GTfish
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
I just purchased an TR Ocellaris Clownfish yesterday. He was my tanks first fish. The LFS keeps their FO salinity at 1.014, so I did a 7 hour drip acclimation to get him up to my tank's 1.025. I netted him out of the bag and put him in the tank. He swam very quickly up and down the tank, and was very interested in the corners and edges. After several minutes, he started doing laps around the upper parts of the tank. This morning, he had calmed down a bit, and was hovering in place in front of a powerhead. Literally 5 minutes after I saw him swimming around, my roommate noticed that he was missing.
Tank Inhabitants:
1 large astrea snail
3 large mythrax crabs
Brittle star fish (has been beat up by something)
Several large worms w/ long tentacles
remnants of caulerpa algae growth (removed from tank)
something that makes a clicking noise (unknown if pistol shrimp or mantis)
Set up and parameters:
37 gal tank
2 maxijet 600 powerheads
Fluval 204 (no media, just for flow)
Small HOB filter for surface agitation
SG: 1.025
Temp: 80
Amm and Nitrites: 0
Nitrates= about 10 ppm
Any ideas? Is it likely that he died and then got scavenged, or did one of the crabs take him down? If the crab attacked him, I have unspeakable plans for it =). My LR is very porous, and the body could be hidden in any number of crannies.
Tank Inhabitants:
1 large astrea snail
3 large mythrax crabs
Brittle star fish (has been beat up by something)
Several large worms w/ long tentacles
remnants of caulerpa algae growth (removed from tank)
something that makes a clicking noise (unknown if pistol shrimp or mantis)
Set up and parameters:
37 gal tank
2 maxijet 600 powerheads
Fluval 204 (no media, just for flow)
Small HOB filter for surface agitation
SG: 1.025
Temp: 80
Amm and Nitrites: 0
Nitrates= about 10 ppm
Any ideas? Is it likely that he died and then got scavenged, or did one of the crabs take him down? If the crab attacked him, I have unspeakable plans for it =). My LR is very porous, and the body could be hidden in any number of crannies.