Fishie went poof - Aquarium Advice

Arshis · 12-19-2005, 12:26 PM

I have a 4 inch oscar and a missing 2 inch placo you dont think he would of ate him do you? I figure with such a rough body none of my cichlids would eat him.

dskidmore · 12-19-2005, 01:52 PM

Most fish will canabalize if another fish dies of any reason.

talloulou · 12-19-2005, 02:00 PM

If it could fit in the oscars mouth then it is quite possible the oscar ate it.

Flutterby21782 · 12-19-2005, 04:18 PM

Have you searched everywhere in your tank plecos like to hide. I didn't see mine for weeks, thinking I had looked everywhere it could fit. I was wrong. I have a square clay pot type decoration, it's put in upside down, there are fish shapes cut out. The pleco could fit in there, that is where it had been hiding.

Arshis · 12-19-2005, 08:26 PM

Hes gone i removed all objects in tank and changed half the water and cleaned the gravel ... I just didnt imagine the oscar would swallow the pleco whole.

Arshis · 12-19-2005, 08:27 PM

Hes gone i removed all objects in tank and changed half the water and cleaned the gravel ... I just didnt imagine the oscar would swallow the pleco whole. One alge eater down 1 Chinese Alge eater still running hes got a big tank to cover for one lil fishie.

gohabs9 · 12-19-2005, 08:47 PM

i can imagine a hungry oscar eating a small pleco like that, no problem [acronym:d7175f9cca="In my opinion"]IMO[/acronym:d7175f9cca]

rich311k · 12-19-2005, 08:59 PM

I second the Oscar ate it. I could believe the things Roy could get down his mouth.

12-19-2005, 12:26 PM	#1
Arshis Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Alexandria, VA Posts: 62	Fishie went poof I have a 4 inch oscar and a missing 2 inch placo you dont think he would of ate him do you? I figure with such a rough body none of my cichlids would eat him.

12-19-2005, 01:52 PM	#2
dskidmore Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Genesee Valley Posts: 2,292 Images: 1	Most fish will canabalize if another fish dies of any reason. __________________ 75 gallon freshwater Baby shrimp sighted! 2.5 Gallon unpowered freshwater now with high light 0.25 gallon palmtop doomed to an unlit end?

12-19-2005, 02:00 PM	#3
talloulou Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Washington Posts: 2,092 Images: 17	If it could fit in the oscars mouth then it is quite possible the oscar ate it. __________________ http://talloulou.smugmug.com/

12-19-2005, 04:18 PM	#4
Flutterby21782 Aquarium Advice Activist Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Watertown, NY, USA Posts: 152	Have you searched everywhere in your tank plecos like to hide. I didn't see mine for weeks, thinking I had looked everywhere it could fit. I was wrong. I have a square clay pot type decoration, it's put in upside down, there are fish shapes cut out. The pleco could fit in there, that is where it had been hiding. __________________ ~Flutter~ I have a dog named Daisy, she is a husky/lab cross, and an itty bitty Pitty named Maggie Socks, the orange and white domestic short haired kitty. A guenia pig that has yet to be named. 3 Bettas in thier own gallon in a half brandysnifter. I have fire belly newts too. ~War doesn't show who's right, it's shows who's left.~

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12-19-2005, 08:26 PM	#5
Arshis Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Alexandria, VA Posts: 62	Hes gone i removed all objects in tank and changed half the water and cleaned the gravel ... I just didnt imagine the oscar would swallow the pleco whole.

12-19-2005, 08:27 PM	#6
Arshis Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Alexandria, VA Posts: 62	Hes gone i removed all objects in tank and changed half the water and cleaned the gravel ... I just didnt imagine the oscar would swallow the pleco whole. One alge eater down 1 Chinese Alge eater still running hes got a big tank to cover for one lil fishie.

12-19-2005, 08:47 PM	#7
gohabs9 Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: canada Posts: 68	i can imagine a hungry oscar eating a small pleco like that, no problem [acronym:d7175f9cca="In my opinion"]IMO[/acronym:d7175f9cca]

12-19-2005, 08:59 PM	#8
rich311k Aquarium Advice Addict Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 8,972 Images: 35	I second the Oscar ate it. I could believe the things Roy could get down his mouth.

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