why do my fish disapear?

roadie996

roadie996

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My only clown vanished overnight. Gone. No trace. he was about inch long, and his only moving tank mate was a fire shrimp. There's a LTA as well that he managed to stay away from, and the shrimp never seems to care that he was there either. I have an 8g biocube, and checked the back filter sections in case he jumped back there, but didn't see him at all.
sooo... did my anemone and shrimp team up on the little guy? Its a fully covered tank! where did he go?!?!
 
roadie996

roadie996

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Before I went to bed he was swimming around like normal and hasn't seemed to be acting anything out of the ordinary. I had him for 2 years before getting the cube. I checked under and behind as best I could without disturbing anything, but did not see anything.
 
flower

flower

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Originally Posted by roadie996
http:///forum/post/3121017
My only clown vanished overnight. Gone. No trace. he was about inch long, and his only moving tank mate was a fire shrimp. There's a LTA as well that he managed to stay away from, and the shrimp never seems to care that he was there either. I have an 8g biocube, and checked the back filter sections in case he jumped back there, but didn't see him at all.
sooo... did my anemone and shrimp team up on the little guy? Its a fully covered tank! where did he go?!?!%%

No body on the floor, no skeleton that the CUC is nibbling on...I would absolutely say yes to the LTA being the fish eater...I had a very beautiful one...it ate 4 fish and now I don't have the LTA anymore. Fish, well except for the yellow wrasse has stopped vanishing without a trace.
 
smidree

smidree

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i had 2 disappear on me also one i found in the intake of the powerhead the other just disappeared check your powerhead
hopefully its just hiding
 
roadie996

roadie996

Member
Originally Posted by meowzer
http:///forum/post/3121052
How big is the LTA???
the base in the sand is a little bigger than a quarter, the arms are about 2.5-3 inches fully spread (diameter).
My only powerhead is a koralia nano and its definitely not stuck in it! There isn't anything on the sand, no scales, bones, meaty pieces and the water was crystal clear. I am going to move my rocks tonight and see if I can find anything. I didn't want to this morning because my anemone crab molted and I don't know where it is!
 
meowzer

meowzer

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Well I'll be curious to know if you find anything...if not I would go with the anemone had it for a midnight snack....although your anemone does not seem very big...BUTTT if it is nowhere....snack it was
 
roadie996

roadie996

Member
HE IS ALIVE!!!!!!

Poor fellow must have gotten spooked and jumped into the bio ball tray in the middle of the wet/dry section. Luckily there is a good amount of flow and he was able to stay wet and breathing. I was searching around and heard a little splash, then squeezed my head and saw a little head and eyes looking back at me. I got so excited that he was alive!!! Now that he is back in the water, you can tell that he's a lot happier. The dorsal fin however looks like its stuck down. I think it may have been exposed to the air all day, does anyone think this will cause him any problems?
 
troy989

troy989

Active Member
Originally Posted by roadie996
http:///forum/post/3121351
HE IS ALIVE!!!!!!

Poor fellow must have gotten spooked and jumped into the bio ball tray in the middle of the wet/dry section. Luckily there is a good amount of flow and he was able to stay wet and breathing. I was searching around and heard a little splash, then squeezed my head and saw a little head and eyes looking back at me. I got so excited that he was alive!!! Now that he is back in the water, you can tell that he's a lot happier. The dorsal fin however looks like its stuck down. I think it may have been exposed to the air all day, does anyone think this will cause him any problems?
yea im so hapy cause when u said u had him for to years that would be sad for me and i felt sad bcause i grow so atached to things
 
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