REWARD IF FOUND - Clown Goby

[theishkid]

So somehow I have lost my Yellow Clown Goby. I fed him just last night. He seemed to be doing well. He had been in the tank a couple of weeks now.

Every now and then he would hide (poorly where I could see him) but he would always always pop out if I walked by or adjusted the lights or something.

 

I have a mesh top on the tank and looked all around the floor and rear chamber just to double check.

I moved most of the rock around since I don't have much and he wasn't in or around any of the rock.

 

I know a clean up crew can swarm a dead fish pretty quickly… but I've never just completely lost something with no sign of a body or even a swarming crew.

 

My clown looks pretty healthy still and all the corals are open and looking great. I know there's a small chance he's still in there hiding but after moving the rock around and not seeing him I highly doubt it now. Anyone else have any issues like this?

[k4ndyk1ng]

I lost a regal tang, I had it for like 2 months, and it didn't come out for 2 weeks. Eventually it came out, but how do you loose a 6" fish how lol

[clownfitch]

My Latern Basslet did not come out for breakfast this morning. I could call him many things but NEVER late for breakfast. I fear that my Japanese Pistol got a hold of him.

 

How big is/ was your clown goby? As much as those guys like to perch on coral is there any chance he lounged on a hungry one?

[theishkid]

I don't have anything that would eat him yet… the tank is still pretty new. Just a couple of smaller corals.

 

The goby was small… maybe about an inch long. But too big for a lot of the small holes that are in the rock so I highly doubt he's inside anything.

 

I just can't imagine not being able to see even a little piece of his body if he is dead.

But I also moved all the rock and he didn't jump out or anything.

[k4ndyk1ng]

I don't have anything that would eat him yet… the tank is still pretty new. Just a couple of smaller corals.

 

The goby was small… maybe about an inch long. But too big for a lot of the small holes that are in the rock so I highly doubt he's inside anything.

 

I just can't imagine not being able to see even a little piece of his body if he is dead.

But I also moved all the rock and he didn't jump out or anything.

He will be hiding somewhere, as I said I lost a 6" regal tang and I took apart all my rock work, is he was dead he would be floating about

[Chris!]

is he was dead he would be floating about

 

Unless it jumped and a cat/dog/kid got it.... or the CUC did its job it died and was consumed.

[k4ndyk1ng]

Unless it jumped and a cat/dog/kid got it.... or the CUC did its job it died and was consumed.

The cuc can't work that fast, unless you have a bristle worm infestation

[Psychosis]

The cuc can't work that fast, unless you have a bristle worm infestation

 

I've seen a comparitevly sparse clean up crew dispose of a fish that size in 4 hours overnight. Just some nassarius snails and a few hermits. The only thing left was a few bits, and those dispersed in to the water column and became unrecognizable once they let go.

[k4ndyk1ng]

I've seen a comparitevly sparse clean up crew dispose of a fish that size in 4 hours overnight. Just some nassarius snails and a few hermits. The only thing left was a few bits, and those dispersed in to the water column and became unrecognizable once they let go.

Is there not a skeleton left of the fish?

[theishkid]

Well... after all of that...

 

IT'S ALIVE!

 

So I have a screen top on the tank. It's not completely sealed because I'm waiting on a new light with new feet before I cut into the screen frame. So there is less than a one inch gap and he found it and jumped into the rear chamber. He was stuck in the center chamber where the skimmer sets. I checked the left and right side but never saw him. Tonight I decided to turn my return pump and skimmer off for a minute and when I did he came rising up in the back chamber. I'm wondering if he was stuck to the skimmer pump... there are no signs of it being stuck to a pump for 6 hours... but who knows.

[Chris!]

Well... after all of that...

 

IT'S ALIVE!

 

So I have a screen top on the tank. It's not completely sealed because I'm waiting on a new light with new feet before I cut into the screen frame. So there is less than a one inch gap and he found it and jumped into the rear chamber. He was stuck in the center chamber where the skimmer sets. I checked the left and right side but never saw him. Tonight I decided to turn my return pump and skimmer off for a minute and when I did he came rising up in the back chamber. I'm wondering if he was stuck to the skimmer pump... there are no signs of it being stuck to a pump for 6 hours... but who knows.

 

Most if not all nano fish especially can get through a 1/2" gap no problem. I had a supermale coral sea hooded fairy wrasse jump through 1/2" even....