So, do I need to worry about this?

My diamond watchman goby died yesterday. I've been so busy yesterday and today, that I have not been able to take the time to find it's body. It was small, maybe two inches. My setup is 75 gal DT with 30 gal sump, so total water volume is around 90 gallons. I have one false percula in the tank. Do I need to worry about the clowns health since I haven't found the goby yet? I have a skimmer and a fuge, but could the dead goby pollute my tank big time and hurt/kill my clown? No worms in the sand or rocks to eat it. The clown seems very fine, eating and swimming and my hermits have not gathered in one spot, over the dead fish...wherever it is...

 

If you have any snails and hermits they will clean it up but I would suggest a water change

 

Okay, I just looked around the tank with a flashlight and can't see it anywhere.

 

I had a 75 when I first started salt & on a rare occasion a small fish would disappear & I could not find it what so ever. It's not good for your water parameters but it shouldn't do a lot considering its a small fish. I would be more worried if you had delicate corals.

 

Chances are the goby was in the sand under a rock somewhere.

 

I had a lawn mower blennie that was eating well and fat in my tank, then all the sudden over a two week time period he got super skinny and finally died. I tried all I could to save him to no avail. It was weird since i still had plenty of film algae for him to munch on. No more lawn mower blennies for me.
Anyways, when he died, it was pretty awesome to watch the CUC devour him. He was pretty small and was in a inaccesible spot, so I just sat back and watched the carnage. My hermits and shrimp were fat and happy afterwards. It is amazing how fast the CUC can completely remove all evidence that a fish even existed.

 

I had a yellow-head sleeper goby for over 2 years, one day he never came out of his home under a rock. Needless to say he passed and I never recovered the body, I've been fighting GHA ever since... THE END