I had 4 neon tetras, 2 white skirt tetras, and 1 young swordtail (only 2 inches long right now) in a 10 gallon (the other young swordtail is in another tank as she is pregnant). Today I noticed that I only saw 3 neon tetras, which was normal because often they hide really well in plants and I can't find them. But then I removed all the plants and fake coral from my tank and combed through the gravel and still didn't find the 4th neon. Is it possible that she died behind a plant where I couldn't see her, and the other fishes ate her corpse?
I just tested water levels, they are fine, I realize that any living thing can sometimes die without much of an explanation. I just want to know if it is possible that the other fish ate her corpse?
2007-08-24 07:08:33 · 13 answers · asked by sweetdreams99279 4 in Pets ➔ Fish
all fish will eat a corpse of a dead fish they pucker at it what is left will probably be in gravel or filter
2007-08-24 07:17:35 · answer #1 · answered by bob 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
She could have been eaten. If you go to pet stores and look real carefully if there is a dead fish in the tank the other start eating on it. Also, I had a goldfish that ate another fish that was in the tank with it.
2007-08-24 14:17:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, as gruesome as that is, is is very likely that that was the case. The death could have been from old age or from disease. Good luck with the pregnant swordtail! :0)
2007-08-24 14:49:11 · answer #3 · answered by ♥Petlover♥ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont think they did because it would take them awhile to finish the whole fish. Check around the tank to see if the fish had jumped out.
2007-08-25 04:06:02 · answer #4 · answered by jimmytran03 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It might've gone through the filter. I've never had a fish eat another fish... unless, maybe, you haven't fed them lately.
2007-08-24 17:28:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Then he either jumped out or got sucked into your filter.
~ZTM
2007-08-24 14:16:10 · answer #6 · answered by ZooTycoonMaster 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It could have died and they ate it or it partial decayed and then the filter could suck it up.
2007-08-24 14:17:53 · answer #7 · answered by Confused 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Fish will eat eachother from time to time, dead or alive.
2007-08-24 14:16:19 · answer #8 · answered by Lilly 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
maybe she got stuck in a shell or jumped out... one of my fish did that and it was dead and scary!!!
2007-08-24 14:13:15 · answer #9 · answered by ~*~Gloria~*~ 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
check out your filter
EB
2007-08-24 14:15:16 · answer #10 · answered by Kribensis lover 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋