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Pet Forum / Aquaria / Goldfish / January 2005Where'd He Go?
We have a 43 gallon freshwater aquarium, with all the necessary filters, pumps, etc. Our tank has been set up for over 12 months, and we have had 4 fish in the tank for just about the entire period. The water quality has consistently checked out, I do partial water changes (30 to 40 percent) at least every 5 to 6 weeks. Our water is, and has always been, pristine in appearance too. We have one nice black moor, and three orandas, 1 redtop, 1 bluetop, and the other was supposed to be a blue also; however, he changed to a golden color. We noticed the past week or so the latter oranda would disappear someplace behind a commercial rock in the aquarium throughout the day, but at feeding time in the morning and evening, he was on the scene, and eating as normal. This morning he did not show up for feeding, and I removed the commercial rock, looked at it thoroughly, and we cannot find him anyplace. I checked behind the various pieces of equipment in the tank, and still no site of the missing dude. I intend to do a partial water change later today, but in the interim, I thought I would ask if anyone else has experienced anything such as this. Your input, and advice, would be appreciated. Ed > ...I checked > behind the various pieces of equipment in the tank, and still no site of the > missing dude. I intend to do a partial water change later today, but in the > interim, I thought I would ask if anyone else has experienced anything such > as this. I've had brief scares like that, but they always turned up from behing or within something. Is it possible that it got sucked up a filter intake tube? Could it have jumped out of the tank? Any children around who might be playing a practical "joke" on you? Good luck sometimes if they die, the other fish will eat them to clean up the tank. wendy  Signature-------------------------------------- ºoº Just back from Walt Disney World (planning to go again!) >> ...I checked >> behind the various pieces of equipment in the tank, and still no site of [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > around who might be playing a practical "joke" on you? > Good luck > sometimes if they die, the other fish will eat them to clean up the tank. > wendy There should be bones left... > We have a 43 gallon freshwater aquarium, with all the necessary filters, > pumps, etc. Our tank has been set up for over 12 months, and we have had 4 [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > bluetop, and the other was supposed to be a blue also; however, he changed > to a golden color. Just as a pointer - 30-40% every 4 or 5 weeks is probably to infrequent. You should most likely be doing 30% every week. Get a nitrate test kit to ensure you're levels are low depends on how big his fish are and if his tank is planted. It takes me 2 weeks to get any nitrates showing up at all because I have lots of plants and only a few small fish. > depends on how big his fish are and if his tank is planted. It takes > me 2 weeks to get any nitrates showing up at all because I have lots of > plants and only a few small fish. True, but he did not state he was testing. Water changes are not just to remove nitrates, but any other nasties that may accumulate in the water. |
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