Hey guys yesterday I bought a new pleco a snowflake moray eel hybrid and a red tail tiger shovelnose hybrid and I currently own a bichir, a hujeta gar, and of course my hydrolycus scomberoid AKA sabre tooth fish. And I woke up this morning and there is not hydrolycus anywhere I have a tight lid nothing can get out we checked the floor to make sure he did not jump out and there is not fish to be found our hydrolycus was 6 inches and our eel is a foot and a half lng but the eel's mouth is way to small to swallow the sabre tooth whole so do you guys have any idea as to what happened I would appreciate any information.
Hydrolycus scomberoid dissapeared
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Use to have a big Tiger Shovelnose. Also had a real big Red Tail Barracuda. Thought the Cuda was far too bug for the Shovernose to eat, but...he proved me wrong one night.
That TS was a killer at night. When turned out the lights I would wake up with one less fish often.
That TS was a killer at night. When turned out the lights I would wake up with one less fish often.
Fish don't just disappear. It had to go somewhere. My money's on the eel. I experienced something very similar, a 7 inch Scomb was ripped to pieces by 3 fw Morays (G. Tile). I heard it happen but I'm sure if I hadn't the eels would have eaten it. If this is the first Moray you've ever owned then you don't yet understand their amazing ability to eat prey larger then their head. Doesn't sound like you have properly selected tankmates for a Scomb. If it didn't happen now everyone here would agree it wouldn't be long till the cat would have gotten it. Payara are delicate fish. Tankmates need to be chosen carefully.