Missing fish

[pufferenthusiast]

This is not the first time that this has occurred.. I’ve had fish disappear from time to time but I had assumed that my large puffer was eating them. (Now deceased) RECENTLY however, my 5” yellow tang just went missing and is no where to be found in my tank. There is no way for him to jump out or to get sucked into the overflow, also no evidence of someone eating him.

Tankmates:
3” Porcupine puffer
2.5” Hippo tang
Royal Gramma Basslet
Clarkii Clown Pair
2” Humu Humu Picasso Trigger

 

[Cheese Griller]

It could very well be somewhere in your rock work. If you have a robust cleanup crew, they can also make very quick work of a dead fish as well. How big is the tank?

 

[pufferenthusiast]

It could very well be somewhere in your rock work. If you have a robust cleanup crew, they can also make very quick work of a dead fish as well. How big is the tank?

no cuc in tank because of puffer and trigger. Plan to upgrade to a 125 here soon as soon as I finish plumbing it. It’s a marineland 90 gal as of now. I lifted the main spot he hides in and he wasn’t there.

 

[littlefoxx]

Your trigger might be going on a murder spree. This happened to me when I had my huma huma and she bit the snout off my yellow tang and killed it. Figured it was her that was making my other fish vanish and got rid of her

 

[littlefoxx]

Predatory fish are not for the faint hearted they are down right mean!

 

[Cheese Griller]

no cuc in tank because of puffer and trigger. Plan to upgrade to a 125 here soon as soon as I finish plumbing it. It’s a marineland 90 gal as of now. I lifted the main spot he hides in and he wasn’t there.

If there's no CUC it should be somewhere in the tank then. If it is deceased, it could be anywhere in the rockwork, not just where it usually hides. I would try and remove it ASAP to avoid issues with water fouling.

 

[pufferenthusiast]

FISH HAS BEEN FOUND! Was found stuck underneath a rock and dead. Wish I could’ve known sooner! $260 of serotonin and a yellow tang addicted to chasing cheeto puff

 

[Cheese Griller]

FISH HAS BEEN FOUND! Was found stuck underneath a rock and dead. Wish I could’ve known sooner! $260 of serotonin and a yellow tang addicted to chasing cheeto puff

Sorry to hear you found it deceased!