Cain't remove dead fish

[shogun1964]

As title says, I cain't remove a fish that just died because he is stuck under a piece of live rock.The only way I can remove him is my taking my tank apart and I don't want to do that. The tank is freshly cycled, about months old with good water readings. I have Domino Damsels, Clown fish, peppermint shrimp, assorted snails and crabs. Can I just let nature do it's thing and let the dead fish be eaten by the clean-up crew?

 

[mcarroll]

If you're unwilling to take apart the tank and that's the only way to get him out, I don't know what other option to suggest. It's not ideal to leave him in there, but it sounds like you don't need us to tell you that. He may be a repository for whatever killed him if it was a pathogen of some sort.

Watch you ammonia levels, but as long as there's no ammonia spike it may be OK.

 

[shogun1964]

thanks