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My parrot fish is missing

Sun, 02/14/2010 - 16:10 — deckermom6

HI ! I am new to the parrot world. I just purchased a blood parrot 2 months ago and he was always hiding, which I gathered from this sight that it is normal. I have a major problem now. My husband and I were cleaning out the tank( 75 gallons) changing water and doing regular maintenance .  Well now the parrot has completely disappeared !  He hasn't jumped out nor have we found him floating at the top.we have 1 angel fish, 4 tiger barbs and some mollies, 2 cory catfish and a pleco.So we have almost completely taken the tank apart  trying to find him, can they bury themselves in the gravel ? any idea what happened to him ? thanks for any help.

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Sat, 08/18/2012 - 17:11 — Wind

I'm glad you found him in the

I'm glad you found him in the tree roots. I love happy endings.

Sun, 02/14/2010 - 23:28 — mazzy1221

Re: My parrot fish is missing

check inside all your decor. I have a redtail shark that would go inside a plastick tree root to hide. You could pull the decor out of the tank and he wouldn't come out. How big is the BP? Also, I've lost fish before and haven't been able to find them and then found a gel like substance in the tank that appeared to be the decomposed fish. I hate to say it but be on the look out for this also. I hope you find him.

Thu, 07/26/2012 - 23:36 — ifoundmyfish

thank you!

Thanks to your post I found my parrot fish that went missing 4 days ago.  I've been googling and searching the internet I thought my other parrot ate him.  I looked on the floor, thought maybe he jumped out and my dogs ate him.  I checked underneath their plastic tree, but nothing.  After four days of looking in the tank and searching the internet with no luck, when i came across you post today I immediately went to the tree and had to give it a few wiggles before I saw an itty bitty part of a fin.  He poked his face out...still alive! 

Thank you!

Sun, 02/14/2010 - 18:07 — kickazzkatie

Re: My parrot fish is missing

well im sorry about ur fish. once not to long ago i woke up and my angelfish was gone! just like urs, he was there the night before then vanished. so i cleaned out the tank,and like u mentioned he was under the gravel, underneath a wooden decor thing i have in there. i dont know how he died or how he got there but there he was. not saying thats what happened,but worth checking everywhere. hopefully its like chrisplosion said,and hes just really good at hiding :)

Sun, 02/14/2010 - 17:11 — butterflikissies

Re: My parrot fish is missing

oh wow.. yikes! I hope you find him! Did you check around the outside of the tank.. like behind it? Maybe he got really scared and jumped out the back..

Sun, 02/14/2010 - 16:49 — Chrisplosion

Re: My parrot fish is missing

Maybe you accidentally lost him while changing water, if he was eaten there would be parts of him left. Maybe he is hiding on top of something he can get into. Mine when I first got him would hide in the coconut hut and sometimes if I got near would press himself against the top of the inside to hide. And if I would pick it up he would still hide in it. So if you have a castle or something like that pick it up and check the top of it on the inside.