you have? ive herd of fish getting lost in certain types of filters.

 

[Ethos]

what sort of filter do you have? ive herd of fish getting lost in certain types of filters.

Not Balas.
I have a juvi bala and he's still pretty big.
Are there ANY areas the bala could have escaped? Fish can travel pretty far from the tank - believe me.
Balas can also fit in small openings(ex: area in the hood around the heaters, filter, ect)

 

[fishfishfish]

question.



do u have any lose mammals?ex:dog or cat

 

[derekg0]

no other pets. I've got a penguin 350 bio-wheel filter. I'll take everything off the tank tonight and take a peek around... He's probably about 4 inches long. there are only a couple openings in the top, the biggest is probably like 1.5" X 4" others are 1.5" square... I'll update tomorrow, hopefully I'll find it tonight.

 

[BOD]

Not Balas.
I have a juvi bala and he's still pretty big.

ummm well they come in all sizes some are pretty small...my friends catfish got into his filter and that wasnt that small.....derek didnt say how big the bala was

 

[derekg0]

He definately couldn't get into the filter, the pickup tube has slots at the bottom that are maybe 2 mm wide by 6mm tall where it sucks the water in... I checked Under my tv, thinking he could've flopped around to get under that... not there... only other place is under the couch and love seat, which I didn't think of last night...