joegoersch
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I have 120 gallon tank, with a coast-to-coast overflow covered with eggcrate and a 40 gallon sump, divided into skimmer section, refugium and return--some live rock in each to help maintain copepod population for my 1 year old (now fat) mandarin who never has learned to eat prepared food.
A few days ago I though I saw a flash in the return section of the sump, a brief glimpse of a fish. Then nothing. The next day I checked, all my fish accounted for. The next day, I thought I saw a small head with two eyes in it, I moved to get a closer look and gone, nothing.
I figured, what the heck, and built a trap from a cut water bottle with some mysis in it. This morning I was VERY surprised. In the trap was a hi fin goby and shrimp pair I had bought over a year and a half ago. I introduced them to each other in QT for eight weeks then put them in display tank. They disappeared after 3 days, I figured eaten by small blue hermit crab. I forgot all about them until yesterday.
How they both managed to go through the overflow, skimmer section, fuge and end up in return section and find enough to eat for a year and a half is beyond me.
I guess I learned how little food fish do need to survive. There are a lot of tiny crustaceans in the fuge, maybe that's all they needed....
A few days ago I though I saw a flash in the return section of the sump, a brief glimpse of a fish. Then nothing. The next day I checked, all my fish accounted for. The next day, I thought I saw a small head with two eyes in it, I moved to get a closer look and gone, nothing.
I figured, what the heck, and built a trap from a cut water bottle with some mysis in it. This morning I was VERY surprised. In the trap was a hi fin goby and shrimp pair I had bought over a year and a half ago. I introduced them to each other in QT for eight weeks then put them in display tank. They disappeared after 3 days, I figured eaten by small blue hermit crab. I forgot all about them until yesterday.
How they both managed to go through the overflow, skimmer section, fuge and end up in return section and find enough to eat for a year and a half is beyond me.
I guess I learned how little food fish do need to survive. There are a lot of tiny crustaceans in the fuge, maybe that's all they needed....
Did you reintroduce them to your DT?
