Yesterday afternoon I noticed my male Long-finned Wrasse was missing and it was really bumming me out but I was hopeful that he had just decided to go to bed early and he would be out again in the morning. Unfortunately, this morning he was still missing.
I kept starring at the tank hoping he would show up and thinking about what could have happened to him. I had taken the cover off the overflow for a couple of minutes but I never took my eye off the tank and thought I would have seen him if he had jumped into it but with no other explanation for him being missing I took the cover back off this afternoon and looked for him there. Unfortunately, he wasn't there and I also looked all around the tank on the floor in case he had jumped out but didn't find him there either.
Since he wasn't in the overflow or on the floor I figured I might as well check in the basement figuring that even if he went into the overflow and then down one of the two lines his chance of survving would be slim since both overflows are split and one of the splits gravity feeds my skimmer.
I stopped the skimmer and checked in it thinking I might find his body but no, so I next checked the refugium without luck. I then checked the sump where everything dumps and I didn't see him there either. I was just about to give up when I glanced at my 7" filter sock and there he was swimming in a calm spot near the top just looking back at me. Woohoo!
I put him back in the display and he looks just fine as if nothing happened!
:yay:
I kept starring at the tank hoping he would show up and thinking about what could have happened to him. I had taken the cover off the overflow for a couple of minutes but I never took my eye off the tank and thought I would have seen him if he had jumped into it but with no other explanation for him being missing I took the cover back off this afternoon and looked for him there. Unfortunately, he wasn't there and I also looked all around the tank on the floor in case he had jumped out but didn't find him there either.
Since he wasn't in the overflow or on the floor I figured I might as well check in the basement figuring that even if he went into the overflow and then down one of the two lines his chance of survving would be slim since both overflows are split and one of the splits gravity feeds my skimmer.
I stopped the skimmer and checked in it thinking I might find his body but no, so I next checked the refugium without luck. I then checked the sump where everything dumps and I didn't see him there either. I was just about to give up when I glanced at my 7" filter sock and there he was swimming in a calm spot near the top just looking back at me. Woohoo!
I put him back in the display and he looks just fine as if nothing happened!
:yay:
