nevermore52
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
I have an odd situation where random fish disappear from my 10g tank in the basement. The tank is very healthy, all the parameters check out okay, all fish and plants seem healthy and active...just every once in a while I come home and a fish is missing. 2 Platies have disappeared in the last 2 weeks and several other times over the past year other fish have disappeared (I forget what they were). And I can NEVER find their bodies.
The tank doesnt have a hood, it has a piece of plexiglass over the top that covers about half of it. Is there any chance that Platies or other similar fish have jumped out of the tank? I do have 3 cats...and before anyone says the cats fished them out of the tank, I can guarantee you that my cats in no way, shape, or form are concerned about any of the fish in any of my 5 tanks. My theory is that maybe the fish jumped out and the cats ate them once they were on the floor. The tank sits on a bookshelf about 5 feet tall.
Any ideas?
The tank doesnt have a hood, it has a piece of plexiglass over the top that covers about half of it. Is there any chance that Platies or other similar fish have jumped out of the tank? I do have 3 cats...and before anyone says the cats fished them out of the tank, I can guarantee you that my cats in no way, shape, or form are concerned about any of the fish in any of my 5 tanks. My theory is that maybe the fish jumped out and the cats ate them once they were on the floor. The tank sits on a bookshelf about 5 feet tall.
Any ideas?