Fish Dissapearing

[enjoiskater158]

I have a 30 gallon tank with 30 lbs of live rock and 20lbs of live sand. i have an ocellaris clownfish, yellow tailed damsel and six lined wrasse.
ammonia- 0
nitrite- 0
nitrate- 15
The Wrasse is usally out all the time but yesterday it was no where to be found. today i looked for a body in the rocks but found nothing. tested the ammonia levels came out to be 1.0 ppm. should i just wait it out for the fish to rot in my tank and take the 2 remaing fish out of the tank and into a 10 gal that currently has nothing in it? Thanks for any help

 

[callum_parsons]

someone may have to correct me but dont wrasses sometimes bury themselves in the sand

 

[SkiFletch]

Is your tank covered and did you check the carpet around it? Wrasses are known jumpers and may hav gone carpet surfing

 

[enjoiskater158]

my tank is not covered but i did check around the tank and no wrasse. Also the ammonia levels went down to .30 so i dont know if hes in the rotting cause i would think after 3 days it would start rotting and producing ammonia

 

[Tommy Gunnz]

Just a wild guess here, but do you have an anemone in the tank for the clownfish? If so, It could be that the aneneome ate your fish but again, pure speculation on my part.

 

[enjoiskater158]

Nope no anemone at the moment. would a 30 gal be to small for a carpet anemone?

 

[hubbard_shark]

well the first question u should ask is what's ur lighting like? without proper lighting, no anemone in any size tank will not survive, and ur just askin for trouble.

 

[SkiFletch]

INdeed, gotta have strong lighting, good skimming, and good flowrate for nems

 

[enjoiskater158]

well the first question u should ask is what's ur lighting like? without proper lighting, no anemone in any size tank will not survive, and ur just askin for trouble.

I have a 96 watt compact fluorescent 50/50 and actinic lighting system by coralife. I have a few corals in the tank at the moment. kenya tree coral and some type of zoo's

 

[Mr.September15]

LOL its funny how this topic got changed to "Will a anemone fit in my tank". MUAH i love TFF. . Yeah I heard that Wrasses bury themselves in the sand. I have a thin layer of sand so nothing can really hide. I need more sand .

 

[SkiFletch]

Thats a decent quality light fixture and will support a lot of different corals. I've seen some carpet nems do just fine under compact flourescent (aka CF or PC) and I've also seen some fail miserably... Its hit or miss with PCs and while you do have a shallow tank with some hefty lighting, its a big risk if you try to proceed. I myself would not put an anemone under anything less than metal halide lighting or a bank of 6 T5s with individual reflectors spanning the tank length.

 

[enjoiskater158]

LOL its funny how this topic got changed to "Will a anemone fit in my tank". MUAH i love TFF. . Yeah I heard that Wrasses bury themselves in the sand. I have a thin layer of sand so nothing can really hide. I need more sand .

haha i kinda gave up on finding the wrasse its been a week or so now and no sign of him. the ammonia levels didnt go up to much thought so i dunno what happened to him