Black Hole Vortex in my tank

I have a well established tank of 4 years. Over the time I've had my set up
I've noticed that when I introduce several fish at one time, they slowly
disappear, one by one. I mean they LITERALLY DISAPPEAR. I never find a
carcass, in or out of the tank, they simply vanish. I asked a co-worker who
also has a reef set up, if he ever has fish that simply vanish, he's has the
same problem. I am convinced that my tank has a Black Hole Vortex that my
fish swim into, never to return. The vortex probably leads back to the ocean
to free them from captivity.

i have had that happen to peppermint shrimps- & a cleaner shrimp- suscpect -
the BANDED shrimp-

"Peter Pan" wrote in message
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I have a well established tank of 4 years. Over the time I've had my set
up
I've noticed that when I introduce several fish at one time, they slowly
disappear, one by one. I mean they LITERALLY DISAPPEAR. I never find a
carcass, in or out of the tank, they simply vanish. I asked a co-worker
who
also has a reef set up, if he ever has fish that simply vanish, he's has
the
same problem. I am convinced that my tank has a Black Hole Vortex that my
fish swim into, never to return. The vortex probably leads back to the
ocean
to free them from captivity.

Yes, the banded coral shrimp will kill other shrimp, such
as cleaner shrimp.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



volux wrote on 2/9/2006 2:11 PM:
i have had that happen to peppermint shrimps- & a cleaner shrimp- suscpect -
the BANDED shrimp-

"Peter Pan" wrote in message
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I have a well established tank of 4 years. Over the time I've had my set

up

I've noticed that when I introduce several fish at one time, they slowly
disappear, one by one. I mean they LITERALLY DISAPPEAR. I never find a
carcass, in or out of the tank, they simply vanish. I asked a co-worker

who

also has a reef set up, if he ever has fish that simply vanish, he's has

the

same problem. I am convinced that my tank has a Black Hole Vortex that my
fish swim into, never to return. The vortex probably leads back to the

ocean

to free them from captivity.

On Thu, 9 Feb 2006 13:18:52 -0500, "Peter Pan"
wrote:

I have a well established tank of 4 years. Over the time I've had my set up
I've noticed that when I introduce several fish at one time, they slowly
disappear, one by one. I mean they LITERALLY DISAPPEAR. I never find a
carcass, in or out of the tank, they simply vanish. I asked a co-worker who
also has a reef set up, if he ever has fish that simply vanish, he's has the
same problem. I am convinced that my tank has a Black Hole Vortex that my
fish swim into, never to return. The vortex probably leads back to the ocean
to free them from captivity.

Hello Peter,

Hermit crabs, brittlestars etc. will get rid of carcases quite
quickly, but maybe you have have something in the tank that catches
swimming / sleeping fish for its dinner.

Regards, Fishnut.

"Peter Pan" wrote in message . ..
The vortex probably leads back to the ocean
to free them from captivity.

....or the vortex leads them to the stomach of some
predatory animal who hides in your tank and hunts
only during night, when you are asleep... ? :-)

But more seriously - depending on how often you check
your tank and do a head count of your livestock you
might not notice when a fish die and then over the
course of 1-3 days becomes food for your scavengers...

What anenomes do you have?

Also - you might have a crab - the are mostly nocturnal and it might pay you
to sit up at night ith a torch and have a look....

~m

"Peter Pan" wrote in message
. ..
I have a well established tank of 4 years. Over the time I've had my set up
I've noticed that when I introduce several fish at one time, they slowly
disappear, one by one. I mean they LITERALLY DISAPPEAR. I never find a
carcass, in or out of the tank, they simply vanish. I asked a co-worker who
also has a reef set up, if he ever has fish that simply vanish, he's has
the same problem. I am convinced that my tank has a Black Hole Vortex that
my fish swim into, never to return. The vortex probably leads back to the
ocean to free them from captivity.

A cagey Mantis could also be the culprit.

Peter Pan wrote:

I have a well established tank of 4 years. Over the time I've had my set up
I've noticed that when I introduce several fish at one time, they slowly
disappear, one by one. I mean they LITERALLY DISAPPEAR. I never find a
carcass, in or out of the tank, they simply vanish. I asked a co-worker who
also has a reef set up, if he ever has fish that simply vanish, he's has the
same problem. I am convinced that my tank has a Black Hole Vortex that my
fish swim into, never to return. The vortex probably leads back to the ocean
to free them from captivity.





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This is a testament to your clean-up crew.
I had 2 fish die on me during the couse of my tank and they were
reduced to N3/PO4 pretty quicly.
Now that I think about it, except one large altum angel that didn't
survive tank transportation, I haven't remove any dead fishes from
either of my FW or SW tanks... The eco system should be able to obsorbe
this kind of stuff in large tank IMHO

Regards
Yuriy