Not again!!

well this morning couldn't of got any worse.... three more fatalities ...
i feel my fish are committing suicide. yes you may have guessed it, they all decided it would be a great idea to try out carpet surfing... so now i add to my list of carpet surfed fish

Both!! my clownfish breading pair...
and my banana wrasse
cant say i wont miss my clowns, they had the best personalities. Aww reminds me of the old days...

has anyone experienced something like this?

 

Very odd. Usually something drastic has to be going on for a clown to jump.

How big is your tank?
What are your other inhabitants?
Do you have a Ground Probe?

 

the tank is about 30G my other inhabitants are just a diamond watchman goby few snails and hermit crabs.. that being said at night there is always strange clicking noises

 

maybe your problem is a mantis shrimp??

they are known to make clicking noises at night..

 

Sounds like you might have a mantis shrimp. That could scare any fish out of the water if he is big enough and hungry enough.

Might take a little time, but a red flashlight at night should be able to confirm.

 

wrasses are known jumpers , so thats not a total surprise. clowns on the other hand arent. so thats a bit odd. but i did recently have my female jump. but around that time, i also found out i had a mantis in the tank. which we spotted just by fluke. id take a good look at your lr when feeding. if you have one, they might poke their head out if you feed mysis. i had a clicking noise too that i could never figure out. so try and see if it is a mantis.

 

looks like im going to have to hunt this cereal mantis shrimp killer down it wouldn't surprise me cause ad one stage i had a clown goby disappear on me not in the filter and not in the tank or around it...

 

if you do find one and can get it out. setup its own tank or take it to an lfs . no flushing please. its not his fault , just made that way.

 

mantis shrimp are a favorite here at 3reef. so you should set up you own tank for it they are pretty fun.

 

well i do have another tank set up but i think its to small so i think it will need to go to the pet shop... if they want it either that or ill give a piece of live rock to a mate of mine with him secretly hidden within it haha
thanks for the advise all