Stumped... CICHLIDS VANISHING.

[convict360]

although its a fairly obvious answer, you shouldn't feel embarrassed into the thread being deleted; if anything it will help others in future avoid the same mistakes.

 

[xraycer]

turtles don't have to swallow their prey whole. I've had multiple species tear fish into pieces, then over a period of time, eat each piece individually. Size does not matter to a turtle lol especially a snapper.

^^^this^^^

 

[duanes]

Agree with the above, I've watched snappers pull ducks from the surface, never to be seen again.

 

[MN_Rebel]

Yup and there's a video clip of a snapper pulled down a porcupine.

 

[Woefulrelic]

Yup and there's a video clip of a snapper pulled down a porcupine.

I just watched this, that was not a small porcupine it pulled in.

 

[TroyMIfishkeeper]

turtles don't have to swallow their prey whole. I've had multiple species tear fish into pieces, then over a period of time, eat each piece individually. Size does not matter to a turtle lol especially a snapper.

Yeah that's what I thought but I was surprised they didn't leave a mess, IME there are always scraps everywhere

 

[TroyMIfishkeeper]

Yup and there's a video clip of a snapper pulled down a porcupine.

Yes I'm familiar with it. Thanks

 

[TroyMIfishkeeper]

I'll probably give the cichlids and pleco to a friend and catch some bluegills to put in there. It's getting warmer around here and soon they'll be spawning.

 

[Betta132]

A 40g is too small for a bluegill to be happy, and the snapper will absolutely eat them unless you get a huge one, and then it'll be cramped and unhappy and will eventually die of either stress (large ones don't adapt well) or snapper bites.
What do you plan to do with the snapper when it grows? Do you have a private pond somewhere?

 

[TroyMIfishkeeper]

A 40g is too small for a bluegill to be happy, and the snapper will absolutely eat them unless you get a huge one, and then it'll be cramped and unhappy and will eventually die of either stress (large ones don't adapt well) or snapper bites.
What do you plan to do with the snapper when it grows? Do you have a private pond somewhere?

Turning an indoor pool into an indoor pond.