Cardinal Fish Missing

[Gvirgoan]

Yesterday morning while feeding my tank my Cardinal was swimming around as normal, it seems like in a blink of an eye, he just disappeared on me. My tank is covered so I know he didn’t jump out. My Nassa snails did not come up for a meal, nor did my cleaner shrimp. other tank mates are
2 Mocha Clowns
1 YWG
1 Firefish
1 Cleanershrimp
1 Candy Pistol

Is it possible that the pistol shrimp snatched him up and took him as a meal? There’s no signs of death

 

[Journeyman]

I doubt it was the pistol shrimp. Candy canes are usually pretty small and timid. Do you have an overflow? Maybe it fell in the overflow.

 

[eatbreakfast]

What kind of cardinal?

 

[Jeight]

fish and inverts are amazing at playing hide and go seek...and mostly they win until they are ready to be seen again...Id give it a day or 2 and test for higher ammonia if your worried about death

 

[Gvirgoan]

I doubt it was the pistol shrimp. Candy canes are usually pretty small and timid. Do you have an overflow? Maybe it fell in the overflow.

No overflow

 

[Gvirgoan]

What kind of cardinal?

Bengai Cardinal

 

[BeejReef]

Hope you find him. That's why I name my fish, so I can call them :confused:

 

[Gvirgoan]

He’s a goner, I saw the little black fins floating around today after moving my rocks around. I can’t find my pistol shrimp burrow though

 

[BeejReef]

:(