i didn't know that goldfish would eat a pleco

[AquariumNoob13]

my teacher got a pleco for her class golfish aquarium and during the fires in cali, we had to evacuate and had no school for 6 days and we just noticed today that the pleco was gone, but there was its "skeleton" sitting at the bottom of the tank. the only other thing in the tank is a mystery snail, so unless it ate it, then the goldfish had to have right? i just can't believe it!

 

[Lupin]

There's nothing unbelievable. Fish can eat corpses.

 

[Mgamer20o0]

yep fish eat dead fish....

 

[riddle4sphinx]

i would especially believe it for a goldfish.... my picked over every single rock in my tanks looking for food..... if i had left a dead fish in there, it would for sure have been a goner....

 

[Firebelly__girl]

Yep chances are the pleco died then the goldfish just picked at it all 6 days, the snail would probaly be on it too.

 

[cooldude123]

better watch those snails, nasty lil buggers....one 'o em ate all my finger on one hand, the
crazy things..lol

 

[legendaryfrog]

heh, thats pretty funny. When they're hungry they'll eat anything.