Who is wreaking terror on my community tank?

[Ceveji]

Hello everyone!

I have a 90 gallon planted discus tank, but I also have some "other" friends: 2 elephant nose, 1 dwarf German ram, 2 bushynose pleco (now 1), 1 giant blue shrimp, 11 marbled hatchet fish (now 10!), & 3 Siamese algae eaters. I woke up this morning to a dead hatchet fish AND a dead (sucked dry! ) bushynose pleco. Who is wreaking this havoc in my tank? So very odd....

Is it the dwarf German ram? The discus (3-4")? It's definitely not the elephant-nose... The bushynose was quite small, for the record (2"). And the dwarf German ram is getting mighty big for his britches (and for being a dwarf). I suspect him.

Thanks for helping me solve this mystery (tragedy?)

Best, C

 

[brich999]

SAE can be mean lil buggers. Ive had to remove them from tanks before because when little they do eat algae but as they grow they tend to do to 2 things. 1. They get lazy and realize a meal can be had of slime coat from other fish and 2. They get aggressive. Id look for signs of aggression from them first

 

[duanes]

Agree

SAE can be mean lil buggers. Ive had to remove them from tanks before because when little they do eat algae but as they grow they tend to do to 2 things. 1. They get lazy and realize a meal can be had of slime coat from other fish and 2. They get aggressive. Id look for signs of aggression from them first

 

[Allan01230]

yes definately watch the algae eaters

 

[AROS]

SAE can be mean lil buggers. Ive had to remove them from tanks before because when little they do eat algae but as they grow they tend to do to 2 things. 1. They get lazy and realize a meal can be had of slime coat from other fish and 2. They get aggressive. Id look for signs of aggression from them first

+1 I just had to remove mine because he was stressing out the other fish.


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[ChicagoDvd]

SAE for sure! Happens all the time... quite annoying.

-ChicagoDavid

 

[xraycer]

Another possibility is that those 2 might of died from some other cause(s) and was fed upon after it was dead.

 

[robmcd]

SAE's are evil. Get rid of them and go with Otos instead.

 

[Rafini]

I have one in my 225 and they are fine. I hear they work well in groups of 5+ to disperse aggression and have a heirarchy. at least in my tank size I could attempt that

 

[Ceveji]

Thanks everyone... Wow, I had no idea about the SAE! The bushynose was doing great --- so unfortunate. As for the other little guy, he wasn't eaten (just floating) and he was new to the tank. The SAE I have are pretty small though (1.5"). You think they ganged up on poor 'ole bushynose or what?