My firefish is DEAD!

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  1. Puffer Chick

    Puffer Chick Giant Squid

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    i just now decided to start rearanging my rock to make it look better, as soon as i lifted one off there was my beautiful helfrichi firefish with half of his body missing!

    WTF is eating all of my fish all of a sudden! i am seriously thinking now that the popping noised that i heard for a few nights is a mantis, i didnt hear it the past two nights but something is seriously eating my fish!
     
    Puffer Chick, Feb 3, 2010
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  2. slowleak

    slowleak Feather Duster

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    That sucks PC, I would start pulling everything out to see what is going in under the rocks.
     
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  3. Puffer Chick

    Puffer Chick Giant Squid

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    yea i dont get it! in 7 months i had not one issue! now as soon as i added those chromis fish are dying fast!
     
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  4. Dingo

    Dingo Giant Squid

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    cut in half!? NO WAYYY
    that is sooo not cool... a $120 fish for a snack

    sounds like a mantis tracy
     
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  5. colodan

    colodan Fire Shrimp

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    wow, I'm sorry. your not having a good week.
     
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  6. Puffer Chick

    Puffer Chick Giant Squid

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    yea it was more like 3/4 of it eaten but i dont know why all of a sudden the mantis is causing problems thats the only thing i could think of!
     
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  7. 2in10

    2in10 Super Moderator

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    Sorry to hear. Catch the SOB and send it to the FLUSH.
     
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  8. Puffer Chick

    Puffer Chick Giant Squid

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    no im not and its pissing me off
     
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  9. Newreef15

    Newreef15 Horrid Stonefish

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    It could be that the mantis final got large enought so that he can grab the fish

    sorry to hear about the fish
     
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  10. xmetalfan99

    xmetalfan99 Giant Squid

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    Sorry for your loss. Sounds like a mantis if it was cut in half. try to make a mantis trap and see what you can catch or see.
     
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