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Post by scoobnoob on Dec 22, 2015 9:41:06 GMT -5
So I care for a 120 planted fresh. All its fish went missing a while back. I assumed I messed up somewhere. I tested the water its 0 ammonia 0 nitrite and 0 nitrate. The plants in the tank are green and growing. I dose the seachem nourish. It has a canister filter with nitrofying bacteria media and sponge filtration. I removed zeolite and carbon after the first group of fish went missing. PH is 7. The only fish that have remained a constant through everything are a large pleco and two bristlenose plecos. Last Monday I added 4 black neon tetras 4 platys and 2 cory cats. I stopped in this morning and they were all gone. The office assistant reported all the fish were present and appeared fine Monday through Friday. When they came in on the following Monday and they were all gone. They disappeared over the weekend. What am I missing?
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Post by fermentedhiker on Dec 22, 2015 9:50:56 GMT -5
If they are completely gone you have 3 options. Being eaten but you don't list anything that would do that. Carpet diving and the weekend cleaning people cleaning it up but ice never heard of cories carpet diving. Outright theft during the weekend perhaps?
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Post by fermentedhiker on Dec 22, 2015 9:52:42 GMT -5
What species is the large pleco. I believe their are some panaque (spelling?) That are meat eaters.
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Post by scoobnoob on Dec 22, 2015 9:54:07 GMT -5
The tank does have glass covers so carpet surfing is out. Their are no remains in the overflow or sump, or canister filter. Theft is a consideration but it seems like too much risk/work to me for $25 in fish. I did ask if they could setup a webcam but I dont think its going to happen. They do have a smaller tank in an office accross the hall nothing has ever gone missinf in that tank.
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Post by scoobnoob on Dec 22, 2015 10:00:40 GMT -5
Its a common pleco nothing fancy
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Post by spotfin on Dec 22, 2015 15:53:08 GMT -5
Interesting. There should be some nitrate reading. I would not blame the plecos as active hunters. They certainly would scavenge a dead body.
Is there any chance the power was turned off for the weekend?
Those are fairly small species. What were the other ones that disappeared too?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2015 15:56:34 GMT -5
Need to borrow a trail cam to set up watching the tank?  |
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Post by ryansweatt2004 on Dec 22, 2015 16:26:07 GMT -5
Strange, aside from the possibility of theft which seems very unlikely, it's tough to guess why they could be disappearing. I agree, you should see some sort of nitrate or ammonia spike with dead fish in a system unless they are being scavenged by the plecos quickly.
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Post by scoobnoob on Dec 22, 2015 18:17:54 GMT -5
Its weird they all disappeared in a 48hr period. Borrowing a trail cam from my dad and seeing if they will let me put it there. Ill test the water again.
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Post by fermentedhiker on Dec 22, 2015 21:48:34 GMT -5
I suspect the office assistant might be in error about "all" of them. 10 fish in 48 hours seems unlikely without a crash or legitimate predator. Common pleco's give up on eating algae as they get larger, but I've never heard of one actually catching live fish, although they would certainly dispose of any bodies. Are you interested in a school of tiger barbs?  . |
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Post by scoobnoob on Dec 28, 2015 12:59:44 GMT -5
So one of the bristlenose plecos thats Always hiding in the castle in the tank came out today. Low and behold its an upsode down catfish. Looks like he had a buffet the past weekend. Testing the water giving it an eviction notice and restocking.
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Post by spotfin on Dec 28, 2015 17:08:15 GMT -5
We have a winner! That makes sense now.
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Post by reefkprz on Jan 3, 2016 8:20:57 GMT -5
lol dinner is served, a $25 buffet
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