fish keep disappearing HELP

[mazon56]

I've never seen one I only have hermits no emeralds it any other crabs.

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[MatthewScars]

Maybe the fish just dont like you?

+1 for dead in the rocks. Id test ammonia daily.

 

[mazon56]

I guess they don't lol. Good idea ill keep up on the ammonia

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[Raul]

If you see the fish doing VERY fine the day before they disappear, I usually blame it on a baby crab growing larger. I have caught crabs that break and eat my corals without adding anything to the tank like half a year. They are VERY stealthy, you usually only see them when you start to realize there is something wrong upon missing one thing or another.

+10000000

I had a 3" crab picking off a fish per day. I didnt know what was going on until I caught a glimpse of his claw. Had to take out most of the rocks to get to him. He had a yellow coris and a orchid dottyback in his "den".

He also took out:
Mysteri Wrasse
6 Line Wrasse
Swales Basslet
Mandarin Goby

All in one week.....

He must have grown from a baby because I had the tank running for 2 years with no problems before he went terminator in there.

 

[JarviZ]

I had a damsel I thought I lost. I couldn't find him anywhere and I thought I knew all the hiding places in my rocks since I only had a 14gallon tank.

I even went so far as to moving most of my rocks in an out of the tank looking for him. I checked all the compartments/filters and even the floor to see if he jumped out.

3 days later, I realized he was actually in the rocks. I eventually saw scratches all over his body, probably from when I took the rock out of the water.

you're sure he's not in the rocks? :splitspin

 

[xxxAngeloxxx]

Have you checked behind your tank stand? Maybe that's where they have been going all this time

 

[Imbarrie]

Is anything else missing in the tank? I had a polyclad flatworm in my tank for over a year without knowing about it. It ate snails so I always had to replace them until I caught it. At first I just thought I didnt have the algae to support the snails.
This one ate the tail quarter of an eel. Im not the only one that had one, another reefer reported finding one in her tank. Im sure there are more that go unnoticed. They live inside the rockwork and look so much like rock you cant see them unless they move.

 

[mazon56]

I had a damsel I thought I lost. I couldn't find him anywhere and I thought I knew all the hiding places in my rocks since I only had a 14gallon tank.

I even went so far as to moving most of my rocks in an out of the tank looking for him. I checked all the compartments/filters and even the floor to see if he jumped out.

3 days later, I realized he was actually in the rocks. I eventually saw scratches all over his body, probably from when I took the rock out of the water.

you're sure he's not in the rocks? :splitspin

I've looked in every lil nook n crany that I know if and can see I want to avoid taking out the rocks but might not have a choice.


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[mazon56]

Have you checked behind your tank stand? Maybe that's where they have been going all this time

Im gonna check tonight didn't think of them jumping out because of the glass tops but ill check anyway.



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[mazon56]

Is anything else missing in the tank? I had a polyclad flatworm in my tank for over a year without knowing about it. It ate snails so I always had to replace them until I caught it. At first I just thought I didnt have the algae to support the snails.
This one ate the tail quarter of an eel. Im not the only one that had one, another reefer reported finding one in her tank. Im sure there are more that go unnoticed. They live inside the rockwork and look so much like rock you cant see them unless they move.

No nothing else missing. I was thinking and I remember losing 1 or 2 fish when I had my 15gallon up n running and never found them. I took some of the rock from that tank and out it in the 40 maybe something was in the rocks and got transferred over? A worm of some type or a large crab or something. W.e it is im gonna try to snipe the bastard in the act. Im hoping there either alive hidden in the rocks or behind the stand. just as long as it isn't a "terminator" im ok.


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[bkstang]

Probably all the questions were already asked but nobody asked this: Are you absolutely sure you HAD the tang and the jawfish in your tank?:beer:

 

[Imbarrie]

Are you sure it wasnt something you said?

 

[Aqua Pro Builder]

I guess you would not happen to have a red LED at hands, so try to use a small flash light and wrap a translucent red plastic bag in front of it. Shine this spy light to the tank after light's out. After the fish go to sleep, sit still and observe whether something stealthy or fishy is going on in the tank.

 

[mazon56]

No I don't have a red led im gonna try getting an empty bottle of water poke holes put a silverside in it and see if something comes out with the smell. If not im gonna have to find a red light n try that.

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[Cris007]

Are u a sleep walker...

 

[bkstang]

You can also try to rent "Finding Nemo" DVD. You may find some interesting ideas on how to find a fish.

 

[Og Drogon]

Are u a sleep walker...

Lolz......... Same thing use to happen in my 90g. But it was just my sleeper head goby I think it's called , ones the 3rd one went missing I just gave up :-/

 

[Imbarrie]

These are great for night viewing


http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc...splay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053

 

[xvinny631x]

stuck in the down tube leading to sump

 

[mazon56]

im gonna go with the fish dont like me. lol. the holes are too small for them to go down the drain holes its got a strainer on the end. and i have a sock. it wouldve caught but they just dont fit its impossible.

thanks guys for the jokes lol. def gotta borrow my little brothers nemo games to give me some ideas.