I have a dwarf gourami, he was about 2 1/2 inches, and I had him for a month. We dont have anything in the tank small enough for him to get into, and I have moved around all of the stuff in the tank to search for him. He has just disappeared! I checked all around the tank and he is not on the floor! We dont have anything aggressive in the tank (rubberlipped pleco, couple of rainbow sharks, dojo loach, frog, mollies, tetra) that could have eaten him. What could have happened? Has anyone else heard of these fish jumping out of the tank?
No traces of eaten fish in the tank either! What happened?
2006-11-05 14:13:17 · 22 answers · asked by April M 3 in Pets ➔ Fish
A couple of you mentioned vacuuming him up. We have hard wood floors, we would have noticed it right away.
And I have an african dwarf frog, he is probably 1/2 inch big, if that. He is just a baby!
I also checked the entire vacinity of the tank and no sign... I assumed someone didnt eat him, because he is BY FAR the largest fish in the tank! We are new hobbiests so the fish are all still babies! I am baffled!
2006-11-05 14:46:52 · update #1
It's happened to me, too. Twice actually. My plecos tend to do that, one day they're there, next...they're gone. Unfortunately, its one of the mysteries of life.
However when the fish dies, other fish are first on the scene and eat it within a few hours.
Or, check the filter, you might find remains or the body.
Check everything within 20 feet of the fish tank, I had a fish that jumped into a basket that was far away from the tank.
Like one of the people above me said, fish don't just disappear.
So just keep checking, everywhere.
2006-11-06 01:29:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 9⤊ 0⤋
Disappearing Fish
2016-12-18 17:59:09 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had a bala shark jump out of my tank. I looked around for a long time and did not find him until the next day, in a plastic bag in my garbage! (which was about a foot away, 2 feet below the tank) I had had him for about a week and he had been chased by other fish in the tank, so he must have decided life was not worth living anymore.
2006-11-05 14:23:38 · answer #3 · answered by mnnydb 3 · 5⤊ 1⤋
That's odd.
What kind of frog do you have? African clawed frogs will eat fish. Check the toes of the frog - if they are not webbed than you've got an African clawed frog, as opposed to the small, webbed foot African dwarf frog. Clawed frogs also grow quite large, as opposed to dwarf frogs which don't get past 1.5"
2006-11-05 14:19:58 · answer #4 · answered by lickitysplit 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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This happened to me and one of my past Betta fish. The fish jumped out of the little bowl it was in and lay down on the table until I got home from work. Thinking it was already dead I picked it up and put it in the toilet for a "fish funeral." But as soon as it got wet and got rehydrated it came back to life. It happened so fast I didn't get to catch it, because it swam up the toilet. It looked like a dried up leaf to the sight and touch. I later learned that Bettas have the ability to breath air when out of water. I would assume it jumped out and someone in your household threw it away or vacuumed it by mistake. That is my theory to your situation.
2016-04-04 06:32:44 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That happened to me once. My fish just vanished and we dismantled the ENTIRE tank, drained the water and took everything out. No fish, not even a skeleton or any trace of him. Since I have cats, I simply assumed he'd jumped out the tank somehow and become dinner. That was years ago and I never did find out where he went.
2006-11-06 02:35:45 · answer #6 · answered by Jason 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Dwarf gourami are kind of sensitive to water quality. He might have gotten sick, and died. The loach, and pelco would have happily eaten him if he was dead. Also like most anabantoids (betta, gourami, snake heads...) they will try and go for a "walk". They tend to be more inclined to do this if water conditions are bad. (Anabantoids can breath air, and most will actually drown if they can't reach the surface.)
PS- I'd check the ammonia, and nitrate levels in the tank.
2006-11-05 17:49:59 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
Do you have a cat? ;)
yes I have heard of fish jumping out of the tank but you would have seen him on the floor somewhere. check all around on the floor & behind the tank.
2006-11-05 14:18:53 · answer #8 · answered by mandad1084 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Had that happen a few times to me too. I think our cats must have ate them, but I don't know how they got out because the tank was always covered with books on top so the kitty couldn't get in. They shrivel up when they dry out, so maybe it was vaccumed up? I don't know. Tricky little buggers.
2006-11-05 14:34:11 · answer #9 · answered by dolly 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
He may have been sucked into the filter and dissolved. He could have feel onto the floor dried and was vacuumed up. He could have been ate by a nice fish or other animal. He could have been ate by the cat or dog. That's strange.
2006-11-05 14:23:09 · answer #10 · answered by noseygirl 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋