Missing Molly

[henry1245]

I'm very confused!

I went away for the weekend, and when I came home, one of my mollies has vanished!

It's a 25g tank, I emptied the ornaments out thinking she must be hiding, but she's gone! I've even fed the others and no sign of her!

Is I possible that she died and the other fish ate the dead body? That's the only conclusion I can make!!

Confused!!

 

[reefdiver]

It will happen. How long were you gone?

 

[henry1245]

2 days... So not very long!

 

[Homer8]

thats long enough for the other fish to eat it or its on the floor somewhere. I came home after being away for 3 days and my mudskipper was on the floor. idk how he even got out. I am quite upset now i only have one and the store that i got them from is out of business. atleast mollies are cheap and easy to find.

 

[henry1245]

There's a lid on the tank so don't think he escaped (i'll have a good look behind the tank tonight though just in case!)

I just thought that 2 days isn't long enough for the others to eat him (even if he died on day 1!)

 

[Jonnyboi405]

Did you check the filter?

 

[henry1245]

No, I didn't think it could get stuck in there as it was a good 2" Molly and I have a Fluval U2 filter which is relatively small:

 

[Homer8]

Do you have a pleco? They can do work on a dead fishy. Do you have a picture of your tank? How big was the molly?

 

[henry1245]

yes, i have a common pleco, but he's only about 2.5", the molly is about 2".

I don't have a pic of my actual tank but here is a pic from online:

 

[rich311k]

I have had fish completely disappear. It does happen, I never found any trace of them. I assume they were eaten or rotted away. Generally a larger fish's body is hard to miss.

 

[henry1245]

Thats what i don't understand, none of my fish are over 2.5" and none are older than 4 months... that together with the fact i was only away for 2 days... none of the other fish seem any bigger than they were - even the pleco!

??

 

[henry1245]

Found her!

she floated to the surface all decomposed last night... dunno what happened to her, water parameters are fine and the other fish are ok... how odd!