My Clown Loachs Are Missing

[Mr Pleco]

Ok. I had 7 clown loachs, but only 3 remain. I am preplexed. The 2 pics below best describe size relations between the 7 clown loachs. I believe that my 3 clown loachs ate the other 4. Could this be true. I now I am not losing it and that there are no Clown Loach bodies around the stand of the fish tank. Not one thing remains no trace what so ever except this pics. I don't think that the mouths were that big and they eat their own kind. I am pissed All of my small ones are missing, even in the first pic that one is missing too(the small one 3"). In the 2 pic you can see the tail of the big 10" hanging out of the cave on the right side.

Here are the pics. and came to think of it, this video I took on Sunday the clown loach does look like he is thanking me for the nice meal over the weekend.

http://media.putfile.com/Clown-Loach


Has this happen to anyone else?

 

[slikchica1]

I apologize I cant give you an answer, but I started out with 6 clown loaches and ended up with 3 never finding remains of the others. I had a small 4" synodontis that I shuffled between him or the other clowns eating the remains.

 

[Honda12]

I doubt they ate it, they probably just hideing. I had one get into my filter befor. No Idea how it did but it did. It was a live too.

 

[Mr Pleco]

I tore the tank apart. moved the bigs ones to a 125, look in ever area that they could be not hiding

 

[Honda12]

No idea, still don't think they would eat them, but it is possible.

 

[kody1192]

first off what else is in the tank with the loaches? is there any hiding places they could be like that driftwood mine cram themselves into the back of my driftwood sometimes. if you got a hob filter check in there do a waterchange and check all over your tank they can fit in anything.
guess you already did all this(everything was posted well i was typin)

 

[Mr Pleco]

first off what else is in the tank with the loaches? is there any hiding places they could be like that driftwood mine cram themselves into the back of my driftwood sometimes. if you got a hob filter check in there do a waterchange and check all over your tank they can fit in anything.

No other fish in there could eat them. The wood I have has no holes. in it, the cave is made with slate rocks and the other part of the cave I have examine. I check the filters. Have a Magnum 350,Magnum 250 and AquaClear110. Here is what was in the tank All fish are small except the Green Severum(5")1 Blood Parrot(6")does not have the mouth or speed to catch them. It had to be the loachs.

7 Clown Loachs (2"-10"), 3 Gold Severums, 1 Green Severum, 2 Blood Parrots(1-7"),3 Angel Fish, L-191,L-200,L-91,L-27

 

[kody1192]

guess it is a mystrey then

 

[dannyboy]

maybe one of your mates (not a very good one) took them thinking you would think they got eaten

 

[Jeox]

jumped out and something ate them off the floor?