EMERGENCY a lot of fish missing

[fishy103]

My friend has an aquarium all of the parameters are perfect, it’s a 40 gallon, healthy corals, but the fish started to die off. I just came over and now a clownfish is missing! So far he has lost 7 fish in the last 2 weeks… how is that possible, is there something eating them? To top it all off there are NO body’s and there is no place to hide and nowhere to jump out! I need your help!!!

 

[KrisReef]

I’m skeptical that all of the parameters are perfect when fish are disappearing from the tank. They don’t typically evaporate so something is out of whack.

Picture might help get a better answer than this.

 

[ScottJ]

No bodies? Is there a CUC? Bristle worms? They will make a body gone pretty quick.

 

[TastesLikeChicken]

What about a pistol shrimp?

 

[fishy103]

I’m skeptical that all of the parameters are perfect when fish are disappearing from the tank. They don’t typically evaporate so something is out of whack.

Picture might help get a better answer than this.

They are though

 

[fishy103]

What about a pistol shrimp?

No pistol shrimp

 

[fishy103]

We just going the blown fishes body

 

[fishy103]

And there was a leech looking thing on it!!!!

 

[fishy103]

No bodies? Is there a CUC? Bristle worms? They will make a body gone pretty quick.

I don’t see any of those : (

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

You got to give us some clues or else I'm going with alien abduction..... what other fish are in the tank?

 

[fishy103]

I’m skeptical that all of the parameters are perfect when fish are disappearing from the tank. They don’t typically evaporate so something is out of whack.

Picture might help get a better answer than this.

But even if the parameters where bad then why are there no body's

 

[fishy103]

You got to give us some clues or else I'm going with alien abduction..... what other fish are in the tank?

Only another clown and a wrasse. There was a sticky worm looking thing.

 

[fishy103]

The only way to describe it is a leech

 

[Mark Goode]

The only way to describe it is a leech

Unlikely any leech-like thing could snatch healthy fish from the water, so he's not your problem.

 

[fishy103]

It looks nasty here a picture outside of the tank it's moving...

 

[fishy103]

Unlikely any leech-like thing could snatch healthy fish from the water, so he's not your problem.

Yeah probably

 

[fishy103]

We going it in macro algae and it seemed fresh… any more ideas… thanks for responding so fast guys!

 

[Lavey29]

Does your cat look guilty?

 

[KrisReef]

But even if the parameters where bad then why are there no body's

“Parameters” is a buzz word.

If your friend has a predatory crittter in the tank then I would sugggest the “parameters” are off badly for keeping fish, by definition.

I lose fish, usually new additions and often they vanish completely. My fish eat them, or the anemones and I have no idea about parameters n the tank.

 

[ScottJ]

Does your cat look guilty?

It's ALWAYS the cat.