Clownfish has gone missing.. AGAIN!

magikfly · 11/03/2009, 05:34 AM

I have a mated pair of percs, but yesterday I noticed the male was missing.
Now, I have an open tank so the first thing I thought was to look around the floor to see if it hadn't jumped out. Nothing.
It couldn't have gone down the overflow, because I use a HGB, and there's no way he'd fit thru.
I thought maybe he got eaten, so I moved the rocks around the tank (ended up breaking off lots of SPS colonies), but no to avail.
What am I overlooking here?
This is the THIRD clownfish that mysteriously disappears!

agreeive?fish · 11/03/2009, 05:58 AM

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A sea K · 11/03/2009, 07:19 AM

IDK what HGB is but my Randalls goby went through my durso overflow. For the life of me I can't see how he fit through it and survived but he did. As a note, the Randalls is larger than a male perc, at least the two that I have.

magikfly · 11/03/2009, 07:32 AM

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1 Kole Tang
1 Mandarin Dragonet

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IDK what HGB is but my Randalls goby went through my durso overflow. For the life of me I can't see how he fit through it and survived but he did. As a note, the Randalls is larger than a male perc, at least the two that I have.

HGB = Hofer Gurgle Buster, it's much like a durso.
There's no way he'd be able to fit in there, we're talking about a fully grown perc!. But ok, how did you get him out?

username in use · 11/03/2009, 07:39 AM

Was he tiny? What corals do you have? I had a small black occ, get eaten by a bubble coral that it was trying to host.

magikfly · 11/03/2009, 07:42 AM

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Was he tiny? What corals do you have? I had a small black occ, get eaten by a bubble coral that it was trying to host.

Well, the first two that went AWOL were pretty tiny, which is why I just wrote it off as inevitable, but this guy was fully grown, they had just gone thru a spawning cycle

mcoomer · 11/03/2009, 08:21 AM

^^^ Aha, the queen knocked him off for knocking her up! Thrown her in a room with bright lights in her face and she'll tell you where to find the body.

magikfly · 11/03/2009, 08:25 AM

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^^^ Aha, the queen knocked him off for knocking her up! Thrown her in a room with bright lights in her face and she'll tell you where to find the body.

Come to think of it, she does sport a mischievous grin since yesterday

A sea K · 11/03/2009, 08:26 AM

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Originally Posted by magikfly

1 Kole Tang
1 Mandarin Dragonet

HGB = Hofer Gurgle Buster, it's much like a durso.
There's no way he'd be able to fit in there, we're talking about a fully grown perc!. But ok, how did you get him out?

He had been missing for quite awhile and this was when the tank was fairly new, I thought he died and then he shows up in the sump. I could not believe he went through the durso but there is no other possibility. He was pretty banged up but pulled through. I still have him and a shrimp buddy that keeps him happy.

11/03/2009, 05:34 AM	#1
magikfly Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Netherlands Posts: 199	Clownfish has gone missing.. AGAIN! I have a mated pair of percs, but yesterday I noticed the male was missing. Now, I have an open tank so the first thing I thought was to look around the floor to see if it hadn't jumped out. Nothing. It couldn't have gone down the overflow, because I use a HGB, and there's no way he'd fit thru. I thought maybe he got eaten, so I moved the rocks around the tank (ended up breaking off lots of SPS colonies), but no to avail. What am I overlooking here? This is the THIRD clownfish that mysteriously disappears! __________________ Wind me up, put me down, start me off and watch me go Current Tank Info: RSR 425 XL

11/03/2009, 07:19 AM	#3
A sea K Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Branford Fl Posts: 3,024	IDK what HGB is but my Randalls goby went through my durso overflow. For the life of me I can't see how he fit through it and survived but he did. As a note, the Randalls is larger than a male perc, at least the two that I have. __________________ I am not a pro so excuse me if I'm wrong. Current Tank Info: 30gal Deep Blue rimless 9/10/2014, 80gal Deep Blue rimless 40gal sump/refugium 9/11/16 LPS reef, 2 x Kessil A160 with a single Maxspect Razor, RO Prime 150INT skimmer, Sicce 3 return pump, Vortech MP40 and MP10

11/03/2009, 07:39 AM	#5
username in use Sciencing Daily Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 6,560	Was he tiny? What corals do you have? I had a small black occ, get eaten by a bubble coral that it was trying to host. __________________ Joshua "With fronds like these, who needs anemones?" - Albert Einstein Current Tank Info: multiple nano's sprinkled around the house

11/03/2009, 08:21 AM	#7
mcoomer Rat Bastard! Join Date: May 2007 Location: Sammamish, WA Posts: 1,487	^^^ Aha, the queen knocked him off for knocking her up! Thrown her in a room with bright lights in her face and she'll tell you where to find the body. __________________ Spending exorbitant amounts of money on this hobby since 1998! My wife thought the tank would be cheaper and easier to keep than a dog...no seriously! Current Tank Info: 180 gallon mixed reef; Reeflo Barracuda, Tunze 6105 (X3), 250W Radiums with dual HQI Blue Wave 7, Reefkeeper Elite controller, custom sump with ASM G4, carbon and GFO reactors

11/03/2009, 05:58 AM	#2
agreeive?fish Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 3,803	list tank mates