pixie.hallows
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Please ignore my angry corals. They retract at night typically even though they’ve been a bit more temperamental lately.
In October, we went on a trip for a week and had a neighbor feeding my fish. The day we got back, I didn’t see my firefish goby but it wasn’t uncommon for him to hide, so I didn’t think anything of it. The next day when I fed them, however, he didn’t come out to eat. My corals seemed unhappy too. So I went looking for the fish. Took out rocks, sifted through sand, checked the filter… nothing. It was like he had just disappeared.
Slowly over the last month I’ve gotten my parameters back up, although I did lose one coral and they still haven’t bounced back to as happy before the disappearing fish.
When I had the light and filter/pumps off to do a water change. I noticed two spiny legs slowly coming out from under a rock. But they retracted pretty quickly when I turned on the light to get a better look.
Tonight I was able to capture this video. I think it’s a long leg from a sea star?? He must have come in as a hitchhiker at some point, but this seems like a pretty long leg to me. Do you think that’s what it is? Could it have eaten my goby?
Are my other fish in danger? I have two pink skunk clowns, a shrimp a cleaner crew of snails/hermits and quite a few corals.
Any advice on what this is or what I should do is greatly appreciated!
In October, we went on a trip for a week and had a neighbor feeding my fish. The day we got back, I didn’t see my firefish goby but it wasn’t uncommon for him to hide, so I didn’t think anything of it. The next day when I fed them, however, he didn’t come out to eat. My corals seemed unhappy too. So I went looking for the fish. Took out rocks, sifted through sand, checked the filter… nothing. It was like he had just disappeared.
Slowly over the last month I’ve gotten my parameters back up, although I did lose one coral and they still haven’t bounced back to as happy before the disappearing fish.
When I had the light and filter/pumps off to do a water change. I noticed two spiny legs slowly coming out from under a rock. But they retracted pretty quickly when I turned on the light to get a better look.
Tonight I was able to capture this video. I think it’s a long leg from a sea star?? He must have come in as a hitchhiker at some point, but this seems like a pretty long leg to me. Do you think that’s what it is? Could it have eaten my goby?
Are my other fish in danger? I have two pink skunk clowns, a shrimp a cleaner crew of snails/hermits and quite a few corals.
Any advice on what this is or what I should do is greatly appreciated!
not everything gross or ugly looking is bad. If you really want to see the creepy crawlys, look around your tank a few hours after lights out with a flashlight. Every inch of my tank crawls with life.
