copperleaf

Ok so I didn't see this myself but my brother and my friend were sittin around watchin tv and my 90 gl tank was right beside it. I had to go away for the weekend so when I got back they forgot to tell me what happened.
It wasn't until our thursday night poker night with the guys they remembered the loach story. I can't remember what kind of loach it was but it was long and skinny enough to slip between the ehiem intake grill. They told a funny story of a 'worm' checkin out the intake and 'slurp' up it went.
So I figured the poor thing was gone to davey jones' locker as it were. The next weekend I decided to clean out the canister and my little loach friend was as happy as a clam livin at the bottom of the canister. I put him back in the tank and never seen him since.

Homer_Simpson

When my 20 gallon tank leaked, I was forced to set up a planted 10 gallon tank and transfer all the fish in the 10 gallon and the tank was severely overstocked. One of the fish was a Bristlenose Pleco. To avoid water quality problems I was feeding the fish very minimally and for almost 1 month after the transfer, the Bristlenose Pleco went missing. I didn't even notice him at night when the lights were off. Well, given that the tank was overstocked and there was minimal food and no algae to sustain the Bristlenose Pleco, I thought it was dead for sure. I started scouring the tank searching for his dead carcass and low and behold he shoots out from underneath some driftwood. He still hides a lot and quite honestly I don't know how he manages to survive. None of my plants show pleco induced damage, so I know he is not feeding off those. Anyway, after that scare, I make sure to place a piece of zucchini in the tank every other day to make sure he does not starve.