Clown fish emergency

Flatlandsrefeer · Nov 21, 2015

Help! I just recently invested in two young occellaris clowns. I have a rose bubble tip nem and a green tip nem. One of the clown fish is missing in action. We even moved out aquascaping around and reconfigured looking for the little guy "Jackson" is his name. GONE ! Does anyone think think either of the nem'S would have eaten him? How am does a fish just disappear?

Grey Ghost · Nov 21, 2015

If your tank has a overflow and a sump area check in those spots well. You would be surprised how many times I have rescued a fish from those two areas over the years.

redfishbluefish · Nov 21, 2015

If the clown was health I can't see a bubble tip doing it in. The slim coat would protect the clown from an anemone with a "mild" sting.

Is the tank covered.....have you looked to see if it might have gone carpet surfing?

Flatlandsrefeer · Nov 21, 2015

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redfishbluefish said:
If the clown was health I can't see a bubble tip doing it in. The slim coat would protect the clown from an anemone with a "mild" sting.

Is the tank covered.....have you looked to see if it might have gone carpet surfing?

he was very healthy in appearance, and he was not being hosted by the anemones. I searched the drain and carpet, no Jackson.

Flatlandsrefeer · Nov 21, 2015

Grey Ghost said:
If your tank has a overflow and a sump area check in those spots well. You would be surprised how many times I have rescued a fish from those two areas over the years.

I did look but it's a corner 92. I don't think he's in there.

How about an emerald crab?

Reefrookie220 · Nov 21, 2015

Clean up crews do make short work of deceased fish.

underwaterdan · Nov 21, 2015

Mine kept finding his way into the overflow and in the sump. mine is split so sometimes he would be in the fuge, and two other times he was in the filter sock. I found him quick enough the first time in the sock, cant say as much for the second time. RIP chippy

cameronh · Nov 22, 2015

Finding nemo

Flatlandsrefeer · Nov 22, 2015

cameronh said:
Finding nemo

He he that's funny.

Flatlandsrefeer · Nov 22, 2015

underwaterdan said:
Mine kept finding his way into the overflow and in the sump. mine is split so sometimes he would be in the fuge, and two other times he was in the filter sock. I found him quick enough the first time in the sock, cant say as much for the second time. RIP chippy

Poor chippy.

I still have the other Jackson of the Jackson twins I'm trying to get my anemone to host. Let's hope he makes it.

Flatlandsrefeer · Nov 22, 2015

Reefrookie220 said:
Clean up crews do make short work of deceased fish.

That's possible I suppose. It was just very fast, like less than 12 hours.

cameronh · Nov 22, 2015

Flatlandsrefeer said:
Poor chippy.

I still have the other Jackson of the Jackson twins I'm trying to get my anemone to host. Let's hope he makes it.

So no sign of him?

Flatlandsrefeer · Nov 22, 2015

cameronh said:
So no sign of him?

Nope, I've officially marked him as a casualty as of today.

cameronh · Nov 22, 2015

Flatlandsrefeer said:
Nope, I've officially marked him as a casualty as of today.

Sorry to hear that

dangros · Nov 22, 2015

Same thing happened to me. I bought 2 ocellaris and one died. The cleanup crew made "quick work" of him. The other one is fine and eating aggressively. Had nothing to do w/the BTA's in the tank. Prob caught pneumonia during shipping