Missing lawnmower blenny

BHenderson79 · 01-13-2008, 07:59 PM

i haven't seen my lawnmower blenny in couple days. i've had no indications that it was unhealthy in any way at all and i've seen no evidence of cleaner shrimps or hermit crabs looking like they're cleaning up any kind of carrion. the blenny's been in my tank for many months and it has always been happy to stay out in the open... but would it be normal for it to go hiding in some LR crevice for an extended period?

BHenderson79 · 01-14-2008, 12:59 PM

Still no sign today. It's troublesome because everything has been doing so very well in my tank!

lcstorc · 01-14-2008, 01:14 PM

Mine is usually out and about as well. Have you checked the overflow and behind the tank? He could have jumped though they are not particularly jumpy fish. Other than that I would keep an eye on the parameters. If something went wrong you should see an amonia spike.

Woodstock · 01-14-2008, 01:16 PM

Check your overflows very well.
I hope he shows up soon!

BHenderson79 · 01-14-2008, 01:20 PM

Yeah, I checked the overflow, the skimmer, and even the sump (even though it's impossible to get through the sponge into the sump). And I searched all over the floor with a flashlight - i did have a weather loach jump out of a tank years ago and survived overnight on the carpet.
Perhaps I'll just move around some easy-to-move rocks tonight and see if I can discover anything.

BHenderson79 · 01-14-2008, 04:24 PM

Damn. I just moved around a bunch of rock to try to find him and came up empty. Then I ended up wasting 45 minutes to get the rocks back into a stable position and eventually repositioned some corals in my tank just because I couldn't get them to sit right where they used to be. But yeah, no blenny. This is really confusing. I'd have voted that fish "least likely to die and/or disappear" of all the fish in my tank.

BHenderson79 · 01-15-2008, 07:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lcstorc

If something went wrong you should see an amonia spike.

No ammonia spike, by the way. still reading zero. so i'd say there are really only 3 possibilities:
1) jumped out of the tank and crawled far enough away that i haven't found him yet (highly unlikely)
2) still alive and stuck somewhere (pretty unlikely)
3) died and was so quickly eaten by hermit crabs and cleaner shrimp that there are no remains and no degradation of water quality. (also not totally likely given his size and the smallness of the crabs in the tank, and the fact that the fish seemed 100% healthy)

so i have sadly kind of given up now.

Tru2nr · 01-16-2008, 12:37 AM

what are the other fish that you have in the tank...anything that say if aggrevated by the blenny could have attacked/eaten' it? and did u take the sponge off to see if he was caught at the sponge?

BHenderson79 · 01-16-2008, 09:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tru2nr

what are the other fish that you have in the tank...anything that say if aggrevated by the blenny could have attacked/eaten' it? and did u take the sponge off to see if he was caught at the sponge?

I have all very small, timid tank inhabitants. Firefish, banggai cardinals, a gramma, a small juvenile percula. As for mobile inverts, just a pair of cleaner shrimp, some snails, and some small hermits.
I cleaned the sponge recently, there was nothing in it but some bits of food.

Dentoid · 01-16-2008, 09:21 AM

BHenderson79 · 01-16-2008, 06:48 PM

OK, now this is REALLY weird and troubling. My juvenile percula clown is missing now. I haven't added any rock to my tank recently (not for many months) so I can't imagine there's a predator lurking in the rocks somewhere. The only thing I've added recently was a green open brain. Is there ANY chance the brain could be eating my fish at night? Please help me solve this, I'm going nuts!

01-13-2008, 07:59 PM	#1 (permalink)
BHenderson79 Limpet Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Trenton, NJ Posts: 136 View Gallery Karma Komment	Missing lawnmower blenny i haven't seen my lawnmower blenny in couple days. i've had no indications that it was unhealthy in any way at all and i've seen no evidence of cleaner shrimps or hermit crabs looking like they're cleaning up any kind of carrion. the blenny's been in my tank for many months and it has always been happy to stay out in the open... but would it be normal for it to go hiding in some LR crevice for an extended period?

01-14-2008, 12:59 PM	#2 (permalink)
BHenderson79 Limpet Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Trenton, NJ Posts: 136 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Missing lawnmower blenny Still no sign today. It's troublesome because everything has been doing so very well in my tank!

01-14-2008, 01:14 PM	#3 (permalink)
lcstorc Sunshine Reefer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Cocoa Fl Posts: 20,866 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Missing lawnmower blenny Mine is usually out and about as well. Have you checked the overflow and behind the tank? He could have jumped though they are not particularly jumpy fish. Other than that I would keep an eye on the parameters. If something went wrong you should see an amonia spike. __________________ Peace LYNN You can't change the past but you can change how you view it. A reef tank is like a racecar. The faster you go the harder you crash. Lynn and Franks saltwater adventure Lynn's 20g clown tank Lynn's 90g of sunshine Every 60 seconds you spend upset is a minute of happiness you'll never get back. In Loving Memory Of Z 01/22/07 - 08/19/08

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01-14-2008, 01:20 PM	#5 (permalink)
BHenderson79 Limpet Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Trenton, NJ Posts: 136 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Missing lawnmower blenny Yeah, I checked the overflow, the skimmer, and even the sump (even though it's impossible to get through the sponge into the sump). And I searched all over the floor with a flashlight - i did have a weather loach jump out of a tank years ago and survived overnight on the carpet. Perhaps I'll just move around some easy-to-move rocks tonight and see if I can discover anything.

01-14-2008, 04:24 PM	#6 (permalink)
BHenderson79 Limpet Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Trenton, NJ Posts: 136 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Missing lawnmower blenny Damn. I just moved around a bunch of rock to try to find him and came up empty. Then I ended up wasting 45 minutes to get the rocks back into a stable position and eventually repositioned some corals in my tank just because I couldn't get them to sit right where they used to be. But yeah, no blenny. This is really confusing. I'd have voted that fish "least likely to die and/or disappear" of all the fish in my tank.

01-16-2008, 12:37 AM	#8 (permalink)
Tru2nr Elegance coral Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,169 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Missing lawnmower blenny what are the other fish that you have in the tank...anything that say if aggrevated by the blenny could have attacked/eaten' it? and did u take the sponge off to see if he was caught at the sponge?

01-16-2008, 09:21 AM	#10 (permalink)
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01-16-2008, 06:48 PM	#11 (permalink)
BHenderson79 Limpet Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Trenton, NJ Posts: 136 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Missing lawnmower blenny OK, now this is REALLY weird and troubling. My juvenile percula clown is missing now. I haven't added any rock to my tank recently (not for many months) so I can't imagine there's a predator lurking in the rocks somewhere. The only thing I've added recently was a green open brain. Is there ANY chance the brain could be eating my fish at night? Please help me solve this, I'm going nuts!

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