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We keep losing one fish at a time in our 45G reef tank to some unknown cause. All fish look healthy and act normal but one will periodically disappear never to be heard from again. We started with a misbar black ocellaris and an orchid dottyback. Both were happy and healthy. We added a bicolor blenny, and he found a favorite hole in our live rock. Seemed good. Never saw him again after two days. No body. Waited a couple of weeks and added a false percula. He acclimated well and is still doing great. Not long thereafter dottyback shows up dead on the sandbed. Waited a couple of weeks and replaced the dottyback with a firefish. He settled right in and is doing fine. Waited a couple of weeks and added a royal gramma. He was fine and healthy for about five days but has now also disappeared from sight completely. What the heck is happening? No signs of disease and we have a perfectly healty false percula, misbar, and firefish that seem to be able to avoid whatever is taking these fish down.
In terms of stocking, we have two cleaner shrimp, turbo snails, nassarius snails, some red and blue leg hermit crabs and an emerald crab. I'm stumped.
In terms of stocking, we have two cleaner shrimp, turbo snails, nassarius snails, some red and blue leg hermit crabs and an emerald crab. I'm stumped.