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Fish Disappearing

  • 30-08-2010 3:58pm
    #1
    duracell_bunny
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 132 ✭✭


    Every now and then some of my fish disappear. We've checked the filter, under rocks etc but nothing so could they be being eaten by another of the fish? Plus there's a lid on the tank so they couldn't be jumping out. There's no bones or anything left though. Its happened about four times now. When I looked in the tank yesterday morning three more were missing. The only fish I have that seem big enough to completely eat the others are my two huge suckers. Any ideas?


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  • #2
    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,232 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    what fish do you have?

    Fish do eat other fish


  • #3
    duracell_bunny
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 132 ✭✭duracell_bunny


    Two big suckers, 8 (now only 3!) tetras and 7 swordtail mollys in a 240lt tank.

    Edited to say that I did used to have more mollys (before I was donated the tetras) but a load of them disappeared to.


  • #4
    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,232 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    What kind of filter do you have?

    Big tanks with big filters can result in lose of fish!


  • #5
    duracell_bunny
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 132 ✭✭duracell_bunny


    Fluval u3 or u4


  • #6
    duracell_bunny
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 132 ✭✭duracell_bunny


    I just some googling and it looks like sailfin plecos do eat small fish so that might be my answer - assuming my suckers are sailfins


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  • #7
    Fishyfreak
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 576 ✭✭✭Fishyfreak


    Tetras these days are commercially bred and genetically weak. A dead tetra would be mopped up by a pleco in no time.


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