Fish Disappearing

[Flushtown Reefer]

I have a 125 gal tank. There's a melunarus wrasse, blue hippo, scopas tang, 2 pj cardinals, 2 3stripe damsels, lubocks wrasse(there was 2) and a sunrise dottyback. So far I lost my diamond goby and a lubock wrasse. these guys disappeared without a trace. any ideas on what it could be?

 

[fishman1069]

Do you have a screen top on the tank? Both those fish are known "carpet surfers". You might want to check behind the tank to see if you have any stiffs

 

[drej424]

How long are they missing? I've had small fish "re-appear" after 3 weeks! One little chalk bass showed up in my sump. If you have a lot of live rock with places to hide, they may show up. I'm not familiar with your type of wrasse, but I recently got 2 leopard wrasse. They bury themselves completely in the sand and I don't see them for days.

 

[masterswimmer]

How long are they missing? I've had small fish "re-appear" after 3 weeks! One little chalk bass showed up in my sump. If you have a lot of live rock with places to hide, they may show up. I'm not familiar with your type of wrasse, but I recently got 2 leopard wrasse. They bury themselves completely in the sand and I don't see them for days.

I was going to say the exact same thing. This is plagiarism. You stole what was in my head :biggrin:

The only difference was how long I've seen fish reappear.....I've seen 5-6 weeks actually. :knockedou

Also, check in your overflow and sump/filter sock.

Russ

 

[drej424]

I was going to say the exact same thing. This is plagiarism. You stole what was in my head :biggrin:

The only difference was how long I've seen fish reappear.....I've seen 5-6 weeks actually. :knockedou

Also, check in your overflow and sump/filter sock.

Russ

That's a compliment to me, Russ! TY.

Regards,
Denise

 

[Ariel110G]

Is your rock setting on the bottom glass or on the sand?

 

[masterswimmer]

That's a compliment to me, Russ! TY.

Regards,
Denise

:hug:

 

[Flushtown Reefer]

Ok the rock is on the bottom glass but some how the goby made tunnels under all of them so there was some shifting in the beginning but the stopped a long time ago. he shared a hole with my pistol shrimp but he was always out shoveling sand and it's been a week since i've seen him. the lubocks doesn't bury himself but he was always skittish and hid in the rocks but always came out during feeding time but he does have alot of places to hide..it's been 4 days since i've seen him. I have a cave/tunnel that runs the length of the tank so i hope they're just hiding.

 

[sammy32lee]

Maybe they drowned! Lol
Hopefully they will come out soon!

 

[drej424]

This definitely belongs on the waaah thread!

 

[Flushtown Reefer]

I now have 2 missing cleaner shrimps and a sunrise dottyback.. something is eating them and i can't figure out what.. could a pistol shrimp do this?

 

[fishman1069]

I now have 2 missing cleaner shrimps and a sunrise dottyback.. something is eating them and i can't figure out what.. could a pistol shrimp do this?

No but a mantis shrimp could

 

[ReefFreak1]

A pistol shrimp can do this as well depending on the size. I have a rather big one with a randal eye goby and the invaded and ate my yashahasi goby. Most likely it's that mantis.

 

[drej424]

Do they keep disappearing at night only? I don't know if it works on shrimp, but I have a fish trap you could borrow. Do you have a brittle star? They've been known to eat fish, too.

 

[Serega]

My Bicolor blenny disappeared overnight, few month back, I blamed it on my brittle star, but now it's gone too.

 

[Gabe]

I lost count fish that disappeared in my present and former tanks, one night I lost a green chromis and royal gramma, moved every single rock I had, sand, filters moved the tank and they simply vanished .....

 

[cody0709]

Gobies constantly jump out!

 

[Flushtown Reefer]

It's my pistol shrimp.. I caught him last night trying to get to one of my clown fish.. I'll be giving him away once i catch him if anyone is interested

 

[Jaydub]

Thats funny..I found a few of them be for..Kinda freeze dried..Stinks to loose fish..!

 

[NYR33FER]

Yeah my Diamond Goby loves to jump in the overflow as well.He loves giving me extra work right when I'm about to sit down and relax.As for the little fish(wrasse),If he did die in the tank,bristle worms will get rid of the body quickly.Sorry for your loss..it does suck when you lose a fish.