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Originally Posted by Zoe
Hi to everyone on the forum, this is my first post so go easy!
I have just realised that my butterfly hasn't been seen all day, and I am concerned that he has gone to fish heaven. (he hasn't been eating well and has been in a cave for a few days ) We know that he had something wrong with him, so I'm would not be surprised if he has passed on, but my question is "Where is he?" I have a full reef tank with crabs, starfish, shrimps as well as a selection of fish, tangs, clowns, damsels, the usual suspects, and tons of live rock, so impossible to start moving it all.
I can't see him, and am concerned that if I don't find him and get him out, (dead) then he is going to affect water quality. I can't believe that he hasn't just floated to the surface. Is it possible that he has been eaten once dead? Any advice gratfully received.  |
He may still be feeling under the weather , and if you have as much rock as you say, he will have plenty of hiding places as he tries to recover ( or to die peacefully ? don't know how big he is or how many crabs you have in there ,so its hard to say if he would make much difference to the water quality before they eat him, if he is dead? just keep doing your tests and if you start to get concerned either do some very regular water changes over the next week or so to give them chance to finish eating him ,or start dismantling your reef until you find him. I HAVE lost a few fish over the years and my clean up crew has always done their job before I noticed any significant rise in my tests.
( very rarly did any of my casualties float to the surface).