The missing pleco

[Sam]

I lost a bushy nose pleco. he was in a tank with ten pygmy cories and two
tiko green killifish. the bushy nose was the largest fish in the tank but
he was still small. could ten pygmy cories devour another fish in a day or
two. I saw him a few days ago and I wanted to move him to another tank
because of the algae, but he was gone. I have all the holes covered so
there is no way to go up and out. the killifish are too small to do any
damage to a fish like that.

any one have any ideas?

Sam

[Dave S]

"Sam" > wrote in message
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> I lost a bushy nose pleco. he was in a tank with ten pygmy cories and two
> tiko green killifish. the bushy nose was the largest fish in the tank but
> he was still small. could ten pygmy cories devour another fish in a day
or
> two. I saw him a few days ago and I wanted to move him to another tank
> because of the algae, but he was gone. I have all the holes covered so
> there is no way to go up and out. the killifish are too small to do any
> damage to a fish like that.
>
> any one have any ideas?
>
> Sam
>
Sam - I have two Golden Nuggets - one of which I see regularly (say every
two days), the other I hadn't seen for 6-8 weeks! I thought that I'd lost
him, then joy of joys I saw the two of them out together. Is it possible
that you Bushy Nose is hiding away?

Dave

[Dinky]

"Dave S" > wrote in message
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> that you Bushy Nose is hiding away?
>
> Dave
>

I agree with dave. I have a common and a rubber pleco, both of which I only
see on occasion.

billy

[NetMax]

"Dinky" > wrote in message
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> "Dave S" > wrote in message
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> > that you Bushy Nose is hiding away?
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> > Dave
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> I agree with dave. I have a common and a rubber pleco, both of which I
only
> see on occasion.
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> billy

I tend to agree. Besides, a dead pleco leaves a lot of indigestible bone
& cartilage behind. If you have light substrate (ie: epoxy coated small
stones), he might have even burrowed down into it, to get a little
solitude.

I have a Bushy Nose which I rarely see. I gauge his health more by the
evidence (how much algae is getting eaten).

NetMax

[dz]

Check the floor around the tank.
Just a guess

"Sam" > wrote in message
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> I lost a bushy nose pleco. he was in a tank with ten pygmy cories and two
> tiko green killifish. the bushy nose was the largest fish in the tank but
> he was still small. could ten pygmy cories devour another fish in a day
or
> two. I saw him a few days ago and I wanted to move him to another tank
> because of the algae, but he was gone. I have all the holes covered so
> there is no way to go up and out. the killifish are too small to do any
> damage to a fish like that.
>
> any one have any ideas?
>
> Sam
>
>

[coelacanth]

Sam wrote:
> I lost a bushy nose pleco. he was in a tank with ten pygmy
> cories and two tiko green killifish. the bushy nose was the
> largest fish in the tank but he was still small. could ten
> pygmy cories devour another fish in a day or two. I saw him a
> few days ago and I wanted to move him to another tank because
> of the algae, but he was gone. I have all the holes covered
> so there is no way to go up and out. the killifish are too
> small to do any damage to a fish like that.
>
> any one have any ideas?
>
> Sam

I rarely see my guys unless I come downstairs in the middle
of the night. During the day, they hide really, really well.
One tends to hang upside down on a piece of driftwood
and blend in so well I can't see him (and I KNOW he's there).

Try puting out some algae wafers or other treat a lights out,
leave the room lights off, then check back in a while.

-coelacanth