Hey guys, today I added a Yasha goby, a rock flower nem and 2 common hermit crabs to my 10 gallon tank. The tank currently has 1 firefish, 1 green clown goby, a small rock flower nem, 3 cerith snails, 3 bumble bee snails and alot of very red bristle worms (they are far more red than brown).
I added the Yasha goby at around 2pm, and saw him for about 5 minutes, then he disappeared, I didn't think too much about it because I figured it had just gone into hiding, but the day went by and I still didn't see him once, so I got a little nervous.
In normal situations, a new fish hiding for a few days wouldn't bother me, it's normal, except this isn't the first time a fish has vanished without a trace in this tank....
A few months ago, I had added a single bluestripe pipefish to the same tank, it was alone with just rock and snails, then after about a month, it vanished into thin air, never to be seen again, never found a body.
So because of this, I got anxious enough to tear up the entire tank looking for the Yasha goby, I just wanted to see him, dead or alive to ease my anxiety and give me closure.
When I tore apart the tank I found nothing, I uncovered every rock, found nothing except alot of bristle worms, I tore apart my filter to see if he got sucked in, not in there, I checked on the floor to see if he jumped out, even though I have a strong lid, no body on the floor.
So after searching for him, I'm even more anxious because I didn't even find a sign of him, it's not a big tank, it's 10 gallons, he should have been found dead or alive when I tore apart the tank, I added him HOURS AGO.
I acclimated him properly, he was swimming around fine for the first five minutes, then seemingly out on nowhere he vanished. My only theory is that the bristle worms hunted him and ate him very fast or I have a bobbitt worm on the loose.
What I do know is that he did not jump out, he did not get eaten by an anemone and he did not get sucked into my filter. He also did not die of water quality issues.
Any advice would be appreciated, I'll attach a video of the goby the last time I saw him. I hope he turns up alive, or even dead, I just can't handle the mystery.
I added the Yasha goby at around 2pm, and saw him for about 5 minutes, then he disappeared, I didn't think too much about it because I figured it had just gone into hiding, but the day went by and I still didn't see him once, so I got a little nervous.
In normal situations, a new fish hiding for a few days wouldn't bother me, it's normal, except this isn't the first time a fish has vanished without a trace in this tank....
A few months ago, I had added a single bluestripe pipefish to the same tank, it was alone with just rock and snails, then after about a month, it vanished into thin air, never to be seen again, never found a body.
So because of this, I got anxious enough to tear up the entire tank looking for the Yasha goby, I just wanted to see him, dead or alive to ease my anxiety and give me closure.
When I tore apart the tank I found nothing, I uncovered every rock, found nothing except alot of bristle worms, I tore apart my filter to see if he got sucked in, not in there, I checked on the floor to see if he jumped out, even though I have a strong lid, no body on the floor.
So after searching for him, I'm even more anxious because I didn't even find a sign of him, it's not a big tank, it's 10 gallons, he should have been found dead or alive when I tore apart the tank, I added him HOURS AGO.
I acclimated him properly, he was swimming around fine for the first five minutes, then seemingly out on nowhere he vanished. My only theory is that the bristle worms hunted him and ate him very fast or I have a bobbitt worm on the loose.
What I do know is that he did not jump out, he did not get eaten by an anemone and he did not get sucked into my filter. He also did not die of water quality issues.
Any advice would be appreciated, I'll attach a video of the goby the last time I saw him. I hope he turns up alive, or even dead, I just can't handle the mystery.