Dead and missing Bangaii Cardinalfish

[Rfirman]

I woke up one morning and I realized that my bangaii cardinal was nowhere to be seen. I still can’t find him and its been a few days. I have looked everywhere. I think he is definitely dead.

Tank is a 14 gal biocube.
Only other fish is a clown.

I think that he just starved himself and died. I didn’t see him eat for a while. He was getting smaller IMO.
Is it possible that he died and my blue hermit crap ate him along with some bristle worms and my clown?
I also did have a six line wrasse die but that was about a month ago. My clown has been in there for 10 months.
Any ideas why this happened?

 

[Lance75]

Very possible that he died and the CUC ate them. I had a flame and emperor angels disappeared on me too

 

[Beengirl]

I've read that bangaii that are wild caught are difficult to get to eat. Tank bred are supposed to be easier to get eating. How long did you have him?

 

[Rfirman]

only about a month so i guess you could be right.

 

[Beengirl]

If you get another, make sure it's tank bred. Mine are tank bred, and both were eating from the first day I got them.

 

[Rfirman]

cool cool i will think about it. do you think my critters ate him overnight though?

and I am going to the fish store this weekend. maybe ill get another one or another six line wrasse. any advise on what would be good for a 14 gallon biocube?

 

[Wendy8184]

look on liveaquaria.com and look at nano fish... that will give you a good idea of fish that are right for that size tank. If you get a fish that needs a bigger tank it will stress it out and you will have more dead fish

 

[Rfirman]

Yes i have visited that site. But not every fish there is going to be avalible at the fish store.

Should i try a six line wrasse again. I have seen people have them in their biocubes and they seemed fine. Idk