Ever find long lost fish in weird places?

[revhtree Verified Admin]

What fish have you found in similar fashion?

 

[Reefer Matt]

Yup! I’ve found fish in the sump before. Must’ve been a fun ride! :grinning-squinting-face:

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]



Yup! I’ve found fish in the sump before. Must’ve been a fun ride! :grinning-squinting-face:

Haha that’s funny picturing our fish flying down to the sump like that!

 

[Shaina Carey]

I lost a Cory once. I found him chilling in the HOB filter.

 

[randomfishdude]

I lost a Cory once. I found him chilling in the HOB filter.

Nemo

 

[Jobu183]

Ruby Red Dragonet- found in sump 2 months later

 

[randomfishdude]

Ruby Red Dragonet- found in sump 2 months later

Went to the source of the food. Had a buffet

 

[MrBrbsmoke]

My dad is big into freshwater and had some massive fish in his tanks, in particular a Pleco the size of my 10 year old forearm that he would pet on its belly whenever he walked by. One day it disappeared, 8 years later he was reupholstering the couch and under the end that faced the tank, about 4 feet away, it was completely mummified, stuck in a small fold of fabric between the sofa and the floor.

 

[ARCkeeper]

I had a brackish tank in my bedroom when I was in highschool. A four inch goby went missing one day and I couldn't find it anywhere. I blamed my pet raccoon and moved on with my life. Several years later, as I was packing to leave for college, I found it mummified at the back of the closet on the opposite side of the room. (Actually the raccoon found it and I took it away from her).

 

[Marquarium]

1 of my zebra moray eels managed to get into the sump. One of the filter socks felt oddly heavy on maintenance day and it wasn't until I went to the sink to dump sock contents that he came out too.

Honestly thinking back on it I'm really lucky he didn't bite my fingers. But both my zebras are sweethearts

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

or....the relief you get when you find them...HA!

 

[Baby Damsel 219]

My blenny went down to the sump. Later I found him in the wave maker alive just relaxing.

 

[Dburr1014]

Engineer goby, in the sump.

Blue star leopard wrasse, in a bucket, in the basement overnight, rinsing sand with tap water. Lived!

 

[EliMelly]

I had a brackish tank in my bedroom when I was in highschool. A four inch goby went missing one day and I couldn't find it anywhere. I blamed my pet raccoon and moved on with my life. Several years later, as I was packing to leave for college, I found it mummified at the back of the closet on the opposite side of the room. (Actually the raccoon found it and I took it away from her).

Pet raccoon?

 

[LiquidSpace]

Pet raccoon?

 

[bobnicaragua]

Pet raccoon?

My dad had a pet raccoon when he was a kid. He said it turned super mean when it grew up and they had to get rid of it.

 

[apb03]

I found my Longnose Hawkfish perched up on my Return pump. To this day I have no idea how he got there.

 

[dakoop]

Basement sump, aio partitions but my favorite I actually witnessed a clown jump from the tank launched about 3 to 4 feet through the air into a Rubbermaid tub with live rock

 

[Dburr1014]

I had a brackish tank in my bedroom when I was in highschool. A four inch goby went missing one day and I couldn't find it anywhere. I blamed my pet raccoon and moved on with my life. Several years later, as I was packing to leave for college, I found it mummified at the back of the closet on the opposite side of the room. (Actually the raccoon found it and I took it away from her).

My friend had a racoon growing up. It would walk right in the house eat from the dog dish. Freaked me out the first time I saw it.

 

[kevgib67]

I found my little missing male clown in the third back chamber after I searched the floor for quite some time.