Missing clown goby

[spamvicious]

I added a very small clown goby to my tank 10 days ago. The first day it managed to get into the sump at the back so I covered the vents with some plastic mesh. Day 2 it was back in the sump at the back, I had to leave in a rush and when I got home it was no where to be seen. All the compartments at the back are connected and have small holes so I assumed it would reappear.

I checked the filter and it wasn’t in there. Not in the main tank, I cleaned and removed the skimmer and thought I saw it in the chamber briefly but when I looked again it was gone. I’ve just cleaned the filter again for the weekly clean and it wasn’t in there.

I have laminate flooring so it would be very easy to tell if it had jumped at any point. I understand it’s probably dead now but I assumed it would likely be in the filter and wanted to avoid an ammonia spike but nope.

 

[i cant think]

I added a very small clown goby to my tank 10 days ago. The first day it managed to get into the sump at the back so I covered the vents with some plastic mesh. Day 2 it was back in the sump at the back, I had to leave in a rush and when I got home it was no where to be seen. All the compartments at the back are connected and have small holes so I assumed it would reappear.

I checked the filter and it wasn’t in there. Not in the main tank, I cleaned and removed the skimmer and thought I saw it in the chamber briefly but when I looked again it was gone. I’ve just cleaned the filter again for the weekly clean and it wasn’t in there.

I have laminate flooring so it would be very easy to tell if it had jumped at any point. I understand it’s probably dead now but I assumed it would likely be in the filter and wanted to avoid an ammonia spike but nope.

I would wait a bit longer and see if he reappears, if you see any sign of him I would try get him out ASAP.
Depending on the size of fish, I find that these don’t actually cause damage to ammonia or nitrites. Their bodies are small enough to prevent that however if it was something like a tang then it would be different.

 

[Rick's Reviews]

Also you say you have laminate flooring

I added a very small clown goby to my tank 10 days ago. The first day it managed to get into the sump at the back so I covered the vents with some plastic mesh. Day 2 it was back in the sump at the back, I had to leave in a rush and when I got home it was no where to be seen. All the compartments at the back are connected and have small holes so I assumed it would reappear.

I checked the filter and it wasn’t in there. Not in the main tank, I cleaned and removed the skimmer and thought I saw it in the chamber briefly but when I looked again it was gone. I’ve just cleaned the filter again for the weekly clean and it wasn’t in there.

I have laminate flooring so it would be very easy to tell if it had jumped at any point. I understand it’s probably dead now but I assumed it would likely be in the filter and wanted to avoid an ammonia spike but nope.

Do you have jump net? Have you Hooverd up recently?

 

[spamvicious]

Also you say you have laminate flooring
Do you have jump net? Have you Hooverd up recently?

Yep I’ve got a jump guard and there’s a space round the tank so it would be obvious if it had jumped. I had a yellow watchman goby and had to rehome it as it kept escaping into the back compartments. I didn’t realise coral gobies were the same. So no more gobies for me as somehow they keep getting into the back.

 

[spamvicious]

I would wait a bit longer and see if he reappears, if you see any sign of him I would try get him out ASAP.
Depending on the size of fish, I find that these don’t actually cause damage to ammonia or nitrites. Their bodies are small enough to prevent that however if it was something like a tang then it would be different.

I just did a test and there was a small ammonia rise so I did a water change and it’s back to 0 again. Interestingly when I did the first test I took the sample from the back section and it came up as 0.8. So I did another test with the sample from the main part and it showed 0.2 so I did a water change. I also cleaned the intake pipe from the first compartment that had a lot of “gunk” on it but I’m assuming that wasn’t the goby remains.

 

[Rick's Reviews]

Yep I’ve got a jump guard and there’s a space round the tank so it would be obvious if it had jumped. I had a yellow watchman goby and had to rehome it as it kept escaping into the back compartments. I didn’t realise coral gobies were the same. So no more gobies for me as somehow they keep getting into the back.

It might be something to do with 'your back compartments'.
Its not the fish you have chosen maybe the fact you have areas open for them to hide in?

 

[spamvicious]

It might be something to do with 'your back compartments'.
Its not the fish you have chosen maybe the fact you have areas open for them to hide in?I

I got the tank second hand and originally it was an all in one but it was converted to run a canister filter. The compartments at the back can only be accessed via the overflow vents which I covered with the purple mesh or the tiny gap between my jump guard.

 

[Rick's Reviews]

Just offering suggestions first hand before photos

 

[spamvicious]

So after assuming the goby has sadly passed away, today I saw it again while it made a swift exit back through the different compartments in the rear sump. I assume it must like it in there so I guess it will stay as a sump goby!.