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07-14-2008, 04:38 PM
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| | Bangghai Cardinal
Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Chesterfield, VA Age: 21
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my 90 gallon is 4 years old with no problems of missing fish however. recently i added 8 very small damsels. 1 i found dead with its stomach ripped out. 2 have dissappeared. is it possible i have a mantis shrimp even though ive never had a problem tell now or is it more likely the larger damsels(domino,4 stripe, yellowtail) bullied them to death and then my sally crab or urchin ate them?
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07-14-2008, 04:43 PM
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| | Giant Squid
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Hmm. This is tricky. I also think I have a little mantis bugger that loves eating snails and such. As for your fish, how long did you acclimate them for? It is possible that the more dominant ones did kill off the lesser guys. Damsels can be pretty agressive and if one is dead, then your sally would hesistate to eat it up. _________ Tank Specs:
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07-14-2008, 04:53 PM
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| | Bangghai Cardinal
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i acclimated them for a hour they seemed perfectly fine for the first 2 days | |
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07-14-2008, 05:01 PM
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| | Peppermint Shrimp
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There were already larger damsels in the tank? I would bet some serious money that they tore up the little ones.
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55gal,216 watt Tek T5, 45#LR, 45#LS, 3 maxi-jet 900's on a natural wavemaker timer,phosban reactor, 5 gal fuge (built out of standard 10 gallon tank) with chaeto and feather caulerpa, sealife systems protein skimmer, wet/dry, 3 blue/green chromi, 1 skunk cleaner shrimp, 1 coral beauty,1 scopas tang, 2 false percs, 5 mexican turbo snails, assorted dwarf blue leg hermits, astrea snails, and nerite snails | |
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07-14-2008, 05:38 PM
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| | Dragon Wrasse
Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Shelton, Washington Age: 44
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I think a mantis would have done some noticable damage in the four years you've had the tank. Have you recently added LR? _________ 90g HW: 20g Sump, ETSS PSw/Mag9, CPR OF/Rio 2100 RTN, MJ AC 2K3 PH's (2800GPH ttl flow), 300W htr, Gnd Prb, Denitrator, UV, PCs: 2x65,4x55 Fish: Ylw Tang, LM Blenny, Hmbg, Y-T, Ylw dmsls, Mrn Clown, Coral Beauty, Red Crs Wrsse. Inverts: Snls/HCs, CBS, P-mnt shrmp x2, Sandstar, Condy Anen, Tbe Wrm, Sea Apple. Frags: Frgspwn, Kenya Tree. Corals: Doughnut Coral, GSP, Zoos, Shrooms, Lobo Brain, Turbinaria, Mshrm Lthr, Fngr Lthr. Other: 127# LR, 1-2" LS DOB 5/7/08  | |
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07-14-2008, 06:36 PM
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| | Bangghai Cardinal
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no i haven't added any so i doubted it would be a predator like the mantis i just thought it was weird i can't find there bodies | |
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07-14-2008, 06:59 PM
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| | Dragon Wrasse
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Are they in the overflow box? | |
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07-14-2008, 09:41 PM
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| | Bangghai Cardinal
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nope | |
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07-14-2008, 10:30 PM
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| | Whip-Lash Squid
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Originally Posted by sostoudt  my 90 gallon is 4 years old with no problems of missing fish however. recently i added 8 very small damsels. 1 i found dead with its stomach ripped out. 2 have dissappeared. is it possible i have a mantis shrimp even though ive never had a problem tell now or is it more likely the larger damsels(domino,4 stripe, yellowtail) bullied them to death and then my sally crab or urchin ate them? | What kind of damsels were they? | |
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07-14-2008, 10:52 PM
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| | Bangghai Cardinal
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2 blues and one 3 stripe | |
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