No Corpses

[strohl71]

Hello all -

I have somewhat of an unusual question/issue.

I have a moderately planted 38 gal in which I keep 2 pairs of apistos (cacs and aggies). There is also a school of cardinal tetras, one oto cat and one ancistrus pleco. Lastly, there is one "fan shrimp" (can't recall the species name) which I actually do not even see that often. By "fan shrimp", I mean it has fans instead of actual claws. It is about 3 inches long and catches food bits in its fans.

Anyway, my issue is that in the last couple of months, I have "lost" two female cacs. First one and then the replacement. They simply disapeared. They were both seemingly healthy.

It is possible they died and I just can't see the bodies in my mass of anubias plants.

Would my ancistrus pleco or the fan shrimp consume the bodies? Would either of them actually catch and kill a resting apisto in the middle of the night when the tank is dark? I would not think so but now I am not so sure...

Any thoughts?

 

[KnaveTO]

Neither would catch and kill a resting anything. The pleco however might eat a dead fish at the bottom of your tank however as they are oportunistic feeders.

 

[creighton]

Its most likely the pleco, but who knows.

 

[Zoban]

Fish is natural fish food so a fading or dead fish would be an open food item for anyone in the tank. Definately the plecs as mentioned would take advantage of the snack..

Sorry about your losses though..