Fish you wouldn't know you had... is that good???

[Magnum Man]

I'm sure we all have a fish that disappears, and just when you though it went into a corner somewhere and died... it shows up... it's probably not good to have dead fish in your tank, that you don't know are there... in my case, I think the plants and fish eat them, and with enough plants, and a water change routine, you may not even notice on your water parameters... and then some fish just show up, you haven't seen them for a month, then maybe they die, and don't show up next month, consumed by your eco system... and on rare occasions they showing up, and disappearing and this continues for years... in the case of my Kuhli Loaches they are totally thriving, I just don't see them for a month at a time, going on now for 3 years... should we really be keeping these fish... maybe we're doing something wrong, maybe they don't settle into aquarium life well... maybe they mature... I have some dissent in my Cichlid tank right now, where I have a few hiding... thoughts on disappearing fish???

 

[gwand]

In my nano Asian tank I have six dwarf emerald raspora. I never see them unless I disturb the plants they are hiding amongst. In my African tank one Alestopetersius caudalis went missing a month ago. No body recovered as of yet. I assume the worse.

 

[emeraldking]

I've got also a number of fish that prefer to hide more than to be in the open. But that's just their nature.
A couple of times a fish shows up that I haven't put in there myself. But it has turned out that some plants I've bought back then , had fish eggs stuck to them which have hatched in one of my tanks.

 

[CassCats]

I buy fish i know I'll never see.

My microglanis and my Bunocephalus catfish are prime examples.