IOU1 Posted January 24, 2008 Report Share Posted January 24, 2008 I'm a bit confused :oops: :roll: Out in my new outdoor fishroom I have a tank that I put my adult albino bristlenose in amongst other fish until I could prepare the breeding tank. Anyway, I saw it in the afternoon and the next morning it had just dissapeared, but the other fish are all still there :-? There was no trace of it anywhere, the tank only had a small internal filter, a piece of driftwood to graze on, a small cave, a heater, and all the rest was water. I moved and checked everything but this bristlenose is nowhere to be seen Surely if it died for some reason you would see it in the tank dead the next day and not missing completely. The tank has tight glass fittings on top and the other fish were much smaller than it and could not possibly have eaten it (small apistos that are feed every day). What could have happened to it and has this happened to anyone else? It is quite annoying as I've mostly seemed to only have bad luck after setting up this shed (been ripped off on some fish etc aswell ) and its costing a fortune The only thing I can think of is that its been stolen... Hopefully not though because the only people to know about this shed and all the fish are people off here who have came to view and buy other things from me And why would this have been the only fish missing? Surely the thief would have taken other fish aswell?? Might be time to padlock the shed?? What are your guys thoughts? Don't want to give up just yet Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cichlid7 Posted January 24, 2008 Report Share Posted January 24, 2008 look inside the drift wood it will be in it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OscarBoy Posted January 25, 2008 Report Share Posted January 25, 2008 Do you have like big plecos? if you do they will have eaten it if it had died Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tHEcONCH Posted January 25, 2008 Report Share Posted January 25, 2008 I'm a bit confused :oops: :roll: Out in my new outdoor fishroom I have a tank that I put my adult albino bristlenose in amongst other fish until I could prepare the breeding tank. Anyway, I saw it in the afternoon and the next morning it had just dissapeared, but the other fish are all still there :-? There was no trace of it anywhere, the tank only had a small internal filter, a piece of driftwood to graze on, a small cave, a heater, and all the rest was water. I moved and checked everything but this bristlenose is nowhere to be seen Surely if it died for some reason you would see it in the tank dead the next day and not missing completely. The tank has tight glass fittings on top and the other fish were much smaller than it and could not possibly have eaten it (small apistos that are feed every day). What could have happened to it and has this happened to anyone else? It is quite annoying as I've mostly seemed to only have bad luck after setting up this shed (been ripped off on some fish etc aswell ) and its costing a fortune The only thing I can think of is that its been stolen... Hopefully not though because the only people to know about this shed and all the fish are people off here who have came to view and buy other things from me And why would this have been the only fish missing? Surely the thief would have taken other fish aswell?? Might be time to padlock the shed?? What are your guys thoughts? Don't want to give up just yet Thanks Does your tank have gravel? Some Plecs and BN will bury themselves completely if they feel threatened. You may well find that it has literally 'gone to ground'. Just wait until after dark, then sneak in and take a look, or VERY GENTLY run your fingers through the gravel if you really need to know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IOU1 Posted January 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2008 Thanks guys for the thoughts Have looked in the driftwood and it is not in there, have no big plecos in the tank- nothing except those small apistos I said about, and I didn't worry about putting gravel in the tank as it was only temporary so didn't think I needed it :roll: Its just GONE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coelacanth Posted January 25, 2008 Report Share Posted January 25, 2008 this is a bit wierd but I used to have a whiptail that would disappear from its tank. I would then find it in a different tank. I wasn't moving it, there was no-one else to move it. I think it may have had some kind of teleportation device secreted somewhere in the room. I never did figure out how it was doing it. Eventually it disappeared for good. True story (seriously!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheesejawa Posted January 25, 2008 Report Share Posted January 25, 2008 same thing happened to my head and tail light tetra. my only theory is thecatfish ate it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted January 25, 2008 Report Share Posted January 25, 2008 Happens all the time in my turtle tank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowfax Posted January 25, 2008 Report Share Posted January 25, 2008 ive had the same thing with a female bn, i moved her & my male bn into their own tank & she has dissapeared into thin air! she would have been about 6-7cm & the tank is only 40L. gone without a trace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slevin12 Posted January 25, 2008 Report Share Posted January 25, 2008 lol happened to me too with a baby albino bristlenose, just dissapeared Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carla Posted January 25, 2008 Report Share Posted January 25, 2008 Well Bristlenoses DO climb! Did the tank have a lid? It could have well sucked itself out and was hiding somewhere on the floor. Its ok over night, but as it gets hot they shrivel up... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IOU1 Posted January 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2008 Weirdest thing, it has just reappeared again after about a week of being missing and me taking everything out and checking, saw it this afternoon I must have missed something unless it is sucking itself out a corner and then coming in??? I'm gobsmacked! :oops: You guys must think i'm screwed in the head or something but honestly it has dissapeared without a trace and now just turned up :roll: :roll: :oops: What the heck is going on??????? :oops: :oops: Maybe its hiding away amongst some of the filterwool in the internal filter or something and I missed it?? Yay, good news for once Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgeous Posted January 25, 2008 Report Share Posted January 25, 2008 she has dissapeared into thin air!quote] thin water.... :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OscarBoy Posted January 25, 2008 Report Share Posted January 25, 2008 :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted January 25, 2008 Report Share Posted January 25, 2008 glad to see that I'm not the only one going mad . I had a case exactly like that - only bristlenoses in a tank - took everything out and could only count 5 (should have been 6), thought oh well that's life, then a few weeks later thought will rearrange the tank and low and behold I could now count 6. have no idea what happened but glad that the "6" had turned up. :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OscarBoy Posted January 25, 2008 Report Share Posted January 25, 2008 peanuts you proboly would have found it hiding inside 1 of the oranments or something Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IOU1 Posted January 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2008 Nah seriously they must be land animals by day and water animals by night or something :lol: Thats so weird :oops: :lol: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OscarBoy Posted January 25, 2008 Report Share Posted January 25, 2008 mayeb but it seems that lots of people have it happen to them? mayeb they burry them selves Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cichlid7 Posted January 25, 2008 Report Share Posted January 25, 2008 maybe they bury them selves did you read the other page?? there was no gravel in the tank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OscarBoy Posted January 25, 2008 Report Share Posted January 25, 2008 YES I NO but other peoples have had it done as well read it properly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cichlid7 Posted January 25, 2008 Report Share Posted January 25, 2008 i did maybe point out who you are talking about next time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsarmina Posted January 25, 2008 Report Share Posted January 25, 2008 well my theory is; it was taking a break in an alternate dimension. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted January 26, 2008 Report Share Posted January 26, 2008 The other dimensions theory has been put forward in other posts (quite some time ago if I remember correctly) and I think it is the most likely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkLB Posted January 26, 2008 Report Share Posted January 26, 2008 I disagree!! Lets get real here......its not another dimension thing........they're obviously holding secret meetings to plot the downfall of Mankind :evil: BE VERY AFRAID. :lol: :lol: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caper Posted January 26, 2008 Report Share Posted January 26, 2008 Glad to hear he showed up :bounce: :bounce: But since he did, in my opinion he must have been playing hide and seek :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: and he was always one step ahead of you :lol: :lol: :lol: Caper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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