I have a tank that has been set up for a couple of months now. It is a 29 gallon and has around 20 pounds of live rock. I have had my yasha goby and a guppy disappear during the night. I haven't found a body or anything. My only guess is, something must be eating them. I'm going to stick another guppy in the tank and see if it disappears. I have had the guppies in this tank as long as it has been set up, so they are fully acclimated to the tank. They usually sleep at the top of the tank, but I got sick of having them in the display tank and stuck all but one in the sump. The one that was left was more reclusive since she was alone and started sleeping under the rocks near the bottom. I have a yellowhead jawfish and a very small candy cane pistol shrimp left in the tank. I'm very worried about the shrimp. I fear he could be next on the menu.
I did randomly pull out a small rock and put it in the sump. Unknowingly, there was a small mantis shrimp in it. This thing is super load so I'm guessing if I had more in the main tank I'd hear it? How big do mantis shrimp need to be in order to take out small fish? The one I accidentally found is the size of my thumb. He is super loud, too. Much louder than my pistol shrimp. So far, I only hear clicking coming from my sump. My pistol shrimp rarely clicks but I know he's still there because I see him occasionally.
I have seen red worms that I was thinking were bristle worms? And something that I think is a very little brittle starfish? Other than that, I don't see anything else but I haven't looked at my tank at night. Is there anything I should be looking for? I'd like to replace the goby so my shrimp isn't alone and I was hoping to get some sexy shrimp, but I need to figure out why my fish are disappearing.
I did randomly pull out a small rock and put it in the sump. Unknowingly, there was a small mantis shrimp in it. This thing is super load so I'm guessing if I had more in the main tank I'd hear it? How big do mantis shrimp need to be in order to take out small fish? The one I accidentally found is the size of my thumb. He is super loud, too. Much louder than my pistol shrimp. So far, I only hear clicking coming from my sump. My pistol shrimp rarely clicks but I know he's still there because I see him occasionally.
I have seen red worms that I was thinking were bristle worms? And something that I think is a very little brittle starfish? Other than that, I don't see anything else but I haven't looked at my tank at night. Is there anything I should be looking for? I'd like to replace the goby so my shrimp isn't alone and I was hoping to get some sexy shrimp, but I need to figure out why my fish are disappearing.