Unsolved mystery....

[S2G]

I' came home from out of town to the disappearance of my old foxface. Ive looked in the overflows, checked rocks, & looked all around the tank. I have glass tops that are taped in the back to cover gaps.

My wife swears she didn't take it out. It's a 180 & 8" ish fox. Where could this thing be? Emp angel, clown, scopas tang, damsels, cardinals. 15" chainlink eel, 4" fighting conch, big urchin, & a few snails. I'm baffled

 

[vetteguy53081]

I' came home from out of town to the disappearance of my old foxface. Ive looked in the overflows, checked rocks, & looked all around the tank. I have glass tops that are taped in the back to cover gaps.

My wife swears she didn't take it out. It's a 180 & 8" ish fox. Where could this thing be? Emp angel, clown, scopas tang, damsels, cardinals. 15" chainlink eel, 4" fighting conch, big urchin, & a few snails. I'm baffled

See if you can secure a mirror and go behind rock and see if you can see it.

 

[Arthacker87]

dead eaten by cuc? Hiding in rock work? Tough to say

 

[Sump Crab]

probably died, then consumed

 

[S2G]

See if you can secure a mirror and go behind rock and see if you can see it.

I went over everything with a flashlight, but I'll try the mirror. No ammonia reading

dead eaten by cuc? Hiding in rock work? Tough to say

probably died, then consumed

I have a skeleton cuc but I hope it happened. Maybe it got scared when the wife was feeding the eel & went surfing. 8" rotting fish stuff somewhere is no good

 

[Sean Duggan]

You’d be surprised where fish will squeeze themselves when they’re in their final moments. I had a yellow tang that didn’t make it through qt and was under one of the rocks. With bare bottom I still couldn’t find him until I physically picked up the rock.

 

[S2G]

You’d be surprised where fish will squeeze themselves when they’re in their final moments. I had a yellow tang that didn’t make it through qt and was under one of the rocks. With bare bottom I still couldn’t find him until I physically picked up the rock.

Yep that's my biggest worry. Jacking up the water quality.

 

[S2G]

Still MIA. Mirror & turned over ever rock. I cant find a corpse anywhere

 

[Jase4224]

Does your wife eat fish by any chance? JK

Could the eel have eaten it?

 

[S2G]

Does your wife eat fish by any chance? JK

Could the eel have eaten it?

If it got ripped open it would. I'm totally stumped.

 

[ca1ore]

How long were you gone. 8” fish isn’t getting reduced in a day, but it could in a few days. Fish bones are quite difficult to spot once the soft parts have been consumed.

 

[S2G]

How long were you gone. 8” fish isn’t getting reduced in a day, but it could in a few days. Fish bones are quite difficult to spot once the soft parts have been consumed.

A week. The wife said she saw it on wed & I got in friday afternoon. I've searched high & low. I think it jumped & I haven't found the body. Parameters haven't budged.

 

[Sump Crab]

As stated before probably died and then consumed. It happens.

 

[S2G]

As stated before probably died and then consumed. It happens.

You're correct. The large fighting conch had it buried in the sand. It looks like everyone got a piece of it.

 

[S2G]

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