FOUND!!!!

[Dirt4dinner]

Over the past 6 months I have purchased two pistol shrimp and two different goby variety to pair with them. In both cases the pair would come up missing within days. This led me to believe either acclimation hadn't gone well or that there was a predator in my tank that was making a very expensive dinner out of my fish and shrimp. Well last night I was doing a little late night flash light examination and found my red banded goby that I bought almost 4 months ago...but the weird thing...I found him in the SUMP! He had to have ridden the overflow, got shot through a ball valve and then gone over a baffle in the sump to get to the return chamber. I have no idea how long he has been there, but I think it has been several months. Weird...now I get to go fish him out and put him back in the tank for another try at life WITHIN the aquarium. Wish me luck.

[Iconz]

Good luck, indeed! And congrats on the find!

[hummer]

hows he doing (the fish) and have you found the shrimp

[Dirt4dinner]

Haven't seen the shrimp, but pretty much every night I hear the distinct sounds of "snapping" in my display tank...I am hoping that one of them is still in there and just very good at hiding.

I am having a terrible time getting this fish out of my sump, there are so many cords, PVC pipes, and powerheads in there. Hopefully I will get him soon.

[mutts]

poor little guy he must be hungry

[dakar]

I had a pair of 6-line wrasses that would do the same thing... I'm pretty sure it was on purpose, every few days I'd tear everything out of the sump to rescue them, they would jump over the overflow barrier like they knew where they were going.... how they survived in there I'll never now... three unprotected return pumps, and two skimmers, I can't think of a worse place for little fish. once I figured out how they were getting down there some plastic canvas solved thier adventuring.

[Dirt4dinner]

actually the fish looked pretty fat and healthy! I don't shut off my return pump for feeding, so he was getting his daily dose of flake down there. But yeah, talk about a fishy gauntlet, there are powerheads all over...strong ones! I have no idea how long he was down there, but I haven't seen him for somewhere between 2 and 3 months!!!! Anyways, he went back in the tank this morning....and I haven't seen him since....uh oh.

[Sweetpea]

Glad to hear he was so healthy! Let's hope he turns up in the display soon! ;)