Missing Clownfish, wtf

marcingo · #1 06-13-2007, 11:34 PM

happened to me with 2 clown as well, completely dissapeared and no body to be found, then it happened to me with a damsel no where to be found either. One day it was there the next gone.

Chaloupa · #2 06-14-2007, 01:17 AM

My Mom lost a firefish in her tank and I lost a two spot Blenny in mine..never to be seen again..no body, no nothing

Moogled · #3 06-14-2007, 02:21 AM

Royal Gramma here.

I wouldn't look into it too much. Chances are it probably got eaten by a crab or another type of hitcher, especially if some members on this board find an unexpected crab after 2 years of not adding any liverock.

Wait a week and then just grab another Clown and hope it doesn't vanish this time around (or the missing one reappears, haha).

michika · #4 06-14-2007, 02:33 AM

I feel for you.

I've had both potential outcomes happen; I've found sun dried jawfish on my floor, and I've also had a tang go missing for over a month, only to reappear randomly one night.

Corbin · #5 06-14-2007, 02:41 AM

this happens to all many fish, newts frogs i have. every newt ive ever owned (all in completely sealed terrariums) have all disappered without a trace, looked all over my room, in there tanks everywhere, never to be seen again. one of my firebellied toads got out of its completely sealed incloser, sealed almost so tight that not even air could get in. and in the middle of the night i woke up to it beside my bed!! it could never have jumped the 14 " to the top of the tank squeezed through the tiny hole 10times smaller then it. i have more storys, but anyways, i think animals can teleport, call me crazy but i do HAHA

digital-audiophile · #6 06-14-2007, 01:27 PM

This happened to me three times with a juevenile clownfish in my tank.

first time, found him in the sump (he was so small he made it through the eggcrate on my overflow and went for the pipe ride into the sump)

second time I found him in the sump again.

third time (two days ago) I found him as a piece of fish jerky behind the tank

likwid · #7 06-14-2007, 03:04 PM

This is insane. I looked absolutely everywhere, lifted up every rock, moved corals, etc, and its no where

Jro · #8 06-15-2007, 07:28 PM

What kind of tank do you have? If it is one of the all-in-ones with the false walls, I've heard of clownfish jumping the barriers into the fuge.

Quagmire · #9 06-15-2007, 11:37 PM

Its been a couple days now.Perhaps you should test your water.If it was stuck inside a hole in the rock and died,it should show a pretty good sized spike on a test kit by now I would think.