Missing Orange Spotted Gobi

[mncspradlin]

Last Friday our orange spotted gobi was doing his normal routing. On saturday we notice he had disappeared. We still cant find him anywhere and it has been a week. I thought he was just hiding in the liverock. It seems as he is gone forever. He was about 3.5 inches long. We had a very small coral beauty that was killed by a tube anemone but I didn't think it could eat an almost 4inch fish. Does anyone have any idea where it could have gone or what could have eaten it?? He was a very cool fish!! I even looked outside the tank thinking maybe he jumped out but didn't find him.

 

[c0mf0rt]

I've got one too.... yoiu might want to keep looking.. they do like to carpet surf....

 

[jackdp]

I've lost 2 gobies to the carpet...they do jump a lot.

 

[mncspradlin]

Don't mean to sound stupid but what do y'all mean about "carpet"?

 

[c0mf0rt]

carpet surfing......... where a fish jumps out and decides to try and ride the carpet.......

 

[mncspradlin]

Well, if my gobi decided to carpet surf he quickly became cat food since I have 3. There is no evidence of fish or fish guts/bones on the floor or anywhere else for that matter. There wasn't even a little chaulk outline LOL
Guess I'll just right him off or maybe the aliens came down and stole him since he was so cool.