What Eats Dead Fish?

[archaeo]

Have 11 fish (5 neons + 6 Otos) in a c.2 month old 180lt tank with CO2 + plants etc, all stable and going well - basically no real probs at all

Then one Oto dies, then another - but I cannot find the bodies anywhere. I am just wondering if the snails (another story entirely) and other fish have recycled the dead otos as food?

Am I barking up the wrong tree and should I be digging around a bit more? or this an everyday occurance?

Cheers

Archeao

p.s. off to feed the otos organic cucumber - as they seem to like that!

 

[jayjay]

Well have you looked around the tank fully, in filter etc. everything?

Snails may of finished off the fish though.

 

[archaeo]

Hunted high and low - nought in filters etc, nor under plants...

even had a good root around when pruning plants and doing 20% water change..nothing - not even bones

I'm going to blame the snails

Cheers : )

Well have you looked around the tank fully, in filter etc. everything?

Snails may of finished off the fish though.

 

[dwarfgourami]

Fish eat other fish. Even non-predatory species will chow down on an ex-companion. Snails probably do too. Also, small bodies dissolve really quickly in water, particularly in hot weather.