Has this happened to anyone else....???

[amyb_70]

I had a small pleco I bought it was about 2.5" and only grows up to 5", well for at least 2 weeks I can't find it anywhere in my aquarium. I move and shook the decorations and still can't find it, for the past 45 min I have been looking for one of my angelfish I can't find it anywhere. There not bring eaten, they live with 4 other angels, 4 Cory cats, 3 Oto, 2 ghost shrimp and a long fin albino bristle nose pleco about same size as the other pleco and maxes out at 4.5-5" ..... I have a full hood in the aquarium, a rocket filter so they aren't being sucked into the beastly HOB. This seems very bazaar to me.


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[elephantnose]

I've lost an angel before.


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[amyb_70]

Did you ever find it?


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[elephantnose]

Nope, I took that tank down and sold it. But still never found it.


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[amyb_70]

Wow it's sooo weird. Thanks for letting me know I'm not slone


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[elephantnose]

Granted it was a small angel but still. My guess would be it got lost under gravel and eventually got eaten or decomposed.


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[Brookster123]

How big s your tank? I'd be willing to bet that pleco has a hidey hole somewhere and he's dining in angel a al mode..

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[amyb_70]

It's a 29 gal with sand substrate, pleco has not been seen in weeks and I do turn the sand sometimes


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[amyb_70]

Ok so my daughter told me the angelfish dies and she removed it. 1 mystery solved. The pleco I wonder if he burrowed under the sand and couldn't get out.


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[dwhit13]

When I bought my first Rubber lip Pleco and turned him loose in the aquarium I didnt see him for three weeks. I looked and looked. then one day he miraculously appeared cleaning the glass and I've seen him every day since. The second one I bought was similiar , for about a week or so couldnt find him at all then there he was. I think they hide really really well and only come out when its dark and still in the aquarium and house until they get more comfortable.

 

[amyb_70]

well i did find out where the angel fish went, it died and my little 6 yr old girl, saw her floating and she scooped and dumped it for me..

 

[alyxandria]

Try turning the lights off in your aquarium and look in with a flashlight I guarantee you'll find the pleco swimming around munching on some algae. You could also put in a couple algae wafers in after the lights are out. They love them. From my experience my pleco's are practically nocturnal. I sometimes don't see mine for days.

Here's mine snacking on an algae wafer during the middle of the night.




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[amyb_70]

I can try that. My thought is it burrowed under the sand and was not able to get out. Idk I'm baffled. I'll try it and see what happens.


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[alyxandria]

Have you run your fingers through the sand to check? I'm curious now. Keep us updated if you find him/her!


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[amyb_70]

Yes I've run my fingers through the bottom. I'm a little nervous to what I may find or that I may ruin the plants I've been adding. Any ideas or suggestion how to keep them from dying? I want to rearrange the plants abywats


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