Alien abduction! Where are my fish?

[nano1908]

Came home from work today after a 5 day getaway & I am missing the following:
Diamond goby (might be hiding in sand)
Small Yellow tang, firefish goby, scooter blenny. Wth.... 36 gal. tank is up since August 2019.
Nitrites - 0
Nitrates - 2
Corals are looking great. Bristle worms tiny. No predators in the tank. Still alive - I have roughly 15 snails, turbo, nerite, astrea, 2 nassarius snails & a bristle star, 2 small clowns, lawnmower blenny & 2 fire shrimp & the freaking algea. Lol.

While I vaccuum my sand, let me get your ideas of what you think it could be.
Can be a serious answer or you can be a pita like myself

Going to vacuum the sand to see what I find.

 

[Sponge]

Definitely a leviathan. So odd that such a varied group of fish all disappeared in one day on a covered tank. AND the corals appear to be fine. What I can’t understand is where are the bodies. Hmmm him... alien abductions

 

[nano1908]

Lol. Oops forgot to mention it's a covered tank but I didnt see them when I got home from my getaway last night or this morning (lights off) I have to ask my son if he saw them when I was away. Smh

 

[Wilson]

You took a few days off, why shouldn't they?

 

[MadReefer]

It just happens. That powder blue i bought at the swap was big. Now gone and never found the body.
Like your fish probably with Jimmy Hoffa.

 

[Sponge]

But doesn't the variety of fish suddenly disappearing all at once. Strike anyone else as extremely odd

 

[MadReefer]

But doesn't the variety of fish suddenly disappearing all at once. Strike anyone else as extremely odd

3 are similar, 2 hours & a blenny, and could have starved. The tang throws me off.

 

[Sponge]

Every time I see them. Eating and healthy. Don’t believe they starved at all

 

[MadReefer]

Every time I see them. Eating and healthy. Don’t believe they starved at all

Just a thought.

 

[diana a]

not in your overflow or pipes?

 

[motortrendz]

I had a 6in orange shoulder tang for over a year. Then gone. No body no nothing. Couldn't jump and around the tank is clean. Nitrates never spiked. Just gone. I guess he died. Or moved to Mexico.

 

[nano1908]

Nope. All in one. Fish to big. Good guess though. I checked the back filtration part also.

 

[MadReefer]

not in your overflow or pipes?

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That is a good point. My overflow is in the back corner and kind of covered. I wonder if any fish in there.

 

[nano1908]

Think they pulled a finding nemo! I can see them now.. lol

 

[Sponge]

Wait. Seriously.... do you see them now??? Or was that just a joke???

 

[nano1908]

Only in my dreams buddy.
Joke but the Mrs is going nuts. Doing a water change later on also to see what I find while stirring everything up.

 

[Cjk90978]

Sounds to me like the clean up crews did a really good job. Any chance your parameters beyond phos/nitrates varied while you were away? I've lost fish to never be found and I've also found LITTLE remnants of their skeletons which you'd never know was skeleton unless you really observe it. Then there is the more common/messed up situation of finding a "sleeping" fish slowly being sucked into the wave maker...... sushi anyone?