Amazing Goby Disappearing Act - He's Alive!!!!
 

Is anyone reasonably familiar with the habits of prawn gobies? What are the chances one would burrow under the sand for a full day and then resurface at a later date?

Check the overflow and sump. Christy's gobies love to go for a ride and I think they are doing it on purpose now just to bug her!

Already checked, nothing there. As well these are the type that generally remain on the sandbed. He was digging in his usual spot last night, this morning, gone. I removed the rock he generally digs under to see if he was there and stirred the sand a great deal, still nothing. No body. I find it hard to believe that he would already have decomposed. I don't have many worms at all in my main tank. This does not bode well, two critters in one week with no explanation.

Mantis?

Possibly. I wonder how big the mantis would have to be, and if he could dispose of the corpse in one night? Nothing else has died except the shrimp and a few snails.

Still nothing. I'm officially declaring him KIA. What a bummer, this is really bringing me down. :cry:

Just call it MIA then maybe one day it will show up.... but probably not. :rolleyes:

Well, I had checked the sump numerous times and didn't feel he could make it down there anyways. But lo and behold, I stooped down today to check on something and there he was, peering at me through the glass. He managed to fit into my Stockman overflow pipe, then ride through my baffles and end up with the small chamber containing my Mag12 and skimmer pump. How he survived a week down there is beyond me. Anyways with a bit of work I managed to net him (man can he ever jump), and he's now sitting on the floor of my display tank again, recuperating. :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin:

YAY! :biggrin:

Good hunting, Quinn!

Right on! :mrgreen: