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male betta & male guppys

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Question
I had a male betta that disappeared from out tank. the only other fish were male guppies in the tank. in the past i have had these together with no problem. Is it possible for them to gang up and EAT my betta? I am at my whits end looking for and trying to figure out what happened to Fred. Thanks>. Leon

Answer
Leon and Edna

It's extremely unlikely that your guppies killed your Betta. It's more likely your Betta jumped out of the tank and died, do you have a cat or dog around to "collect the suprise" ?

Another scenerio is that your Betta simple died and the Guppies ate the corpse. Any fish will nibble on a dead fish in the tank.

Hope that helped

Jerry