I think I "LOST" a fish

CaptainK · 05-04-2001, 03:54 AM

Don't know how else to say this but I lost a fish, as in it is missing!
I left for work yesterday morning and my 2 clowns were in the tank. Got home from work and I was missing a clown.
This is in a 10G tank w/ only 6lbs of LR and a few soft corals and snails.
There was nobody in the equipment, nothing around on the floor, and nothing among the rock work. This is so bizzare!!!!! I cannot find this fish anywhere!!
Do these fish have any odd burying the behaviors???
This could be a good episode for the X-Files.
-CaptK

Sker · 05-04-2001, 05:10 AM

CaptainK, any chance you may have a predator in your rock like a mantis srimp that could have taken out your fish??

Sker

naser · 05-04-2001, 07:09 AM

did you check the floor behind the tank?

Rin · 05-04-2001, 09:53 AM

I had a fish get sucked into a powerhead...and didn't come back out. It took me a while to figure that one out. It was a 2" fish, too.

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-Todd
'Only the corrupted can recognize true innocence for what it is.'

Elmo18 · 05-04-2001, 10:05 AM

I had a Sally Lightfoot crab missing about a month ago. I didn't know where it went until maybe a few days afterwards. He/she got sucked into the pipe from my powerhead and then into the blue floss/carbon pad on the Eclipse system. All that was left were pieces of his legs. He must have gotten stuck in there.

Hope you find out whre your fish is.

Regards,
Ilham

CaptainK · 05-04-2001, 08:39 PM

I checked EVERYWHERE!!! but no body, no nothing.
Its as if I never had him/her.
I am almost 99.99% sure that there are no "bad guys" in the tank that would take out this fish as dinner. Have had this set up for almost 8 months now and never had any problems like this.
This is really driving me nuts!!
-CaptK

CaptainK · 05-07-2001, 04:03 AM

Thanks for the info about the powerheads guys.
I checked them out over the weekend and guess what I found [img]/ubb/frown.gif[/img]
I lost my first saltwater fish!
Well at least I have found the body....Good Bye Fishie

FishKid · 05-07-2001, 02:05 PM

i lost an african rope fish that way, (it got sucked up prior to when he died, and i medicated him back to life, but i was too late that time [img]/ubb/frown.gif[/img]

05-04-2001, 03:54 AM	#1
CaptainK Mayor Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: MA. Posts: 534	I think I "LOST" a fish Don't know how else to say this but I lost a fish, as in it is missing! I left for work yesterday morning and my 2 clowns were in the tank. Got home from work and I was missing a clown. This is in a 10G tank w/ only 6lbs of LR and a few soft corals and snails. There was nobody in the equipment, nothing around on the floor, and nothing among the rock work. This is so bizzare!!!!! I cannot find this fish anywhere!! Do these fish have any odd burying the behaviors??? This could be a good episode for the X-Files. -CaptK

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05-04-2001, 05:10 AM	#2
Sker Citizen Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Omaha, NE , USA Posts: 210	CaptainK, any chance you may have a predator in your rock like a mantis srimp that could have taken out your fish?? Sker

05-04-2001, 07:09 AM	#3
naser super-reefer Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: SAN DIEGO, CA Posts: 1,908	did you check the floor behind the tank?

05-04-2001, 09:53 AM	#4
Rin Mayor Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Leesburg, GA Posts: 774	I had a fish get sucked into a powerhead...and didn't come back out. It took me a while to figure that one out. It was a 2" fish, too. ------------------ -Todd 'Only the corrupted can recognize true innocence for what it is.'

05-04-2001, 10:05 AM	#5
Elmo18 Governor Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 1,514	I had a Sally Lightfoot crab missing about a month ago. I didn't know where it went until maybe a few days afterwards. He/she got sucked into the pipe from my powerhead and then into the blue floss/carbon pad on the Eclipse system. All that was left were pieces of his legs. He must have gotten stuck in there. Hope you find out whre your fish is. Regards, Ilham

05-04-2001, 08:39 PM	#6
CaptainK Mayor Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: MA. Posts: 534	I checked EVERYWHERE!!! but no body, no nothing. Its as if I never had him/her. I am almost 99.99% sure that there are no "bad guys" in the tank that would take out this fish as dinner. Have had this set up for almost 8 months now and never had any problems like this. This is really driving me nuts!! -CaptK

05-07-2001, 04:03 AM	#7
CaptainK Mayor Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: MA. Posts: 534	Thanks for the info about the powerheads guys. I checked them out over the weekend and guess what I found [img]/ubb/frown.gif[/img] I lost my first saltwater fish! Well at least I have found the body....Good Bye Fishie

05-07-2001, 02:05 PM	#8
FishKid Governor Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Holbrook, NewYork, USA Posts: 1,799	i lost an african rope fish that way, (it got sucked up prior to when he died, and i medicated him back to life, but i was too late that time [img]/ubb/frown.gif[/img]

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