Pregnant Guppy Gone Missing

[Duck and Dive]

Hi

I had a heavily pregnant female guppy her stomach was square and she wouldent drop. I woke up in the morning and the female has dissapeared! I have searched the whole tank and there is no sign of her! Do you have any ideas what has happend?


Thanks

 

[luque]

do you have any ornaments in the tank, she may of got stuck under on,

hope you find her

 

[cpeckford]

Hi!! Sorry to hear about your guppy!!!

This may be a stupid thing to suggest but have you checked your pump? I know that some pumps are strong enough to suck up a fish.. or maybe one of the other fish ate it?? Fantails can get pretty big but I'm not sure if they would eat other fish.... Could it also be possible she jumped out of the tank?

I'm no expert but I though I may as well suggest something until someone with more experience comes along...

Hope you find her!!

 

[PermanentXHate]

I had the very same thing happen to my pregnant platy. They do hide under the ornaments sometimes, I even found her in a place I didn't think she would fit. I don't know what kind of decor you have in your tank but one of mine is especially bad about hiding fish and I can't even see them when I pick it up. I have to take it out of the water and completely drain it and shine a light in to see if it's there.

Good luck on finding her!

 

[Duck and Dive]

I have a under gravel filter and I have checked all the ornaments.

 

[5teady_2012]

If your hood on your tank as a flap at the back, lift it up and if there is 2 holes in each side of the hood where the tubes and power leads go through, the guppy could of jumped out of these holes... is the guppy maybe behind the tank on the floor? or is it maybe in the back flap of hood?

 

[Duck and Dive]

There is no flap or holes on the hood of the tank so it could not have jumped out.
I have this type of tank.


http/www.reef-one.com/aquariums/biorb.htm

 

[5teady_2012]

What other fish do you have in with them?

 

[Duck and Dive]

Corydoras, only small ones.

 

[5teady_2012]

its got to be somewhere, it cant just vanish in to thin air...

Have you stripped the tank out?

Was there anyway it could of jumped out?

 

[omen666]

I lost one the other day and found my Shrimp making a snack out of it's head to my disgust.

Any shrimp in the tank?

 

[kribensis12]

It's in there. It might have died ove rnight, and the cory's might have eaten it. Just look really hard and you will either find a dead fish, or a live fish trying to give birth in seclusion.

 

[Duck and Dive]

Found the tail section of the guppy at the front of the tank. The corys had found it and dragged it to the front.

 

[kribensis12]

Sorry for your loss. Find the rest of her, and take it out, or you might have a ammonia, nitrite, or Nitrate Spike.

 

[Duck and Dive]

Thanks for the advice. I will try to find the rest of the body