mwe_ch
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
So my new second-hand 230/65g tank has been up and running since the end of May. I've lost one fish to stress (but she was a very large Platy so likely at the end of her lifespan anyway), which is pretty good considering I moved two aquariums and started with 5 swordtails (3 adults, 2 fry) in one tank and the Platy, a Pleco, a Clown Loach, a Black Ruby barb and a bunch of different tetras.
In any event, I've been adding new plants/decorations over the last months and added some extra Tetras (5 Rummy nosed to make 6 of them and some cardinals too) after about a month (a week apart) to allow them to school/shoal. The Rummy nosed schooled right away. The Cardinals & Neons never did.
Lately though, it seems like 2 are missing (1 neon & 1 cardinal). I think there should be 10 cardinals/neons, but now I can only ever see 8.
There are no carcasses anywhere, unless I accidentally burried them in the gravel substrate while I was redecorating, and I'm not prepared to dig it all up looking. Could a pleco or clown loach have eaten a small cardinal? What about a mature neon?
I only noticed they were missing after rehoming both the loach and the pleco. If there are carcasses in there, I'm worried about ammonia, though there's none in there at present.
Ideas?
In any event, I've been adding new plants/decorations over the last months and added some extra Tetras (5 Rummy nosed to make 6 of them and some cardinals too) after about a month (a week apart) to allow them to school/shoal. The Rummy nosed schooled right away. The Cardinals & Neons never did.
Lately though, it seems like 2 are missing (1 neon & 1 cardinal). I think there should be 10 cardinals/neons, but now I can only ever see 8.
There are no carcasses anywhere, unless I accidentally burried them in the gravel substrate while I was redecorating, and I'm not prepared to dig it all up looking. Could a pleco or clown loach have eaten a small cardinal? What about a mature neon?
I only noticed they were missing after rehoming both the loach and the pleco. If there are carcasses in there, I'm worried about ammonia, though there's none in there at present.
Ideas?