Where do they go?

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seaweed88

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Where do they go? Wednesday, May 2, 2012 3:48 PM (permalink)

Three weeks ago I brought home a new pair of Percs. The female a Platinum and the male a Picasso.
They started eating like pigs a hour after I had them acclimated. They were in a 10 gallon with a hood and and F1 filter and a HOB Penguin 150.
I have a pair of Neon Gobies in this tanks also but that's it. Three pcs. PVC for the Gobys and a 6 inch pot for the clowns.
Came home from work Monday and the Female was missing, No where in the tank , filter or anywhere on the floor. I had fed them at 4am before I went to work and 11 hours later POOF, I need the put her picture on a milk carton.
Any one have any ideas?
Thanks
Mark

EasterEggs Total Posts : 1946 Scores: 19 Reward points : 735 Joined: 9/22/2011 Location: Saskatoon, SK, CA Status: offline MBI: 590 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI)	Re:Where do they go? Wednesday, May 2, 2012 7:02 PM (permalink) 0 Well, if she's not in the tank she was/is on the floor or a shelf. It's amazing how far they can leap. If you have a cat or dog maybe they had a taste for fish. Fish are also good at hiding in the tank though!
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Fishtal

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Re:Where do they go? Wednesday, May 2, 2012 8:01 PM (permalink)

I hate when this happens. Sometimes they're never found and it remains a mystery. They must be with all those missing socks.

Seriously though, check all of your plumbing. I had an assessor take a week to finally make it through the pipe to the filter sock.

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Umm_fish? Total Posts : 2835 Scores: 10 Reward points : 953 Joined: 11/4/2009 Location: Boulder, CO, US Status: offline MBI: 775 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Aquarium Society of Colorado	Re:Where do they go? Saturday, May 5, 2012 11:03 AM (permalink) 0 Most of my clowns end up in the sump sooner or later. --Andy, the bucket man. "Not to know the mandolin is to argue oneself unknown...." --Clara Lanza, 1886
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CableGuy Total Posts : 591 Scores: 7 Reward points : 731 Joined: 8/26/2010 Location: Saint Clair Shores, MI, US Status: offline MBI: 635 Pnts MBI Site: MarineLife Aquarium Society of Michigan	Re:Where do they go? Saturday, May 5, 2012 11:48 AM (permalink) 0 IS the top on, on the HOB Penguin 150? She may have jumped the tank and landed in the filter. -Adam
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seaweed88 Total Posts : 103 Scores: 0 Reward points : 510 Joined: 10/8/2011 Location: Elkhart, IN, US Status: offline MBI: 5 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI)	Re:Where do they go? Saturday, May 5, 2012 8:48 PM (permalink) 0 Yes the top was on. I still have no idea what happened..
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eldouble Total Posts : 50 Scores: 0 Reward points : 77 Joined: 2/2/2011 Location: Crawfordville, FL, US Status: offline MBI: 70 Pnts MBI Site: Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI)	Re:Where do they go? Friday, July 20, 2012 10:15 AM (permalink) 0 I had a male Onyx jump and was found 15 ft away. They can flop around a lot and make some pretty good distance. And they can seem to find the smallest spaces to jump through to escape. Miles
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