green chromis dissappeared?

[tygerfifteen]

I just bought 2 yesterday and nowones gone?I checked the filter,powerheads and the floor..nothing.
I have only 1 10lb liverock so theres really no place to hide.
could something could have killed it?
I have a small serpent star, and a three inch tomato clown,and 5 inch yellow tang,and maybe two inch striped brown hermit.
the chromis is/was 1 inch and a half, but the smaller one is still alive. thank again..... baffled?

 

[nerdy]

I had a number of chromis a year ago and they would disappear every so often. My levels were fine. I could not find them either.
I had a green serpent star and had heard that they have been known to sometimes go after fish. I never saw it but he seemed to have a full belly. Maybe that is the prob. Anyone else heard of that?

 

[chef jaysen]

I hate to admit my loses but mine is gone too. Kinda wierd really I saw him in the morning and in the day he was gone. He ate like a champ too. He was bright purple and you would think you would see his remains if any.............nada damn thing. So hard to keep that from the wife when it was her fish. Still hoping he is gonna turn up............... So I dont say its a death just, M I A....

 

[zibnata]

I had a damsel that dissapeared and when I looked behind a rock the hermits and cleaner shrimp were eating it .They ate it down to the bones. All that was left was a skeleton.

 

[scuba steveo]

it happens
the tank comsumed it
most of the time u wont even find a trace of the remains

 

[tarpon13]

I lost a green chromis, and a domino damsel in one night. I have never found them and that was six months ago. I had nothing else in the tank (no LR or decorations). Truly baffled.

 

[buzz]

If your "Chromis" was purple, it was probably a PseudoChromis, which is not the same fish as a Chromis. A Green Chromis is a damselfish. A Pseudochromis is not.
From ***********:
The color of the Purple Pseudochromis, also known as the Magenta Dottyback or Purple Dottyback, is best described as magenta.
A 30 gallon or larger aquarium should be provided. It may become aggressive towards other Pseudochromis or fish with similar body shapes. It is easy to keep in an aquarium when provided with numerous hiding places.

 

[jinky3dper]

Mantis Shrimp????
Just a thought and my biggest fear when I get my live rock.

 

[steve40]

could have been just unhealthy fish. i think they are too fast of swimmers to have gotten caught by anything. i bought five blue/green chromis and one died and was being eaten by one of my pep. shrimp, all the others are alive and doing great. might have just been one of those things where they just didnt get acclimated the way the needed to be or something.

 

[marinerock]

HEY ALL.....
SINCE WE PUT OUR QUEEN ANGEL IN THE TANK ABOUT 3 MONTHS AGO, 4 GREEN CHROMIS GONE WITHOUT A TRACE IN THE LAST 4 WEEKS. HAD A SCHOOL OF 10...NOW DOWN TO 6....
NOWHERE TO BE FOUND...
REGARDS....
MARINEROCK

 

[jinky3dper]

Steve40,
You're in Reading? Nice area...My sister used to live in Flying Hills.
I get down there every now and then. Where is your LFS?

 

[azeritis]

I lost my green chromis too!!!!!!!
I last saw yesterday night, he was not looking good, today he is gone without a trace
I am totally freaked out.
This is my second week of the cycle, although I had this tank for some years ago, and I had fish die on me but i have never seen that before.
Not a trace......
Not even a bone or something......

 

[marinerock]

HEY AZ....
SAME HERE....4 IN 4 WEEKS....NOT A TRACE TO BE FOUND...
UNBELIEVEABLE...NOTHING....AND I DO NOT HAVE ANY LIVE
ROCK IN THE TANK....ITS FISH ONLY....
REGARDS....
MARINEROCK

 

[tygerfifteen]

i know what happened!.........same guy thats stealing our socks.