Pleco problem - missing in a 2.5g

[Guppy Breeder]

I cant find my pleco any qhere in my 2.5 gallon tank can pleco bury them



selves under the gravel

 

[alLexX]

i dont know,but you have a pleco in a 2.5? wayyyyyyyyy to small

 

[Scott F]

Does that skull statue have openings in the eyes or anywhere else ??

It could easily be that he's found a home. I had a rock setting and mine was always hanging out in it during the day...

 

[Guppy Breeder]

Yeah un the side of the rock and the eyes are open but I already lifted it up looked inside but it was empty.

 

[Jess1ca]

Does it have a top? Could it have jumped out? I agree, that tank is too small. Even plecos that don't grow to be huge, like bn's, need at least 20 or 30 gallons I believe...

 

[Convict2161]

I'm not gonna echo the others about the size tank and the pleco being in it, I think you get the point or at least I hope so.

Check that skull.

 

[Tetra1990]

Don't forget to check the filter and around the OUTSIDE of the tank.

 

[Online]

Pleco s are nocturnal , and shy. I see my clown Pleco once every 3 weeks if I am lucky . They hide in my small castle. Prolly stuck to the inside of your skull.

 

[Cichlid Kid]

Doubtful he's in the gravel but I'd check there as well.

 

[Tetra1990]

Pleco s are nocturnal , and shy. I see my clown Pleco once every 3 weeks if I am lucky . They hide in my small castle. Prolly stuck to the inside of your skull.

Interesting about clown plecos. I just got one last Tuesday. And I've seen him a ton. But yes, I agree with the nocturnal thing. I drop a wafer in after lights out and in the morning it's nowhere to be found.

 

[Guppy Breeder]

I always keep the lid closed except when feeding the fish and I took the filter og the side and looked to see if the fish was attached it wasnt ive checkrd the skull multiple times not there thats why I was wonderimg if they could bury themselves

 

[Tetra1990]

Do you have cats?

 

[Jess1ca]

I have an almost 2inch Abn in my mixed African tank n never see him day or night haha. He has a tough crowd to hang with, I might see him once a week if I'm lucky, I usually go digging around for him at wc time to make sure he is still kickin, they r great at hiding just doesn't seem like there would be many places to hide in a 2.5. Is that a submersible filter? Have u looked behind it?

 

[Jess1ca]

Nevermind just seen that u checked...

 

[Guppy Breeder]

I cat never let her un my room because of multiple fish tanks in there. My plecosomus doesnt have a tough crowd only a guppy

 

[Fishandmusic81]

Have you checked the floor behind and around the tank?

 

[Guppy Breeder]

Yeah repeatedly

 

[Guppy Breeder]

Just cleaned tank and found him flatter than a pancake against the in side of the school

 

[Scott F]

you mean the inside of the skull??

Is he ok?

 

[Guppy Breeder]

Yeah he is dead