lost pleco?

Question

today i got a rubbernose plecostomous and I put it in the tank with my oscar and its been a few hours and i still havent seen it and I am worried my oscar ate it. The pleco was about an inch and a half. Please for the wise acers out there only awnser if you really know the awnser. I don't care how funny you are (unless your conan o brien, but i highly doubt it)

JAX, your avatar looks nothing like conansie!

JAX, your avatar looks nothing like consie!

he is about 4 inches, and he has a big mouth, OHBOY!
SUCKSA FOR MEESA!

Answer 1

If you have a lot of decor in your tank, your pleco may be hiding. How big is your oscar? If it is over 4 1/2 in. there's a good chance it was eaten. At night, turn the lights off and put some sinking herbivorous catfish food in there. In half an hour or so, turn the lights back on. If it isn't there and the food wasn't eaten, your pleco was most likely eaten.

Answer 2

Is that really how you spell 'answer' or did you just spell it like that to stres the syllabels or something?

Well anywho, did you check everywhere in the tank? Under leaves, behind the filter, in the filter, under rocks?

How large are the oscars?

Either way, i doubt they would have eaten it. Pleco's are very tough fish and oscars wont usually eat anything that wouldnt fit entirely in their mouths. They might nip at it but Pleco's, especially, are completely covered in armour and spikes. They COULD have eaten it but keep looking just in case.

Answer 3

plecostomous are nitorius hiders the like to hid he proably is just in some plants or and objest u may have in tank pluse i think theyr nocternal if u want to see it ur best shot would be turn off lights in room and tank wait a couple hours and then turn on lights u may get a glimps of him

Answer 4

They are good hiders. Look under everything. Chances are that the oscar ate it though, they really can't have much for tankmates.

Answer 5

look under the green thing...I see him