one missing bristlenose

i was wondering if anyone ever had there BN jump out or somthing cuz im missing one of mine... i had six and when i got home from a weekend trip i cleaned my tank and 2 were missing... i found one dead in the filter (it must have swam up the filter current) and cant seem to find the other one... im thinking it might have jumped out or somthing... there only a inch long

one of my BNs had his head sticking out of the tank today, i gave him a gentle push down into the water with my finger and he tryed to swim up (maybe out) i was worried that he might jump out as he hangs round the water level alot!!

I'm glad you posted this as i was gonna post something similar today

is their bog wood in your tank as he could of crept into a little crack

I have 1 piece of bog wood in the tank. But my BNs are bigger than the wood!!
The bog wood isn't a hollow piece but just a lump so they can't hide in there.

I dunno, i've had cichlids jump outta the tank before but never a BN. I hope it never happens. If i were you, i would take everything out of your tank (checking if there is anything in there) you could find him any were. He could be hidden under something or in something (they are very tricky some times).

i dont have any bog wood only drift wood and i guess ill have to take everything out to see if hes hiding somewhere in the tank... thanks everyone

the_K wrote:

i dont have any bog wood only drift wood and i guess ill have to take everything out to see if hes hiding somewhere in the tank... thanks everyone

I once found a borneo catfish had jumped out my tank and he landed at the back off the tank i only found it days later all dried up lol ....
Have a good clean out and you should find the little escape artist's..

High theK bog wood /drift wood - pretty much do the same purpose, so if you have either you'll be right.
You said you originally had 6 and have found 1 corpse allready- 4, inch long babies would have no problems stripping another corpse in a couple of nights( i hope this isn't the case).
Or like every one suggested, strip the tank down and have good look.
I can't say I've had any of my B/N try to jump for it.
J

i checked but its not in my tank i guess it jumped out or it died and got eaten or somthing... i did see some guts wit the dead BN that i found in the filter and it didnt seem like it was his guts cuz the dead one that i found had everything intact ... Kurosaki J maybe your right about them stripping the corpse

the_K wrote:

i checked but its not in my tank i guess it jumped out or it died and got eaten or somthing... i did see some guts wit the dead BN that i found in the filter and it didnt seem like it was his guts cuz the dead one that i found had everything intact ... Kurosaki J maybe your right about them stripping the corpse

doesnt sound good either way
I hope you get to the bottom of this keep us posted mate

maybe hes wearing an invisibility cloak?

Hahaha, Zane that made me laugh hard :[IMG]http://i4

well i cant seem to find it anywhere so i guess its gone...but its ok i still have 4 left

zane wrote:

maybe hes wearing an invisibility cloak?

They can sometimes jump out. My sister had one do this. They seem quite good at crawling across the carpet but it dries them out. They can usually survive quite a surprising time out of water though. I have also seen them jump out of traps when people have been catching them for me.

skippy wrote:

They can sometimes jump out. My sister had one do this. They seem quite good at crawling across the carpet but it dries them out. They can usually survive quite a surprising time out of water though. I have also seen them jump out of traps when people have been catching them for me.

sounds like you may have a very rare species there skippy i think they are reffered to as Kangaroo Bristlenose....

missing plecos is the name of the game for me. i love trying to look for them all, everytime i take a peak into my tank! :bball: