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Aquarium Advice Apprentice
Hey! I've recently set up my first saltwater tank (a little over a week ago), a 29gallon with about 35 lbs. live rock + live sand. Everything tested perfect for introducing an Ocellarius (sp?) Clownfish yesterday. After doing a 1 hr. long "measuring cup" acclimation, I put him in the tank. He was a bit erratic, wiggling quite a bit, but eventually he slowed down a little and started exploring the tank. However, he liked to hang out in an upper corner by the thermometer (tank is at 80 degrees). I fed him New Life Spectum Pellet Marine Food, but crushed it up a little as he was having trouble dealing with the pellet size, but seemed to go for the crushed bits just fine. He was doing fine this morning, too. Since I started to have an outbreak of diatoms, I put a Fluval Clearmax filter bag in the back filter area (biocube w/out the bio-balls) and left the light off, hoping to stem their growth. When I got home tonight, Emmet was gone! And I mean GONE. No dead body, no body parts, nothing in the filter areas, nothing in or around the rocks. NOTHING. I know there's a smallish hermit crab in there, two snails, and at least 2 other small crabs (the fish was much bigger than them). If there's anything else in there, it hasn't made an appearance. He couldn't have jumped out because the tank is entirely covered, which also precludes the cat getting him. Any thoughts on his mysterious disappearance? Calling Jessica Fletcher!!