Ok so i bought a Clown Knife about 4 inch so very young and small. I placed him in a quarantine tank just to insure health and growth before placing him with other fish. I did have a small bristle nose pleco and some larger common plecos in there just for tank cleaning etc but my little bristlenose is gone? I didnt think the Clown would even be able to eat it....could he have?
Ummmm......Help! Missing a fish lol
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How big was the pleco? Clown knives do have some pretty large mouths.
Are there any places it could be hiding?
Are there any places it could be hiding?
Nowhere to hide a moved all the substrate because that was my first thought maybe its hiding but searched thoroughly and hes gonzo lol. So yeah i underestimated the clown i think. Just didnt really think he was big enough yet.
Idk if a CK can eat a bristlenose pleco, 4” CK dont have a mouth that is that big yet, plus the CK will have a hard time swallowing the bristlenose.
Did you take every single thing out of the tank?
By the way I had one jump out of the tank and I didn't realize it until I found him dried up behind the stand on the floor.
By the way I had one jump out of the tank and I didn't realize it until I found him dried up behind the stand on the floor.
Thanks all for your responses and yes I agree also dont think he is big enough to eat the pleco but is it at all possible one of the large plecotamus would swallow him? They are definitely large enough although i do realize they are plant eaters.
Well it's a mystery....
If it happened here I might suspect one of my wife's cats was at fault.
But those things can move a long way on dry land and I didn't find mine until I went to plug something in behind the tank.
If it happened here I might suspect one of my wife's cats was at fault.
But those things can move a long way on dry land and I didn't find mine until I went to plug something in behind the tank.