2 More fish gone!

[shogun1964]

PH 8.2
Alk 8
Calcium 560
Nitrate 0
Nitrate 0
I put in 2 Banggai Cardinal"s in my tank yesterday, when I went to bed everything seemed fine. But when I woke up they was nowhere to be seen. The temperature is usually around 80 degrees because of my 4 bulb t5 lighting that I ant to switch to LED's to help cool down the tank. The temperature did hit about 81.5 last night but did not affect the other fish. I do have a 6" tubflex worm in my tank but can not catch. Where could they went and did the heat kill them?

 

[Antics]

Which other fish do you have in the aquarium? Any ammonia? I wouldn't consider temperature as the killer in this scenario. Many people run reef tanks anywhere from 76-82 degrees with success. I think its odd to not be able to find the bodies if they are in fact dead. Is the tank covered at all?

 

[shogun1964]

Ammonia is 0, tank is not covered but did not jump as I checked

 

[Palyzoa]

If you have a solid clean up crew it's possible they took care of the evidence. Did you check around the outside of the tank to see if they jumped?

 

[shogun1964]

I checked, no jumpers. My cleanup crew is only 1 emerald crab and 5 hermit crabs and a 6" tubeflex worm

 

[Palyzoa]

How big is your tank?

 

[shogun1964]

60 gallon with about 70 pounds of liverock

 

[Palyzoa]

60 gallon with about 70 pounds of liverock

I was just wondering if they could be hiding at all in a bigger system... Hhmm

 

[shogun1964]

I will be looking for the next couple days incase your right. There not the only things I've lost. I once jad a 4" starburst blennie come up missing and I had him for months.

 

[sfin52]

I would suspect you have a hidden predator in there someplace. Looks like you might have to wake up in the middle of the night with a red light.

 

[Tahoe61]

Remind me isn't a tubflex worm a fresh water worm? The only reason that slight increase in temp would kill the fish is if there was already present decreased available o2.

 

[Zagreus]

What other fish do you have in a tank and/or invertebrates? Did you check your overflow?