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08-24-2006, 09:31 PM
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| | Bristle Worm
Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: los angeles Age: 31
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|  disapearing royal gramma
my royal gramma disapeared from one day to another...have had it for about 4 months and it was eating well..even the day b-4 it disapeared it was eating very well!..i was wondering if these fish are jumpers?anybody have a similiar story??really miss that lil guy ;./  _________ 
45g tank 70 lbs live premium rock40 lbs live sand
2 150w MH 14k hamilton bulb retro 36w actinic bulb
green,pink,neon pink button polyps,florida and yuma ricordea,bullseye,greenspotted,stripedshrooms,vari ous acropora frags and colonies..
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08-24-2006, 10:12 PM
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| | Spanish Shawl Nudibranch
Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Oak Park, Illinois
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I've went through 2 Grammas, until I said "enough". They're very elusive, as mine spent almost the entire day hiding in rock-work. They would only come out to eat (like pigs!) then go back to hiding. A beautiful fish...but a jumper too. I have egg-crate on top of my tank to provide ample gas exchange between the water surface and the room atmosphere...yeah, little buggers jumped out both times! I like to keep the tops of my tanks as open as possible and I simply cannot keep Grammas because of it.
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37 Gallon marine tank. 20 lbs. live sand, a few pieces of live rock. TidePool 125 gallon filter, Coralife Super Skimmer, Coralife combo lighting (acitinic, 50/50, 10K (65 watt)), standard in tank heater.
1X Percula Clownfish
1X Purple Tang
1X Pebbled Butterfly
6X Conical shaped snails
3X Blue Leg Hermit Crab
4X Cerith snails
1X Sand Sifting Conch
1X Flower Anemone
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08-24-2006, 10:13 PM
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| | Spanish Shawl Nudibranch
Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Oak Park, Illinois
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By the way - the milk carton is hilarious!!!  | |
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08-24-2006, 10:35 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Los Angeles, California Age: 21
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You should check around your tank...i found a little french fried fire fish... _________ Tank Specs:
55 Gallon Mixed Reef
48" Tek Light: 4-54W T5 HO Fluorescents
Bulbs:
1 x 54w Fiji Purple T5 HO Fluorescent
1 x 54w Super Actinic Blue T5 HO Flourescent
1 x 54w 14000K AquaBlue 75/25 T5 HO Fluorescent
1 x 54w 10000k AquaSun T5 HO Fluorescent
Hard Stuff:
100+ lb. Fiji Live Rock
65+ lb. Live sand
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08-25-2006, 08:08 AM
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| | Coral Banded Shrimp
Join Date: May 2005 Location: Atlanta, GA
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Do you have an overflow box for your tank? I kid you not, when I used to have a wet dry filter, my royal gramma would get into the overflow box, swim up the syphon tube, and hang out in there. It could actually go back and forth between the tank and the overflow at will. Crazy. | |
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08-25-2006, 10:09 AM
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| | Skunk Shrimp
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Vancouver Washington Age: 33
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APC..... I've had that happen as well. We thought the fish was gone.... couple days later, he'd be back. Then he'd dissapear again. We'd tear the tank apart looking for him.. Then one day we found him in the over flow box. | |
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08-25-2006, 12:46 PM
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| | Corkscrew Tentacle Anemone
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Vacaville Age: 24
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I found a gramma I had pronounced dead for a couple weeks while rearranging some live rock. _________ Yes, tiny has an 11" legspan......  | |
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08-26-2006, 08:38 AM
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| | Bristle Worm
Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: los angeles Age: 31
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Originally Posted by APC Do you have an overflow box for your tank? I kid you not, when I used to have a wet dry filter, my royal gramma would get into the overflow box, swim up the syphon tube, and hang out in there. It could actually go back and forth between the tank and the overflow at will. Crazy. | i check the overflow frequently because my fiji chromis tend to get sucked in there since they chill right next to it at lights out! ive also checked the area around the tank and still no gramma!its already been more than 3 days and nothing not even to feed..should i consider it dead???  | |
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08-27-2006, 06:23 PM
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| | Skunk Shrimp
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Milton FL
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sounds like what happened to me and the watchman goby I just got. I DID concider him dead, but he is hiding after all. Hope you find it-alive! | |
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08-27-2006, 08:33 PM
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| | Torch Coral
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: St. Paul/Woodbury, Minnesota Age: 50
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I've had nothing but good luck with mine. Its out all the time and my tank is open in the back. I've always thought that RG's were not jumpers. I'm probably just lucky that mine hasnt jumped yet. _________ 75g reef with Nova Extreme 8 bulb HO T-5 lighting, refuge, Remora skimmer, DSB, Seio powerheads, Acro's, LPS corals, assorted zoo's & mushrooms, Yellow Tang, Maroon Clown, Blue Cleaner Goby , Cleaner, Fire and Sexy Shrimp, Coco Worm, T.Crocea Clam, Derasa Clam
120g FOWLR, 260w Orbit power compact lights, Remora Pro skimmer, 30g DIY Sump/Refuge, DSB,Seio Power heads, Powder Blue Tang, Purple Tang, Flag Fin Angel, False Eye Puffer, Copperbanded Butterfly and a Moorish Idol  | |
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