mystery

my helfrichi firefish has gone missing and its a covered aquarium. looked everywhere but cant find him. last seen alive last night. no body anywhere, no big fish (roomie is a small spotted mandarin) no bones or any signs of remains. Is there a chance its hiding and asleep? It didn't respond to feeding time tho. i looked everywhere even the skimmer tube. just vanished without a trace.

 

any corals ? name them all if such ?

 

pictures will do a better job i think:





and one ricordea yuma not pictured.

 

the fact that he didn't respond to feeding time is a little worrisome. Not to rain on your parade, but sometimes those little dudes just go missing, stuck in the rock or whatever. Hope he shows up.

 

checked the sand bed. nothing. must be stock in some rockwork but cant see where! i wonder if i have some hitchhiker im not aware of. mandarin much smaller and alive for months now...

 

mystery solved:
poor bugger died under some rock, was being eaten by hermits as we spoke earlier. wonder what got him? only had him for 48 hours. he was eating, so either some crab got to him or the temp was too high for him (80) or he got stuck in the rock and died that way. He was such a beauty too.

 

aw mayne sorry for ur loss

 

yeah sucks but oh well. what should i get to replace him? was thinking a pair of picassos

 

that does suck! such a pretty and expensive fish!!