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I checked my tank today to find one of my neons missing. It was one that may have had ick. I have a common pleco about 2-1/2". Is it possible that it might have eaten it?

Yes. It's possible that it died overnight and gotten eaten by your plec and/or other fish in the tank. A neon is a very small fish and would get taken care of in no time.

You searched under all the ornaments?

I fully agree he could have been eaten over night or he is dead in the filter or hidden in the tank somewhere. If you have Ich you might have to treat the whole tank before adding any more fish.

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How big is your tank? It just may be hiding somewhere, sick.

I thought I lost a neon once (I have a 60 gal. tank) for about a week.
Then, one morning, I noticed that my little neon school was back to 6... with one of them looking really pale with little stubs for fins and even what looked like a small kink in his spine near the tail. It was pathetically puttering along with the others, but seemed to be in high spirits. I was quite surprised, and it took some time to convince my little nephew that is was NOT a zombie fish.

My best guess is that it was rendered immobile by either fin nipping or some disease, and just hid somewhere in my tank until it could swim around again. Don't worry though folks, this story has a happy ending, and that particular neon eventually recovered and is still alive 'n kicking today

Anyways, I guess my point is to scour your tank and see if he just might be hiding somewhere. Neons can squirm into the smallest places!

Thanks all. I believe the plec ate it. Tank is 29 gal.