Green Chromis missing/killed?

[Beverly]

Originally Posted by Trevor Robertson

Everything looks like is is doing just fine but after a day or two of the fish in the tank one started to hid up in the corner of the tank or behind a rock, I guess the other is being a bit mean. Well now I can not find the other fish, I don't know if it has been killed, or died or just found a way better hiding place where even I can't find it.

We've had them disappear in our 180 when we had it running. They sleep in rock cavities. It was funny to watch the reef as lights-out was approaching because all the chromis would "practice" backing into their night hiding niches, then come out again, then back in, then back out. All this went on for a half our or longer. It was like someone parking their car in their garage for the night, but not getting it right the first, second or third times

I never thought of it until the other day when we found that big bad crab and wondered if that's how some of the smaller fish in the 180 went missing. Could've had a predator in the rock and not known about it.

Last night had another glimpse with our trusty flashlight of the second crab in our 42. Looks quite a bit like the first big baddy, but only a quarter of the size. He was on the sandbed near the back of the tank, inpretty much the same place as we'd seen it before. It'll be harder to catch this one, but now I'm a determined crab catcher, that's for sure