Clownfish MIA

**Osiris** · 07-04-2006, 07:32 AM

I bought this Maroon gold strip clownfish @$35 i can't believe i lost it.

I dont mean like die, i mean LOST it. It's a 29g tank how far can it go? I tore apart the tank last night, didn't see anything, anywhere, looked all around the tank including behind it and in the refugium nothing, i didnt see it for two days, i dont see a hint that it's dead cuz bone is usually left if it is. Not a clue where he went

I am adding a pair of clownfish later this week if he's hiding IN any of the LR they should push him out of it, i know th efirefish hides IN one of the LR but i looked in all the crevices with flashlight didnt see anything.

Reefneck · 07-04-2006, 07:54 AM

If you add any other clowns to the tank and if the GSM is still alive it will kill the new clowns! GSM's are the meanest clowns and will kill even their own kind.

leveldrummer · 07-04-2006, 09:10 AM

i know its obvious, but did you check for fish-jerky around the the tank on the floor?

Jonno · 07-04-2006, 09:53 AM

did you check around your tank, because it might of jumped out?

**Osiris** · 07-04-2006, 11:56 AM

yea i searched around entire thing it's nearly completely enclosed.

was thinking of addin the new ones to flush him out then move him to a new tank

Electric Monk · 07-04-2006, 12:47 PM

Stupid question, you don't have a carpet anemone do you?

**Osiris** · 07-04-2006, 01:19 PM

nope............

leveldrummer · 07-04-2006, 03:25 PM

gotta be held up in a rock fortress, do you have a hood it can be stuck on? a lip he could have jumped onto, ive heard of that happening, other wise, its hiding really really good, or something may have eaten him. actually now that i think about it. zoo's have been known to lock onto a fish and devour it completly in seconds, you should really pull all those out and send em down, and the frogspawn just to be safe!

**Fishfirst** · 07-05-2006, 06:36 PM

did you check the overflow? Any new liverock lately? Any LARGE hairy mushrooms?

**Osiris** · 07-05-2006, 06:43 PM

Yea theirs really large hairy mushrooms, think they ate him?

leveldrummer · 07-05-2006, 07:46 PM

hairy mushrooms can eat fish?

**Fishfirst** · 07-07-2006, 08:06 AM

very large ones can if the fish is small enough and if it nuzzles them the right way. I've heard of mandarins getting eaten by large hairy mushrooms.

Reefneck · 07-07-2006, 12:03 PM

I am not saying that can't happen but I have a baby clownfish (Less than 1/2in) that sleeps in a large hairy shroom and he lays there all night with no problems at all. The shroom has never even closed around him.

All animals are different so it's possible that it could happen in therory

**Osiris** · 07-07-2006, 12:31 PM

i thought about the theory but to put that mass of a body into the stem of a shroom would kinda stick out like a sore thumb wouldnt it? especially a night when they close up....

07-04-2006, 07:32 AM	#1
Osiris Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wisconsin Age: 24 Posts: 3,648 User Feedback: (12)	Clownfish MIA I bought this Maroon gold strip clownfish @$35 i can't believe i lost it. I dont mean like die, i mean LOST it. It's a 29g tank how far can it go? I tore apart the tank last night, didn't see anything, anywhere, looked all around the tank including behind it and in the refugium nothing, i didnt see it for two days, i dont see a hint that it's dead cuz bone is usually left if it is. Not a clue where he went I am adding a pair of clownfish later this week if he's hiding IN any of the LR they should push him out of it, i know th efirefish hides IN one of the LR but i looked in all the crevices with flashlight didnt see anything. __________________ Reality is for people who can't handle Science-Fiction

07-04-2006, 07:54 AM	#2
Reefneck Senior Aquarist Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Near a Coral Reef Age: 46 Posts: 1,351 User Feedback: (0)	If you add any other clowns to the tank and if the GSM is still alive it will kill the new clowns! GSM's are the meanest clowns and will kill even their own kind. __________________ I wonder how much salt mix I would need to turn our in ground pool into a Reef.

07-04-2006, 09:10 AM	#3
leveldrummer something like a pimp Join Date: May 2005 Location: atlanta Age: 29 Posts: 1,933 User Feedback: (1)	i know its obvious, but did you check for fish-jerky around the the tank on the floor? __________________ The meek shall inherit the Earth. Big deal. By the time they get it the rest of us will have messed it all up.

07-04-2006, 11:56 AM	#5
Osiris Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wisconsin Age: 24 Posts: 3,648 User Feedback: (12)	yea i searched around entire thing it's nearly completely enclosed. was thinking of addin the new ones to flush him out then move him to a new tank __________________ Reality is for people who can't handle Science-Fiction

07-04-2006, 12:47 PM	#6
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07-04-2006, 09:53 AM	#4
Jonno Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Devon, UK Age: 20 Posts: 512 User Feedback: (0)	did you check around your tank, because it might of jumped out?

07-04-2006, 01:19 PM	#7
Osiris Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wisconsin Age: 24 Posts: 3,648 User Feedback: (12)	nope............ __________________ Reality is for people who can't handle Science-Fiction

07-04-2006, 03:25 PM	#8
leveldrummer something like a pimp Join Date: May 2005 Location: atlanta Age: 29 Posts: 1,933 User Feedback: (1)	gotta be held up in a rock fortress, do you have a hood it can be stuck on? a lip he could have jumped onto, ive heard of that happening, other wise, its hiding really really good, or something may have eaten him. actually now that i think about it. zoo's have been known to lock onto a fish and devour it completly in seconds, you should really pull all those out and send em down, and the frogspawn just to be safe! __________________ The meek shall inherit the Earth. Big deal. By the time they get it the rest of us will have messed it all up.

07-05-2006, 06:36 PM	#9
Fishfirst Fish Guru Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Soon to be Northern Wisconsin Age: 24 Posts: 3,489 User Feedback: (1)	did you check the overflow? Any new liverock lately? Any LARGE hairy mushrooms? __________________ 210 Gal Reef w/ 55 Gallon Sump/Fuge, 125 Gal Fish Only, 65 Gal Seahorse-29 Gallon Sump, 55 Gal FOWLR, 54 Gal Corner FW Community, 20 Gal Nano FOWLR, 55 Gal Piranha, 29 gallon QT "All the yellow tangs and clownfish in the world can't save you now! hahahah" Peter from Family Guy

07-05-2006, 06:43 PM	#10
Osiris Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wisconsin Age: 24 Posts: 3,648 User Feedback: (12)	Yea theirs really large hairy mushrooms, think they ate him? __________________ Reality is for people who can't handle Science-Fiction

07-05-2006, 07:46 PM	#11
leveldrummer something like a pimp Join Date: May 2005 Location: atlanta Age: 29 Posts: 1,933 User Feedback: (1)	hairy mushrooms can eat fish? __________________ The meek shall inherit the Earth. Big deal. By the time they get it the rest of us will have messed it all up.

07-07-2006, 08:06 AM	#12
Fishfirst Fish Guru Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Soon to be Northern Wisconsin Age: 24 Posts: 3,489 User Feedback: (1)	very large ones can if the fish is small enough and if it nuzzles them the right way. I've heard of mandarins getting eaten by large hairy mushrooms. __________________ 210 Gal Reef w/ 55 Gallon Sump/Fuge, 125 Gal Fish Only, 65 Gal Seahorse-29 Gallon Sump, 55 Gal FOWLR, 54 Gal Corner FW Community, 20 Gal Nano FOWLR, 55 Gal Piranha, 29 gallon QT "All the yellow tangs and clownfish in the world can't save you now! hahahah" Peter from Family Guy

07-07-2006, 12:03 PM	#13
Reefneck Senior Aquarist Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Near a Coral Reef Age: 46 Posts: 1,351 User Feedback: (0)	I am not saying that can't happen but I have a baby clownfish (Less than 1/2in) that sleeps in a large hairy shroom and he lays there all night with no problems at all. The shroom has never even closed around him. All animals are different so it's possible that it could happen in therory __________________ I wonder how much salt mix I would need to turn our in ground pool into a Reef.

07-07-2006, 12:31 PM	#14
Osiris Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wisconsin Age: 24 Posts: 3,648 User Feedback: (12)	i thought about the theory but to put that mass of a body into the stem of a shroom would kinda stick out like a sore thumb wouldnt it? especially a night when they close up.... __________________ Reality is for people who can't handle Science-Fiction

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