Insane

erosenlieb · 07/11/2012, 06:22 PM

Well today i went out and bought some new corals

and i said hey why im out why don't i change my CPE
and the play around in the back of my tank

as im cleaning threw it looking right at me is something i
didn't think i would ever see again

are you ready for this

My baby clown that i thought had died and was eaten

After a brave attempt to save a lost and
lonely fish and my son going nuts

Motorcycle (baby clown) is now back in the tank
with our other fish

reefbat · 07/11/2012, 06:56 PM

Totally insane...

Patricklong · 07/11/2012, 07:03 PM

What is a CPE?

erosenlieb · 07/11/2012, 07:07 PM

chemi pure elite

Patricklong · 07/11/2012, 07:09 PM

Aaaaahhhhh, I had just never seen it abbreviated I guess, LOL

Great find though, glad hes alive!

erosenlieb · 07/11/2012, 07:21 PM

yeah hes a little torn up as i removed my media basket
roughly lol tail fin is torn and a ding on the head but hes
still swimming like nothing is wrong

Patricklong · 07/11/2012, 07:33 PM

The kid may have to change him to "nemo" after all....jk jk.

How long was it in there?

Liexicof15 · 07/11/2012, 07:34 PM

very cool. how long ago did you think he 'died'?

erosenlieb · 07/11/2012, 07:48 PM

ahhh 9-10 days not to long but still the
chamber he was in there is no room to swim
he would have been sitting on either a pile of
CPE or sitting in the corner where there was less
than a half a cup of water

EzReef79 · 07/11/2012, 07:54 PM

I had a diamond goby do the same disappearing act. But considering its been a couple weeks since I seen him I don't think he will have the same fate as your clown.

skidoctor · 07/11/2012, 08:09 PM

My royal gramma has been MIA for about 2 weeks. Can't find him on the carpet, not in the sump. Nothing in my tank is liable to eat him, so I have not a clue. If he ever does reappear I'm gonna name him Houdini.

erosenlieb · 07/11/2012, 08:42 PM

what all is in your tank

most the time smaller fish get tucked under rock and never to be seen again

reefbat · 07/11/2012, 09:29 PM

I had a big healthy bullet goby disappear a couple years ago. Looked high and low for him with no luck. Figured he had died and the shrimps and cuc ate the carcass before I spotted it. Few months later I was working on something in the sump and something caught my eye. Couldn't make out what it was and it was in a really weird spot between the back of the sump and the wall. Reached back there and pulled it out and wouldn't you know it was the poor goby. He was flat and dried to a crisp by then. Miss that fish but don't miss the mess he made with the sand.

07/11/2012, 06:22 PM	#1
erosenlieb Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Florida Posts: 203	Insane Well today i went out and bought some new corals and i said hey why im out why don't i change my CPE and the play around in the back of my tank as im cleaning threw it looking right at me is something i didn't think i would ever see again are you ready for this My baby clown that i thought had died and was eaten After a brave attempt to save a lost and lonely fish and my son going nuts Motorcycle (baby clown) is now back in the tank with our other fish

07/11/2012, 06:56 PM	#2
reefbat Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 85	Totally insane...

07/11/2012, 07:03 PM	#3
Patricklong Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Cypress TX Posts: 224	What is a CPE?

07/11/2012, 07:07 PM	#4
erosenlieb Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Florida Posts: 203	chemi pure elite

07/11/2012, 07:09 PM	#5
Patricklong Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Cypress TX Posts: 224	Aaaaahhhhh, I had just never seen it abbreviated I guess, LOL Great find though, glad hes alive!

07/11/2012, 07:21 PM	#6
erosenlieb Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Florida Posts: 203	yeah hes a little torn up as i removed my media basket roughly lol tail fin is torn and a ding on the head but hes still swimming like nothing is wrong

07/11/2012, 07:33 PM	#7
Patricklong Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Cypress TX Posts: 224	The kid may have to change him to "nemo" after all....jk jk. How long was it in there?

07/11/2012, 07:34 PM	#8
Liexicof15 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Tampa Posts: 44	very cool. how long ago did you think he 'died'?

07/11/2012, 07:48 PM	#9
erosenlieb Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Florida Posts: 203	ahhh 9-10 days not to long but still the chamber he was in there is no room to swim he would have been sitting on either a pile of CPE or sitting in the corner where there was less than a half a cup of water

07/11/2012, 07:54 PM	#10
EzReef79 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: PA Posts: 29	I had a diamond goby do the same disappearing act. But considering its been a couple weeks since I seen him I don't think he will have the same fate as your clown.

07/11/2012, 08:09 PM	#11
skidoctor Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Geneva, NY Posts: 542	My royal gramma has been MIA for about 2 weeks. Can't find him on the carpet, not in the sump. Nothing in my tank is liable to eat him, so I have not a clue. If he ever does reappear I'm gonna name him Houdini.

07/11/2012, 08:42 PM	#12
erosenlieb Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Florida Posts: 203	what all is in your tank most the time smaller fish get tucked under rock and never to be seen again

07/11/2012, 09:29 PM	#13
reefbat Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 85	I had a big healthy bullet goby disappear a couple years ago. Looked high and low for him with no luck. Figured he had died and the shrimps and cuc ate the carcass before I spotted it. Few months later I was working on something in the sump and something caught my eye. Couldn't make out what it was and it was in a really weird spot between the back of the sump and the wall. Reached back there and pulled it out and wouldn't you know it was the poor goby. He was flat and dried to a crisp by then. Miss that fish but don't miss the mess he made with the sand.