[vtec si]

Well I came home to feed my two whole fish in my 180 gallon reef tank after going out to dinner with the fam'. I was feeding my tank and noticed that my Tomato clown was nowhere to be found ! I looked and looked but no fish. This is not a fish that miss a meal! I still have not found him. as you know that this is a large tank with 250+lbs of LR and as many of you know I am leaving to catch a plane to FL at 6am in the morn. I do not have time to start taking LR out to find him and discard him. My question is with a tank my size will it be ok not to break things down to find him. Well I guess I will hope for the best. I do have both skimmers running at full bore and I asked the wife to test the water in the morn' after she takes me to the airport.

Thanks,
Martn

[vtec si]

HES ALIVE!! HE WAS IN THE OVER FLOW!! :slap:

MARTIN

[Poseidon]

YAY!!!!

Crazy Fish!

[Samper]

Awesome man. Atleast now you don't have to worry while you're away. Even if death occured I think you would be ok in a tank that size and age.

[Reefland]

Our Black Cap Basslett lived in the overflow for about 3 months and we thought he was dead. Just one day Michelle happened to see him back there.

[Elmo18]

How did that big tomato clown get in there

I'm glad the fish is still alive

- Elmo

[Penguin]

Whew! Good news!

[Ninong]

Originally Posted by vtec si

HES ALIVE!! HE WAS IN THE OVER FLOW!! :slap:

MARTIN

Maybe you could put some eggcrate on top of the overflow?

[MarinePig]

Well, correct me if I am wrong but wouldn't you just be better off looking in the overflow if you are missing a fish. If it jumps and lands on the grate, wouldn't it die most likely? Maybe if you sloped it at a 45 degree angle so it slides back into the tank but I think it is just easier to glance into the overflow. Glad your fish is ok.

[Ninong]

Originally Posted by MarinePig

If it jumps and lands on the grate, wouldn't it die most likely?

I'm sure that's possible but it hasn't happened so far. It might also die if it lands on the glass center cross brace and just stays there. My two Cirrhilabrus wrasses are the only fish in my tank that jump and they jump all the time. They have landed on top of the center cross brace and on top of the eggcrate over the corner overflow before and managed to make their way back into the tank except for in the beginning when I didn't have the eggcrate secured tightly enough and one of them managed to move the eggcrate aside and get into the overflow compartment. The eggcrate was simply wedged into the corner and that was good enough for the first several months but after one of them managed to move it aside and get into the overflow, I had to tie it down to the overflow grate.

A smooth black acrylic covering for the overflow compartment might be a better option, especially if you have smaller fish that are jumpers. Both of my fairy wrasses are fairly large.

[vtec si]

The funny thing is I did check the over flow. Not once but twice. Silly Fish

I do like the eggcreat idea thanks ninong!

Elmo I have NO idea how that FAT FISH got back there. :slap:

Martin