mysterious Oto

ishy10
So I have 1 phenomal oto that has been with us the longest, eats non-stop, is a spaz and not scared of anything even if it's 3x bigger than him. Then we have gone through 2 others. One didn't make the night and we found the body the next day. I have read and heard of the terrible, stressful situations they are put through before you can actually take them home...poor little guys.
The other one I thought made a buddy with our good Oto. They swam and ate together for over a week, then it literally just disappeared; can't find the body, no remains or any clues anywhere. Now someone actually told me that because there isn't much to them they can easily sort of disintegrate. I kind of jokingly laughed, but is there any validity to this statement and has anything like this happened to any otos you know of? Our tank is cycled, fish are happy, no issues that are known, and we had the little guy for about a week. thanks for any info

 

Wow that's weird, did you try moving all the plants and decor around to see if you find him anywhere??

 

That is very strange . . .

I would check and re-check under, in, behind, everything in the tank - and the filter as well - there may be some remains in there Is it also possible that it could have jumped out? I'd check around the tank too. There must be SOME trace of him! Bones, a fin . . . ?

If all else fails I'd start interrogating the other fish

 

He couldn't get into the filter, I just don't see how that'd be possible with ours. I'm usually aware of any jumpers, that's usually just a crazy thing that happens during feeding time. If anything I'd see my shrimp escaping. The ONLY possible place is in the log on the left of my tank (if you look at my photos). I just don't like taking it out cause it's big and scares the fish. Should I anyways? It's probably been about 4-5 days. I'd interogate the others but none are really big enough to eat him, unless the punk tetras teamed up. Yes, strange indeed. If I ever figure it out I'll let you know.

 

I think my curiosity would get the better of me and Id have to check the log....he may just be ok.... have you checked on the tank at night with the lights off? Maybe he comes out only then.

 

did u find him under the log?