Its ALIVE!!!!

[Cheeselady]

I recently up graded to larger tank and installed a sump/refugium.
I knew my little neon blue goby would be a bit hard to find in the larger tank. But after more than two weeks missing I had assumed the little guy was gone for good.

Low and behold when I cleaned my filter sock..... I FOUND HIM!!

For now he's back in the main tank but I'm a bit worried he'll end up in the sock again.

So..... do I leave him in the main tank and resuce him from the sock as needed or do I put him in the refugium with there is a small chance he could get up into my return pump unless find some sort of mesh I can use to block a path between the chambers.

 

[JUNBUG361]

Back in the DT, maybe you could add some mesh canvas sheet on your overflow box

 

[ZachsZoo]

you could use mesh, or put him in your QT or frag tank(if you have one) temporarily. If he got in the filter sock once, he will do it again.

 

[Cheeselady]

Thanks folks, I hadn't thought of covering the overflow intake. That's a good idea.

 

[homer1475]

Strainer on the overflow pipes would help also. I have a clown that lives in my overflow(tower type), he's made a couple trips into my filter socks. Don't ask, I've fished him out more times then I can count, he just likes to live in there. Anyways, I eventually put a strainer on the full siphon pipe and he hasn't made it back in there to date.

I did one of these.

http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/bulkhead-overflow-strainers.html

 

[BigDave]

Covering the overflow is what I ended up doing too. I had a small fish take 3 trips to the sump.

Even with the mesh, my Blennie still found it's way down there. The only thing I can think is he went to jump and ended up in the overflow.

 

[Bender19]

But after more than two weeks missing

Low and behold when I cleaned my filter sock..... I FOUND HIM!!

Glad you found him! Although you should be changing your filter socks more often so the gunk they collect doesn't start breaking down.

 

[thirsty saltine]

I had a firefish that did this all the time, I got tired of moving him back and forth all the time, finally just left him in the sump full time. seemed happy enough.