Missing Tetras! Who's the culprit?

[Fodder]

Over the last 8 days 6 of my 14 tetras have gone missing. Not evidence of illness, no corpses, just gone overnight!

It is pretty clear they are being "Consumed" as I have searched the tank and they are too big to fit through the filter guard.

In the tank are:

2 Gold Pearlscale Angels - 2.5"
2 Gold Severum - 1.5"
3 Rosy Barbs - 2"
8 zebra Danios
3 pepper corys
1 Sailfin Pleco - 2.5"
1 synodontis nigriventris
3 Platys

oh, and 8 tetras!

I suspect the Angels as they seem to act like "hunters" when the lights are dimmed.

Any experienced comment welcome! :?

 

[Fishyfanatic]

What kind of tetra has gone missing? If it's neons, yes, the angel is the culprit. Neons are natural pray.

 

[Voodoo Chilli]

It probably is the angels, but don't rule the snyo out.

 

[JustOneMore20]

If they were really small tetras, it could be the angels...but at 2.5 inches I don't see them eating anything unless they were really small tetras. The syno is an Upside down cat, right? I don't think they eat tetras. What kind were they?

 

[Fodder]

Sizes

If they were really small tetras, it could be the angels...but at 2.5 inches I don't see them eating anything unless they were really small tetras.

They were small neon tetras. I had two sets, all but one of the small set have gone. After careful measurement the angels are actually a little over 8cm i.e. 3.2 inches.

I guess its the angels!

 

[JustOneMore20]

Yes, I would agree! So, now you know not to add neons! Gotta pick a bigger tetra this time.

 

[toddnbecka]

Neons are part of an Angelfishes natural diet in the wild.