Hi everyone about 5 days ago I purchased a very small snowflake eel maybe 6 to 8 inches and my aquarium has a tight lid with a cover over the overflow to prevent him from escaping. I haven't seen him since day two (the night I installed the cover to prevent escape down the overflow pipe) when he escaped into my sump. I put him back in the main tank that night and placed the cover over the return pipe. Haven't seen him since, i've searched rocks and under rocks and even in the sand bed and sump. Yes I've even looked behind and below my tank, other rooms, shoes, tiny dark areas (lol), everything! Please help me!
My Snowflake Eel Is Missing!!!
- Thread starter Jake_Janoski
- Start date
- Tagged users None
Have you looked in the overflow? It's amazing what they can do. If he's not there or on the floor, he has to be hiding in the tank.
Tiger Brown
Well-Known Member
Saltyhog is spot on, he could literally be anywhere in the room the tank is in. He could be inside a piece of rock or other decoration, no idea how big or well-decorated your tank is. Remember, if (I hope not) he did jump out and he is on the floor his little body will be considerably smaller if he has been out of the tank long enough to dry out.
vetteguy53081
Well known Member and monster tank lover
Partner Member 2024
Excellence Award
Reef Tank 365
RGB
Article Contributor
Tampa Bay Reef Keepers
West Palm Beach Reefer
Hospitality Award
Ocala Reef Club Member
305 Reef Club
Wisco Reefers
Midwest Reefer
Fish Medic
MAC of SW Florida
Rock Pool Reef Keepers
R2R Secret Santa 2023
My Tank Thread
My Aquarium Showcase
Oh no. . . . great escape artists and can travel over 25 feet on ground or about 12+ on carpet.
Check under stand, comb carefully through bedding and as suggested, look in sump
Check under stand, comb carefully through bedding and as suggested, look in sump
splitting_lanes
Active Member
I had one for years, so good at getting out of the tank! I’d toss him back in....
Zoa_Fanatic
Valuable Member
- Joined
- Jun 4, 2020
- Messages
- 1,945
- Reaction score
- 1,324
Bet money he’s in the sump and you don’t see him. My brother had one that got into chamber 2 of a biocube and back into the tank repeatedly. No idea how he managed that. And you’d be surprised what small holes they can get into in rockwork. They like to pop out and be aggressive little turds when you feed them or at night. If you have fish just go missing he’s likely still around.
smlarson72
Active Member
Mine escaped twice. The first time he was in the sump ( took us over a week to find him) and the second time he was in the overflow. He was very well hidden. I thought my cats had eaten him the first time and called them fish murderers. Needless to say I had to apologize to them!.
Zoa_Fanatic
Valuable Member
- Joined
- Jun 4, 2020
- Messages
- 1,945
- Reaction score
- 1,324
You’d be surprised. He ate a dwarf fuzzy lip fish of my brothers.
Zoa_Fanatic
Valuable Member
- Joined
- Jun 4, 2020
- Messages
- 1,945
- Reaction score
- 1,324
Man I’d bet money he’s either in your sump or in a rock. They can fit basically anywhere their head fits and you wouldn’t see him. Also possible if you have a good cuc he could have died and been recycled into the tank already but I’d say he’s hiding.
Jake_Janoski
Community Member
- Joined
- Apr 9, 2020
- Messages
- 38
- Reaction score
- 9
wow XD
Zoa_Fanatic
Valuable Member
- Joined
- Jun 4, 2020
- Messages
- 1,945
- Reaction score
- 1,324
Watch for missing snails. My brothers ate literally every fish in his tank I really don’t like snowflakes.
I had a snowflake that would get out of the tank all the time. Just threw him back in when I found him. Went away for a week and came home and he ate every lionfish in my tank, 5 of them! Just skeletons and him in the tank. I'll never own another snowflake.
