Where Has He Gone?

[battersby81]

hmmm.. i keep coming up with problems!
I have/had 8 platys, well last night i had 8, today i have 7.
He is NOWHERE to be seen. There is no carcass, nothing floating. I have checked under the lid to see if perhaps he jumped and got stuck.

Is it possible he died and the others ate him, all of him, without leaving a trace?

I'm so confused, i'm only into my second week of tropical fish keeping and i feel like i've entered a strange and paranormal world!!!

 

[northrockin]

I had that happen to one of my Guppy's I checked the filter and there he was unfortunatly he was dead . but yes the other fish will eat it but i think carcass will be there somewhere not always easy to see though

Michelle

 

[battersby81]

oh dear... i will check the filter.
would having a root around the tank for him upset the rest of the fish or should i just leave it? won't a rotting carcass polute the tank?

 

[donna123]

hi,
i would have a look,
a rotting dead fish will turn the water nasty.

 

[wei0204]

If there are snails in your tank, they can finish the body very quikly, and left the bone. The bone could be sucked by filter. That's why you cannot even see a body in it.

 

[battersby81]

thanks guys. i found him. unfortunately he'd got stuck in an artifitial tree trunk. no sign of being eaten or disease so i can only assume that he'd gotten himself into a space that was too small and drowned#? can fish drown?

 

[galatea]

poor fishy......