Finding dead fish

[MarkoD]

so looks like i lost one clown fish to ich. he was about an inch long living in a 180 gallon tank with about 200 pounds of live rock.... i've been looking for the past 45 min and cant find him

is it bad if i just leave him in there?

[cathyg_99]

Originally Posted by MarkoD

so looks like i lost one clown fish to ich. he was about an inch long living in a 180 gallon tank with about 200 pounds of live rock.... i've been looking for the past 45 min and cant find him

is it bad if i just leave him in there?

anything dead will leach a little bit of ammonia but if you cant find him just make sure you do a water change... if you can find even tiny chunks then make sure you pull them out

[mattdean]

How is your clean up crew? I lost a 5 inch tang in my 125. He was there at night and gone the next morning. Not a trace - and I have very opeb rock work. My crabs and serpent star took care of him in one night!

[MarkoD]

i have a clean up crew. but i theres no way i can see it. ive got so many caves and hiding spots, id have to take appart all the rock

[MKLKT]

Honestly in a tank that size I doubt a clown would have much effect. Clean up crew will consume it really quickly. I have a system less than half that (65 + 20 sump) and of the few fish that did die they were eaten in less than an hour. (Bumblebee, Nassarius, etc.)

I personally wouldn't worry about it. You could check the ammonia to make yourself feel better but a healthy system will gloss over a single fish loss. (Especially a 1" fish.)

[Madreefer]

Your going to cause more of a disturbance digging around trying to find it. Plus if your fish have ich you will just cause more stress and make the ich worse. The dead fish has probably been consumed by now.