Blue tang missing

Eleni18 · May 16, 2020

Hi all, I got a baby blue tang delivered yesterday. It is very small, about 2cm. It seemed OK last night, after the stress of shipping, it was swimming all over the tank. After the lights went out it disappeared, I thought it was hiding somewhere to sleep. This morning I can't find it anywhere

codycolina707 · May 16, 2020

Eleni18 said:
Hi all, I got a baby blue tang delivered yesterday. It is very small, about 2cm. It seemed OK last night, after the stress of shipping, it was swimming all over the tank. After the lights went out it disappeared, I thought it was hiding somewhere to sleep. This morning I can't find it anywhere

i know blue tangs are weird and really like wedging into tight spots of the rocks maybe there is still hope if not sorry for the loss in bigger tanks kinda be a pain to find dead fish i had 1 chromis go missing almost took 150 pounds of rocks out to still never find it

Eleni18 · May 16, 2020

Is it even remotely possible it could have been eaten by my BTA or elegance coral? It is small but it is a tang!!

fishguy242 · May 16, 2020

Eleni18 said:
Is it even remotely possible it could have been eaten by my BTA or elegance coral? It is small but it is a tang!!

hi yes is poss if not found look for poop

fishguy242 · May 16, 2020

there is a good chance he is still hiding ,they lay under rocks,etc,wedge into places ,are a very timid fish ,hopefully it will pop out soon ,how big is your tank,how much rock in it,a pic? best wishes

Eleni18 · May 16, 2020

fishguy242 said:
there is a good chance he is still hiding ,they lay under rocks,etc,wedge into places ,are a very timid fish ,hopefully it will pop out soon ,how big is your tank,how much rock in it,a pic? best wishes

Hi, the tank is 150 gallons with quite some live rocks and caves/hiding places. But no sign of it. Shouldn't there be a body at least? It seemed fine last night, swimming, although it came very stressed from shipping and the bullying from the other fish was normal new comer bullying, not bad

november290 · May 16, 2020

As others have said they like to wedge themselves into the rocks. If he was already stressed and then got the obligatory new fish bullying it may stay wherever it's hiding for a few days. Give it some time, the last thing you want to do is go moving the rocks looking for it. That will just stress it out more. Good luck!

fishguy242 · May 16, 2020

agree with last post,time sure hope shows up,in worst case do not go searching for ,if passed,reef will consume no problem,hope thats not the case,keep us posted when she pokes out

Eleni18 · May 16, 2020

YEAY!! Found her!!!!!!!! She is wedged in an impossible place! In a tiny hole in the rock! She is still hiding, but I saw a flash of blue in the rocks and it was her!!!