On Nov 28, 9:56 am, KurtG wrote:
Big Habeeb wrote:
Got me a golden headed sleeper goby who I haven't seen for more than a
second or two since adding him (about a week ago). Would I see a
spike of something if he was laying dead someplace???

A week isn't a long time. I'd give it a month before declaring him dead.

Sadly, you often don't find any sign of the missing fish, so you're just
left wondering. The clean up crew will take case of him.

I had a maroon clown fish that would disappear for weeks at a time.
After a while, I just stopped worrying about it.

I also have a feather duster that disappeared within days. 6 months
later I spotted him on the back side of the tank where I don't clean the
glass. Not sure why he's there, but I think he found a good spot to
pick up detritus.

--Kurt

I actually spotted the golden head this morning...I wasn't necessarily
writing him off yet, but I was definitely starting to wonder...to the
point where I was testing my water twice a day to make SURE I was
reading everything right and wasn't missing something obvious (would
have been odd since the cardinal and clown were both happily chugging
along). It looks like he's just found himself a happy place behind
the rocks...but this morning came out and gave me a little show of him
sifting through the substrate...pity he's not a bit more social since
he's really nifty looking...hopefully he'll be out and about a bit
more once he's comfortable in the tank.

I appreciate the advice on how to know if I got a dead thing or
not...I didn't know if it would cause some kind of detectable spike in
anything, since all my tanks in the past have been wide open and as
such, fairly obvious if there was a dead fish laying on the bottom.

Speaking of protein skimming, I have another question about that...but
I'll move it to another thread
Mitch