Strange Hatchetfish Death... :(

Inchyally

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So I got home from school today to find one of my 11 marbled hatchetfish dead. I did ammonia tests, 0, PH is fine and so are nitrites. But the corpse of the fish was missing both eyes and it looked like a chunk of its body was gone. Call me a wimp but it was hard to look at... the tank is Ich-free... i don't know the age of the hatchetfish because I got my first ones in January from one place and from another we bought 4 more just last week. That place has the most healthy fish of the store I go to; none dead in the tanks, very clean and all the fish are healthy.... only 1 fish from there died (a catfish) unless you include a fish I didn't know how to care for properly when I just got my tank...

But what caused the eyes to come out?? :( I'm sad now...


EDIT: These fish are in a completely peaceful tank, with the exception of 3 Serpae tetras and 2 Angelfish who could be semi-aggressive, however, they leave the hatchetfish be...
 
Your tanks overstocked for a 20 gallon.
Fish will suck the eyes out when a fish dies. Sounds like the fish have been pecking at the dead fish.

Was the fish a new fish added to the tank or and older one.
Any symtoms to go on.
 

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