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Pet Forum / Aquaria / Goldfish / April 2004Fantail eaten missing fish?
We have a fantail and shubunkin in a nice large tank along with an algae eater, or we did have. The algae eater has disappeared completely from the tank, there is absolutely no sign of him. Is it possible that one of the other fish could have "eaten" him ? > The algae eater has disappeared completely from the tank, there is > absolutely no sign of him. > > Is it possible that one of the other fish could have "eaten" him ? I suggest looking on the floor in about a 6 foot radius from the tank. Otherwise they are GREAT at hiding, in logs, decorations, under rocks, etc... -D  Signature"A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort." -Herm Albright Depends how big the algae eater is/was and how big the fantail's mouth is. Mel. > > The algae eater has disappeared completely from the tank, there is > > absolutely no sign of him. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > "A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy > enough people to make it worth the effort." -Herm Albright > Depends how big the algae eater is/was and how big the fantail's mouth > is. Mel. Good point, I was assuming some sort of pl#co, but if they had an oto or a small SAE the "LUNCH!" option is viable. I sort of shudder when I think of trying to eat a pl#co, all that armor plate and sharp spines... -D Signature"A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort." -Herm Albright Quoth "Sami" <wibble@no spam.never.co.uk> on Tue, 20 Apr 2004 21:40:40 +0000 (UTC), >The algae eater has disappeared completely from the tank, there is >absolutely no sign of him. > >Is it possible that one of the other fish could have "eaten" him ? It's possible. What kind of algae eater was it? Look around the tank, as has already been suggested -- and look IN the filter. ----------------------------------------- Only know that there is no spork. I had a white cloud disappear from the tank before. The water started to REALLY stink bad when I noticed the fish is missing, so I am assuming it was eaten, and that is what is producing the bad smell. And no, the odor wasn't from bad water. > We have a fantail and shubunkin in a nice large tank along with an algae > eater, or we did have. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Is it possible that one of the other fish could have "eaten" him ? no, the fish wasnt eaten, it died and was fouling the water. >I had a white cloud disappear from the tank before. The water started to >REALLY stink bad when I noticed the fish is missing, so I am assuming it was [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >> >> Is it possible that one of the other fish could have "eaten" him ? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. Well I don't know then, maybe it died and was eaten because I checked everywhere including the filter and it was nowhere to be found. > no, the fish wasnt eaten, it died and was fouling the water. > [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the > endorsements or recommendations I make. ask your wife .... maybe the thing you ate yesterday, WAS NOT CHICKEN ! :) > Well I don't know then, maybe it died and was eaten because I checked > everywhere including the filter and it was nowhere to be found. >We have a fantail and shubunkin in a nice large tank along with an algae >eater, or we did have. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >Is it possible that one of the other fish could have "eaten" him ? I lost an 'algae eater', a hill stream loach I believe, about a year ago. I checked everywhere in and outside of the tank and he had utterly vanished. A mystery to this day. |
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