Fantail eaten missing fish?

We have a fantail and shubunkin in a nice large tank along with an algae
eater, or we did have.

The algae eater has disappeared completely from the tank, there is
absolutely no sign of him.

Is it possible that one of the other fish could have "eaten" him ?

Sami wrote:

The algae eater has disappeared completely from the tank, there is
absolutely no sign of him.

Is it possible that one of the other fish could have "eaten" him ?

I suggest looking on the floor in about a 6 foot radius from the tank.
Otherwise they are GREAT at hiding, in logs, decorations, under rocks,
etc...

-D
--
"A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy
enough people to make it worth the effort." -Herm Albright

Depends how big the algae eater is/was and how big the fantail's mouth is.
Mel.

"Donald K" wrote in message
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Sami wrote:

The algae eater has disappeared completely from the tank, there is
absolutely no sign of him.

Is it possible that one of the other fish could have "eaten" him ?

I suggest looking on the floor in about a 6 foot radius from the tank.
Otherwise they are GREAT at hiding, in logs, decorations, under rocks,
etc...

-D
--
"A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy
enough people to make it worth the effort." -Herm Albright

Mel wrote:

Depends how big the algae eater is/was and how big the fantail's mouth
is. Mel.


Good point, I was assuming some sort of pl#co, but if they had an oto or
a small SAE the "LUNCH!" option is viable.

I sort of shudder when I think of trying to eat a pl#co, all that armor
plate and sharp spines...

-D
--
"A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy
enough people to make it worth the effort." -Herm Albright

Quoth "Sami" wibble@no spam.never.co.uk on Tue, 20 Apr 2004 21:40:40
+0000 (UTC),

The algae eater has disappeared completely from the tank, there is
absolutely no sign of him.

Is it possible that one of the other fish could have "eaten" him ?

It's possible. What kind of algae eater was it?

Look around the tank, as has already been suggested -- and look IN the
filter.


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Only know that there is no spork.

I had a white cloud disappear from the tank before. The water started to
REALLY stink bad when I noticed the fish is missing, so I am assuming it was
eaten, and that is what is producing the bad smell. And no, the odor wasn't
from bad water.

"Sami" wibble@no spam.never.co.uk wrote in message
...
We have a fantail and shubunkin in a nice large tank along with an algae
eater, or we did have.

The algae eater has disappeared completely from the tank, there is
absolutely no sign of him.

Is it possible that one of the other fish could have "eaten" him ?

no, the fish wasnt eaten, it died and was fouling the water.

"K. Sher" wrote:

I had a white cloud disappear from the tank before. The water started to
REALLY stink bad when I noticed the fish is missing, so I am assuming it was
eaten, and that is what is producing the bad smell. And no, the odor wasn't
from bad water.

"Sami" wibble@no spam.never.co.uk wrote in message
...
We have a fantail and shubunkin in a nice large tank along with an algae
eater, or we did have.

The algae eater has disappeared completely from the tank, there is
absolutely no sign of him.

Is it possible that one of the other fish could have "eaten" him ?






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Well I don't know then, maybe it died and was eaten because I checked
everywhere including the filter and it was nowhere to be found.

wrote in message
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no, the fish wasnt eaten, it died and was fouling the water.

"K. Sher" wrote:

I had a white cloud disappear from the tank before. The water started to
REALLY stink bad when I noticed the fish is missing, so I am assuming it
was
eaten, and that is what is producing the bad smell. And no, the odor
wasn't
from bad water.

"Sami" wibble@no spam.never.co.uk wrote in message
...
We have a fantail and shubunkin in a nice large tank along with an
algae
eater, or we did have.

The algae eater has disappeared completely from the tank, there is
absolutely no sign of him.

Is it possible that one of the other fish could have "eaten" him ?






~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List
http://puregold.aquaria.net/
www.drsolo.com
Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
endorsements or recommendations I make.

ask your wife .... maybe the thing you ate yesterday, WAS NOT CHICKEN !


"K. Sher" wrote in message
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Well I don't know then, maybe it died and was eaten because I checked
everywhere including the filter and it was nowhere to be found.

On Tue, 20 Apr 2004 21:40:40 +0000 (UTC), "Sami" wibble@no
spam.never.co.uk wrote:

We have a fantail and shubunkin in a nice large tank along with an algae
eater, or we did have.

The algae eater has disappeared completely from the tank, there is
absolutely no sign of him.

Is it possible that one of the other fish could have "eaten" him ?


I lost an 'algae eater', a hill stream loach I believe, about a year
ago. I checked everywhere in and outside of the tank and he had
utterly vanished. A mystery to this day.