View Full Version : Missing 2 neons in 60l aquarium!!?
Turin Turambar
09-07-2003, 8:46 AM
Today when I fed the fish, I noticed that two of my neons are missing (6 were in total). Now there are four of them... I thought maybe they hid somewhere - not so.
There is a small (2cm) opening at the back of the aquarium, so I thought maybe they jumped out - not so.
There's no evidence that those two ever existed here, no corpse, no anything.
If this happened in a 200-500l aquarium with more than 20 of neons, I wouldn't be surprised. But my aquarium has only 60 litres - it's rather small with peaceful fishes.
However, if -something- killed them, ancistrus plecostomus is the only fish capable of eating something bigger. Maybe he can attack them during the sleep, when they are hidden in the plants and close to the ground?
So far I didn't hear any bad stories about ancistrus plecos, except that I'm fighting with them about the plants that they eat a lot.
Any idea what happened to those poor fish? Thanks.
MrGoodbytes
09-07-2003, 9:30 AM
I've had the same strange thing happen to me in a 20 gallon holding tank while I did an overhaul on the fishes' main aquarium. A single zebra danio completely disappeared, with no sign of a corpse, skeleton, or anything outside the tank. The only other fish are yoyo loaches and blue rainbowfish.
demon_surfer
09-07-2003, 12:19 PM
there are many reasons it could have died. But if it is dead then just about anything you have in there will take a nibble..even the other neons
Matt W
09-07-2003, 12:59 PM
Yep...dead fish is fair game for all other fish to eat them....I wouldn't be suprised if the other neons ate the corpse....
Turin Turambar
09-07-2003, 4:57 PM
The real question is - WHAT killed them?
My tank has 4 rasboras, 4 neons (sniff....), 2 ramirezi, 2 anc. plecostomus.
That's all.
Matt W
09-07-2003, 7:34 PM
Personally, I have always found neons to be a delicate fish. I never have any luck with them, even with great water conditions...
Turin Turambar
09-08-2003, 5:27 AM
And that's why I'm even more puzzled - my neons are doing great. They are here more than a year, they have grown full size and never got sick and are happily swimming. And then puff... 2 are missing(!?!)
demon_surfer
09-08-2003, 8:02 AM
I have had similar mysterious deaths of neons. I started out with 12 in my 55 and im down to 8 and i only actually saw two corpses.
Dahlia
09-08-2003, 9:47 AM
Your neons may have been old if you had them for over a year. I also have noticed they seem to be delicate fish. But when fish are kept warm and well-fed their metabolisms stay fast and they may have just burnt out.
Brad CNC 76
09-09-2003, 1:55 AM
I've had Neons disappear without a trace also. A small fish like a Neon will get eaten up pretty quick.
Are there any snails in your tank? I have them and they can eat a small fish body like a neon in like 20 minutes. I havent seen the bodies of a fish under 2 inches in a while. they just dissapera. thats why I have to count the fish often. Iv also heard that some plecos will do the same.
bortsamson
09-15-2003, 4:09 PM
I have 12 neons and only every so often do I see the ALL together, I thought that my pleco ate them as well, but they have a habit of hiding, I have no idea where they do, but they hide, only when its feeding time do they come out.Even then they only come out in small groups, so I have really no idea how many I have, lol.:confused: :confused: :confused: :D :D