Hibernating Dojo??

[tavialee]

OK, so I have been feeding my dad's fish for him while he works. He's a truck driver and isn't home much. He has a variety of fish in his tank...mostly barbs. Cherry, tiger, tin foil...etc.

Well, in December 1 of the 2 dojo's disappeared and I couldn't find him for the life of me. I dug around, looked in filters...tried it all.

never found him.

Well, 2 days ago..he re appeared!

It's amazing!! I thought...but what the heck happened to him??!??

He's lost about 1/3 of his body weight and he's been gone for a month!!

Do they hibernate at all?? Has anyone else had this happen to them??
I cannot find anything on the web about this.
Thanks!

[brett_fishman]

welcome to LOL!!

loaches ARE known to go missing once in a while, for months at a time..they arent hibernating...but they always show up nice and fat...haha..i dont know about yours though..

what size tank is it, and what fish does he have? sounds like an active tank..

-brett.