My amphibians are vanishing without a trace!

[Hostile 17]

Over the last month, I have been experiencing a sad and bizarre
phenomenon in my little 5 gallon freshwater tank. First, a little
fire-belly newt that everyone loved just vanished one day without a
trace (had him for five months). After a period of mourning, I bought a
paddle-tail newt to replace him. Then my little African dwarf frog
vanished without trace (had him for six months)!

The tank is a closed model (Regent) with no space to escape anywhere.
Moreover, I tore the entire first floor of the house apart when the
first newt went missing. There's no evidence of decaying parts or bones
for either of these animals inside or outside the tank.

The other denizens of the tank are a Betta, two fancy-tail guppies and a
single neon tetra. There is also a golden mystery snail which has grown
to significant proportions since being added to the tank in the last two
months. Can snails eat amphibians?

Does anyone know what could be happening here? Both the frog and
original newt were much beloved by my family and visiting friends. Are
any of these species carnivorous? I was told upon each purchase by the
pet store that my aquarium inhabitants were all compatible with each
other - now I'm wondering if that is true.

Any help would be appreciated.

John

[nuchumYussel]

"Hostile 17" > wrote in message news:<7G5%c.901$9P4.857@trndny02>...
> Over the last month, I have been experiencing a sad and bizarre
> phenomenon in my little 5 gallon freshwater tank. First, a little
> fire-belly newt that everyone loved just vanished one day without a
> trace (had him for five months). After a period of mourning, I bought a
> paddle-tail newt to replace him. Then my little African dwarf frog
> vanished without trace (had him for six months)!
>
> The tank is a closed model (Regent) with no space to escape anywhere.
> Moreover, I tore the entire first floor of the house apart when the
> first newt went missing. There's no evidence of decaying parts or bones
> for either of these animals inside or outside the tank.
>
> The other denizens of the tank are a Betta, two fancy-tail guppies and a
> single neon tetra. There is also a golden mystery snail which has grown
> to significant proportions since being added to the tank in the last two
> months. Can snails eat amphibians?
>
> Does anyone know what could be happening here? Both the frog and
> original newt were much beloved by my family and visiting friends. Are
> any of these species carnivorous? I was told upon each purchase by the
> pet store that my aquarium inhabitants were all compatible with each
> other - now I'm wondering if that is true.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> John


I believe that all of the inhabitants are indeed compatible. When I
first read your post, I thought about a cat. But then you said the
tank was sealed. So my new train of thought is, is there a young child
living in the house? If so, he/she might have taken the ampibians out
to "play" and they, the amphibians, got away from the child. Whatever
is the cause, good luck in finding the cure.

Evan Davis

[Hostile 17]

"nuchumYussel" > wrote in message
om...
> "Hostile 17" > wrote in message
news:<7G5%c.901$9P4.857@trndny02>...
> > Over the last month, I have been experiencing a sad and bizarre
> > phenomenon in my little 5 gallon freshwater tank. First, a little
> > fire-belly newt that everyone loved just vanished one day without a
> > trace (had him for five months). After a period of mourning, I
bought a
> > paddle-tail newt to replace him. Then my little African dwarf frog
> > vanished without trace (had him for six months)!
> >
> > The tank is a closed model (Regent) with no space to escape
anywhere.
> > Moreover, I tore the entire first floor of the house apart when the
> > first newt went missing. There's no evidence of decaying parts or
bones
> > for either of these animals inside or outside the tank.
> >
> > The other denizens of the tank are a Betta, two fancy-tail guppies
and a
> > single neon tetra. There is also a golden mystery snail which has
grown
> > to significant proportions since being added to the tank in the last
two
> > months. Can snails eat amphibians?
> >
> > Does anyone know what could be happening here? Both the frog and
> > original newt were much beloved by my family and visiting friends.
Are
> > any of these species carnivorous? I was told upon each purchase by
the
> > pet store that my aquarium inhabitants were all compatible with each
> > other - now I'm wondering if that is true.
> >
> > Any help would be appreciated.
> >
> > John
>
>
> I believe that all of the inhabitants are indeed compatible. When I
> first read your post, I thought about a cat. But then you said the
> tank was sealed. So my new train of thought is, is there a young child
> living in the house? If so, he/she might have taken the ampibians out
> to "play" and they, the amphibians, got away from the child. Whatever
> is the cause, good luck in finding the cure.
>
> Evan Davis

I don't have anyone living with me who could have released them. Someone
on another group said the paddle-tail newt is aggressive and may have
eaten my frog; but that still doesn't explain what happened to the first
newt. This is a frustrating mystery and I'm not sure that adding to the
tank at this point is smart until I know what's happening.

[CanadianCray]

Maybe the frog ate the first newt, then the second newt ate the frog...
Solved that will be $50.00 please. LOL

--
Craig Williams
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www.Canadiancray.tk
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> "nuchumYussel" > wrote in message
> om...
>> "Hostile 17" > wrote in message
> news:<7G5%c.901$9P4.857@trndny02>...
>> > Over the last month, I have been experiencing a sad and bizarre
>> > phenomenon in my little 5 gallon freshwater tank. First, a little
>> > fire-belly newt that everyone loved just vanished one day without a
>> > trace (had him for five months). After a period of mourning, I
> bought a
>> > paddle-tail newt to replace him. Then my little African dwarf frog
>> > vanished without trace (had him for six months)!
>> >
>> > The tank is a closed model (Regent) with no space to escape
> anywhere.
>> > Moreover, I tore the entire first floor of the house apart when the
>> > first newt went missing. There's no evidence of decaying parts or
> bones
>> > for either of these animals inside or outside the tank.
>> >
>> > The other denizens of the tank are a Betta, two fancy-tail guppies
> and a
>> > single neon tetra. There is also a golden mystery snail which has
> grown
>> > to significant proportions since being added to the tank in the last
> two
>> > months. Can snails eat amphibians?
>> >
>> > Does anyone know what could be happening here? Both the frog and
>> > original newt were much beloved by my family and visiting friends.
> Are
>> > any of these species carnivorous? I was told upon each purchase by
> the
>> > pet store that my aquarium inhabitants were all compatible with each
>> > other - now I'm wondering if that is true.
>> >
>> > Any help would be appreciated.
>> >
>> > John
>>
>>
>> I believe that all of the inhabitants are indeed compatible. When I
>> first read your post, I thought about a cat. But then you said the
>> tank was sealed. So my new train of thought is, is there a young child
>> living in the house? If so, he/she might have taken the ampibians out
>> to "play" and they, the amphibians, got away from the child. Whatever
>> is the cause, good luck in finding the cure.
>>
>> Evan Davis
>
> I don't have anyone living with me who could have released them. Someone
> on another group said the paddle-tail newt is aggressive and may have
> eaten my frog; but that still doesn't explain what happened to the first
> newt. This is a frustrating mystery and I'm not sure that adding to the
> tank at this point is smart until I know what's happening.
>
>