fish murders?

[aalvarado87]

My nephew has a 30 gallon everything is on point and been doing well. we added a pair of small snowflakes, a firefish, and a shrimp goby pair. not sure what kind of shrimp. he bought em anyhow he has lost both firefish and the clowns could the goby and shrimp be putting in workk?

 

[Alkamist]

i wouldn't think they would maybe something else, how did you acclimate them?

 

[nayrgaijin]

Did you let it cycle through before adding the fish?

 

[aalvarado87]

the tank has been up for around 5 months its nothing to do with cycling the tank all the levels are perfect he has a ton of corals that have been doing great. just the three fish disappearances have been the only puzzling thing...

obviously if it would have to with acclimation they would ahve died pretty quick they were in for a few weeks before the first disappearance. the crazy thing being there isnt a body or anything

 

[lps1212]

same thing happened too me :cry_002: i lost a carpenters wrasse i looked everywhere and till this day i never found the body :confuse: even took rock out to see if i could find any clues i never knew why he disappeared my params where all in tact

 

[Reefer831]

did you look around and behind the tank...all of those fish you listed are know to be jumpers.

 

[swannyson7]

Have you looked in the tank at night for predatory hitchhikers? Maybe a mantis shrimp or something?

 

[aalvarado87]

Ill have to tell him to do that... see if theres something scary... we started with all dead rock added a few pieces out of my sump, as for jumpers tank is sealed

 

[_Alex_]

i jsut lost a blenny i have had for 2 years a few days ago. was there one day and then the next day when feeding was gone. all same tank mates for a year + no new additions and had been in this tank now for 4+ months. and this is first fish we have lost from it. no body, no sign of looking near death, and we look at the tank all the time after lights are off and had same rock for 2years... so ya it happens

 

[thewackyreefer]

I'd guess the fish jumped...I'd have a hard time believing a mantis got a clown but I guess it depends on where they hang out...

 

[Hyprviperx]

i don't think the shrimp/goby is the culprit... the question i have is how large/ what kind of clean up crew do you have. i had a fish that wasn't looking good (yellow clown goby) and the next morning the hermits had eaten everything but part of the tail... had i been any longer to see the corpse and i would have had a habius corpus case haha. i know my clean up crew will decimate a small fish over night. just sharing what happened in my tank

 

[aalvarado87]

I'd guess the fish jumped...I'd have a hard time believing a mantis got a clown but I guess it depends on where they hang out...

nope sealed

i don't think the shrimp/goby is the culprit... the question i have is how large/ what kind of clean up crew do you have. i had a fish that wasn't looking good (yellow clown goby) and the next morning the hermits had eaten everything but part of the tail... had i been any longer to see the corpse and i would have had a habius corpus case haha. i know my clean up crew will decimate a small fish over night. just sharing what happened in my tank

yeah but these fish were doing great no signs of anything bad and these are super small clowns...

 

[_Alex_]

i don't think the shrimp/goby is the culprit... the question i have is how large/ what kind of clean up crew do you have. i had a fish that wasn't looking good (yellow clown goby) and the next morning the hermits had eaten everything but part of the tail... had i been any longer to see the corpse and i would have had a habius corpus case haha. i know my clean up crew will decimate a small fish over night. just sharing what happened in my tank

I agree my cuc cleans up most before I ever notice.