Can fish become cannibals?

Just asking because my fish seem to just go missing in my fish tank.

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Can fish become cannibals?

Just asking because my fish seem to just go missing in my fish tank.

ItzLily · Answer

https://hakaimagazine.com/news/fish-eat-fish-world-cannibalism-surprisingly-rare/ This link may help you understand better? Because im not really sure how to explain it.

MusicGeek · Answer

that literally always happens to me lol

ItzLily · Answer

Also, do you have any..Like decorations in the tank?

RodWav3 · Answer

im pretty sure

ItzLily · Answer

The fish may be hiding, My fish always does that.

Sock · Answer

Yeah, I saw a video of a father fish eating the baby fish as the mother was giving birth. It was funny

ItzLily · Answer

@sock wrote:

Yeah, I saw a video of a father fish eating the baby fish as the mother was giving birth. It was funny

Oh, my interesting. And yes, they may eat the child, which is very harsh-

Sock · Answer

Free and fresh food

RodWav3 · Answer

@sock wrote:

Free and fresh food

agree

Sprinkles285 · Answer

To be more specific, I used to have 2 transparent shrimp ( both missing ), 2 goldfish (1 missing), 3 guppies (all went missing, but not at the same time ), and 1 angelfish.

ItzLily · Answer

They were in the same tank right?

ItzLily · Answer

Like, at the same time?

Sprinkles285 · Answer

@sock wrote:

Free and fresh food

LMAO!!! Poor babies. lol

@itzlily wrote:

They were in the same tank right?

yeah.

Sprinkles285 · Answer

But they didnt all die at the same time

Sprinkles285 · Answer

And I still cant find the bodies