Missing fish

NewMelee · 01/31/2009, 04:37 PM

Ok now this is fish #2 to just go missing. Would a Condy take a False Clown and a Manadarin Goby?

Only explanation I can come up with. Both fish were in the tank for 3-4 weeks with good color and no signs of illness, then just gone. Not jumpers either.

puzzled......

chort55 · 01/31/2009, 04:41 PM

Have you checked your overflows, sump, on the floow behind the stand, and even your lights? I don't know if its possible for the condy to take them, but if it was hungry maybe.... how do you feed it?

Tylt33 · 01/31/2009, 04:42 PM

Yeah, it probably would given the conditions.

NewMelee · 01/31/2009, 04:46 PM

I checked everywhere, I was gone for a while and my wife was feeding but not the condy like I do. It should still get some food........

Maybe it's time to remove this guy, too bad it is really nice looking.

chort55 · 01/31/2009, 04:50 PM

So everything was fine while you were feeding, and the fish only disappeared while she was feeding (and not feeding the condy)? While your probably right the condy did still get some food, it wasn't getting what it was used to.... kind of like giving an overweight kid king sized candy bars everyday, and then suddenly only giving then a single bite sized candy bar and making a giant cake and leaving it sit out... If its there it will be consumed lol

foxhuntr · 01/31/2009, 07:46 PM

i lost a good sized maroon clown like that.... it was in my tank for about 6 months... it was eating good and very active then one day he was gone...... shortly after that i got a bigger tank and tore it done thinking i woud find something but found nothing.... might have to call Molder and Scolly from the X-Files to figure this one out.....

fatdaddy · 01/31/2009, 07:53 PM

Can you list what's in your tank now? Also, what are your parameters?

01/31/2009, 04:37 PM	#1
NewMelee Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Neenah, WI Posts: 219	Missing fish Ok now this is fish #2 to just go missing. Would a Condy take a False Clown and a Manadarin Goby? Only explanation I can come up with. Both fish were in the tank for 3-4 weeks with good color and no signs of illness, then just gone. Not jumpers either. puzzled......

01/31/2009, 04:46 PM	#4
NewMelee Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Neenah, WI Posts: 219	I checked everywhere, I was gone for a while and my wife was feeding but not the condy like I do. It should still get some food........ Maybe it's time to remove this guy, too bad it is really nice looking. __________________ --Ryan-- Current Tank Info: new-- 180 display w/ 75 frag & 40ish sump

01/31/2009, 07:53 PM	#7
fatdaddy Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Northeast Florida Posts: 1,191	Can you list what's in your tank now? Also, what are your parameters? __________________ "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." -- Aristotle

01/31/2009, 04:41 PM	#2
chort55 Moved On Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Flint, MI Posts: 1,274	Have you checked your overflows, sump, on the floow behind the stand, and even your lights? I don't know if its possible for the condy to take them, but if it was hungry maybe.... how do you feed it?

01/31/2009, 04:42 PM	#3
Tylt33 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Chico, California Posts: 1,755	Yeah, it probably would given the conditions.

01/31/2009, 04:50 PM	#5
chort55 Moved On Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Flint, MI Posts: 1,274	So everything was fine while you were feeding, and the fish only disappeared while she was feeding (and not feeding the condy)? While your probably right the condy did still get some food, it wasn't getting what it was used to.... kind of like giving an overweight kid king sized candy bars everyday, and then suddenly only giving then a single bite sized candy bar and making a giant cake and leaving it sit out... If its there it will be consumed lol

01/31/2009, 07:46 PM	#6
foxhuntr Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: PA Posts: 266	i lost a good sized maroon clown like that.... it was in my tank for about 6 months... it was eating good and very active then one day he was gone...... shortly after that i got a bigger tank and tore it done thinking i woud find something but found nothing.... might have to call Molder and Scolly from the X-Files to figure this one out.....