Blue/Green Reef Chromis is MIA

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  1. ezz1r

    ezz1r Feather Star

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    This afternoon it seems one of my Blue/Green Reef Chromis has gone missing i have checked everywhere my skimmer and Power filter looked around the floor he has simply vanished... :confused: LOL

    I'm stunned ! Is my CUC that Good? I mean not even a scale.....

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  2. 2in10

    2in10 Super Moderator

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    If you have a large crew then the answer is yes they are that good. Most likely it is under a rock ledge at sand level if it has not been eaten already.
     
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  3. ezz1r

    ezz1r Feather Star

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    Thanks 2in10.... LOL

    Im sure he is Gone...Man they are a force to be reckoned with amazing over a few hours i would say while watching the game not a trace ....

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  4. FaceOfDeceit

    FaceOfDeceit Hockey Beard

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    I have lost a couple of Chromis as well...they turn almost clear when they go, so that is probably another factor leading you to not finding the fish.
     
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  5. Nor_Cal_Guy

    Nor_Cal_Guy Gigas Clam

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    Good clean up crews are very fast. I had mine eat a tang in 8 hours tops...just some bones left.
     
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  6. pink4miss

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    do you have a cat? i always find the head of dead fish. unless it jumped and the cat got it
     
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  7. ezz1r

    ezz1r Feather Star

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    No cat ... LOL .

    Early this morning i did hear something hit the glass cover but i paid it no mind I'm sure now he must have stunned himself and well the rest is history ...
     
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  8. ezz1r

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    After your mention i did a through search of the rear substrate and did see something about the size of a pea it looks like a piece of boiled shrimp...Im sure that is ll that is left of the poor bugger...rest his soul...

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  9. Kevin3884

    Kevin3884 Tassled File Fish

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    I have a chromis that lives in my left side overflowbox cuz i cant figure out how to get him out, and I'll be damned if i'm tearing my plumbing apart for a $4.99 fish...lol...so in the box he will stay until i figure something out. lol
     
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