Lost Fishies?

[Nicky2]

Tonight i have found the skeletal remains of a fish, either a guppy or a neon tetra, Ive had a head count of the tank and can confirm a guppy, neon tetra and the clown loach have gone missing... surely dalmation mollies, guppies, bleeding heart tetras or neon tetras would not have eaten the clown loach (who was 1 1/2 inches) but it too has vanished without a trace.

any ideas?

 

[flemmyemmy]

Do you have any decorations in your tank that it could have either got stuck or just hiding in???

 

[Nicky2]

Do you have any decorations in your tank that it could have either got stuck or just hiding in???

i got a few floatin plants and a large rocky structure, but ive lifted em up and shook em about, but still no signs of missing fishes

 

[Boo]

It's quite possible they died for whatever reason/reasons and THEN they got eaten?
Sorry for your loss anyway.

 

[McMurray]

if your tank sits on a table. Check that the loach hant jumped out of the tank and fallen down the back

 

[Nicky2]

Got up this morning, and the neon and clown loach have reappeared.... Im assuming the remains where one of my female guppies as I had 3 alike and can still only count one.

 

[dwarfgourami]

Most likely it died and then got eaten and/or its body decayed (happens really quickly with a small fish). You now need to check your water stats (ammonia and nitrites) as the death may have been caused by a water problem in the first place and a decaying body is likely to affect the water. I always do a partial water change anyway after a death even if the readings seem ok.

 

[McMurray]

IM happy that you havent lost your other fish