There yesterday...gone today....mysteriously disappeared. He was not a small fish. Lots of places for him to get stuck but unlike him to miss a meal. Dissapointed as this was one of my most favorite fish. Weird to lose fish and have corals grow like mad.....anyways get to think about a new fish after the holidays now.....any suggestions?
powder blue????
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You do half a LOT of rocks and holes in there, he has to be in there Steve. Is the hole to the sump big enough? Check in the sump? The only thing I can think of if he is actually gone and no where in there at all is if your anemone ate him. That anemone is HUGE but the mouth isn't. That powder blue was big too, or wasn't small anyway, I don't really think the anemone could have ate him. If he did eat the powder blue, the anemone might split perhaps? I read if you feed them heavily they will split. I guess one way to find out if it actually does split, or get any idea if thats what happened.
Once you guys see my tank you will see that jumping out would be a very small percentage of happening. There is a 1" gap in the back. There are no starfish in that system anymore as I removed the killer a while back....he was taking down fish. Looked behind the stad with flashlight and nothing. Waiting for a spike in my system....but I do not think I will see one with the load I have and the filtration capacities.
I may just try a regal again....powder blue is beautiful, but they have a hard time making it long term. maybe a yellow and a regal....going to be a few months though.
I may just try a regal again....powder blue is beautiful, but they have a hard time making it long term. maybe a yellow and a regal....going to be a few months though.
I think if it is in the tank...it should be able to handle the cycle. Thanks for the help......he would have had to be the perfect position to get out. There was nothing behind the stand. I double checked that last night again. I am trying to chalk this one up to old age....don't really know how old he was but I had him for a year anyways...he was the largest tang I have ever had.
Steve
sorry to here about about your Tang. My guess is that when it hid for the night it swam into a spot between coral and rocks and could not back out the next day. Strange though as they take up the same spot, territorial not likely to hide somewhere else everynight
I have seen my Tangs slide into some tight quarters but never had to help them get out.
I dought old age i had a Hipo for over 5 yrs, and was the size of anice bluegill!
Hang in there he might show up they are pretty durrable. Take a flash light and try to look up under everything if you can.
Brian
sorry to here about about your Tang. My guess is that when it hid for the night it swam into a spot between coral and rocks and could not back out the next day. Strange though as they take up the same spot, territorial not likely to hide somewhere else everynight
I have seen my Tangs slide into some tight quarters but never had to help them get out.
I dought old age i had a Hipo for over 5 yrs, and was the size of anice bluegill!
Hang in there he might show up they are pretty durrable. Take a flash light and try to look up under everything if you can.
Brian
