New mccosker's flasher wrasse missing over a week.

vdubers · Mar 13, 2024

Hi so I bought a male mccosker's flasher on Sunday 3rd from my lfs. Looked great in the shop. Did my normal acclimatisation and added it to the tank. It right away went down and hid under a rock and stayed there until the next morning. In the afternoon it was gone and I couldn’t see it anywhere.

3 days go by I assume it’s a goner then I see it swimming under a rock flashing and looking ok but went back to hiding as I approached. That was a week a go and no sign of it since.

I have lots of rock work with tiny holes and caves but despite my best efforts no sign of it when I look a couple times a day. I don’t see it at feeding time so have to assume it isn’t eating much of anything.

Guessing at this point I should give up hope and it’s not going to suddenly appear?

Thanks

lapin · Mar 13, 2024

Overflow box , sump, filter sock, floor. Could even still be in the tank. I had a goby i didnt see for 5 months. Saw a hermit crab 2 days ago. Did not even know i had any still alive in the tank.

vdubers · Mar 13, 2024

lapin said:
Overflow box , sump, filter sock, floor. Could even still be in the tank. I had a goby i didnt see for 5 months. Saw a hermit crab 2 days ago. Did not even know i had any still alive in the tank.

Thanks for the reply. I have a lid but still I have checked the overflow box, sump, filter sock and the floor/ back of the tank and no sign of him. I do have dogs though so its not impossible that he could have jumped and then been eaten but is unlikely.

I will hold out hope that he is still in there somewhere if your goby was missing for 5 months! Even if i found some remains at least i would stop searching every cave. Its a 7ft long tank so he could be anywhere but i would have thought id have seen a group of hermits or snails if he was dead.