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    houdini or dead?

    k. yesterday, i bought a 2in frontosa. really cute little guy, and put him in my 140. monitored him till bed time. he was great, eating, fine, you catch my drift. this morning, turned the tank lights on, and for starters, there were no visible fish whatsoever. i freaked cause there are like 30 fish in there lol. then they all started coming out of hiding. problem is, i can't find the frontosa. did a nitrate check, same as 2 days ago, no change. moved 80 percent of my decor around trying to catch a holding pseudo, caught her, still no front.


    it's been 24 hours now, and no sign of him. is he dead? i know they like it dim, but i'm worried, cause he didn't eat (not that i saw) and i haven't seen him anywhere. for him to be gone is kinda odd too, because i haven't lost a single fish in this tank. noone is breeding, and noone has been that aggressive. also, he's not the smallest one in the tank, my yellow lab is, and he's just about 2 inches.

    what do you guys think? there are 2 fixtures that fish can swim up into, and he might be in there, but i'm concerned, because thats the only 2places i didn't look, because you can't see in them without removing them from the tank.
    140 New World Cichlids
    125 African Lakes Victoria and Malawi
    80 Lake Tanganyika (Burundi Frontosas)
    30 Pundamilia Neyerie Ruti Island group
    29 Tropical Semi Aggressive/Community
    And to think....in January it was just the 29...)
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  • #2
    If you need to start removing stuff out of the tank until you find him. Check and see if he jumped out of the tank.

    Another thing is this. Did you put a front in with a bunch of mbuna's ? If so there is a small but good chance they might have killed him. You need to start removing rock work so you can see if he is in there.. you want to get him out if he/she is dead :(

    What fish do Jesper have
    180 WC T. Moorii Chilambo +1 Petro trewavasae.
    110     Cyps, WC Xeno Spilopterus Kipili WC/F1/F2 T. sp red Kiku
    58 S. Decorus
    "The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." -Margaret Thatcher

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    • #3
      he always hid in my tank i remeber one time i hadnt seen him for a whole week when i put some blood worms in he popped out the sand lol like a stingray
      210 gallon ~ S/A, C/A build; jaguar, dovii, flowerhorn, gold doviI, 2 red devils, pacu, shovel nose cat
      125 gallon long ~ African cichlids
      10 gallon ~ ghost shrimp breeding (fish treats) haha

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      • #4
        I have had a couple of fish do this. I still havent found my pleco in one of my tanks and its been months since I have seen him.
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        330G FOWLR
        34G Reef
        330G Discus biotopish (no longer running)
        28G JBJ Reef (no longer running)
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        • #5
          still missing, but turned up jewel cichlid eggs in two spots! :)
          140 New World Cichlids
          125 African Lakes Victoria and Malawi
          80 Lake Tanganyika (Burundi Frontosas)
          30 Pundamilia Neyerie Ruti Island group
          29 Tropical Semi Aggressive/Community
          And to think....in January it was just the 29...)

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          • #6
            I would say start taking rockwork out of the tank and see if you can find him/her.. I allow most of my fish a couple of days hiding, but I should see them at least once every 3-4 days..

            What fish do Jesper have
            180 WC T. Moorii Chilambo +1 Petro trewavasae.
            110             Cyps, WC Xeno Spilopterus Kipili WC/F1/F2 T. sp red Kiku
            58 S. Decorus
            "The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." -Margaret Thatcher

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            • #7
              i moved several fistures, rocks, even cleaned...nothing. my husband said he thought he saw him but wasn't sure.
              140 New World Cichlids
              125 African Lakes Victoria and Malawi
              80 Lake Tanganyika (Burundi Frontosas)
              30 Pundamilia Neyerie Ruti Island group
              29 Tropical Semi Aggressive/Community
              And to think....in January it was just the 29...)

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              • #8
                If there is an opening in the top of the tank, most likely the 2"er jumped out. I lost a pleco that way and found it dried up several months later behind my tank in a very small space. My pleco was about 3" long.
                180g Oceanic w/colony of 8 WC Moba Fronts (1m/7f) purchased from TNT Cichlids in Jan '05 & numerous fry. 1 F1 adult moba male. 2 2217 Eheims, 2 6080 Tunze Streams, WISA airpump, single stage Johnson ETC.....fishkeeping since 1988.

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                • #9
                  HOUDINI!!!!!!!!!!!! we found him last night! came home from work, and he's sittin at the front of the tank, just lookin at me like nothing was wrong, i fed everyone, went to get my kid out of the silverware drawer, came back, and yea hes gone again. my friend suggested naming him hab**ch! cause he's pops out and as soon as i get excited he's all like HA! B****! and disappears. for now, his name is houdini...

                  just glad he's alive
                  140 New World Cichlids
                  125 African Lakes Victoria and Malawi
                  80 Lake Tanganyika (Burundi Frontosas)
                  30 Pundamilia Neyerie Ruti Island group
                  29 Tropical Semi Aggressive/Community
                  And to think....in January it was just the 29...)

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                  • #10
                    glad you found him
                    210 gallon ~ S/A, C/A build; jaguar, dovii, flowerhorn, gold doviI, 2 red devils, pacu, shovel nose cat
                    125 gallon long ~ African cichlids
                    10 gallon ~ ghost shrimp breeding (fish treats) haha

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                    • #11
                      oh yea he looked great! like nothing was wrong!
                      140 New World Cichlids
                      125 African Lakes Victoria and Malawi
                      80 Lake Tanganyika (Burundi Frontosas)
                      30 Pundamilia Neyerie Ruti Island group
                      29 Tropical Semi Aggressive/Community
                      And to think....in January it was just the 29...)

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                      • #12
                        he came out again today, twice, so i think he's warming up to the tank.
                        140 New World Cichlids
                        125 African Lakes Victoria and Malawi
                        80 Lake Tanganyika (Burundi Frontosas)
                        30 Pundamilia Neyerie Ruti Island group
                        29 Tropical Semi Aggressive/Community
                        And to think....in January it was just the 29...)

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                        • #13
                          you really need to get more fronts like atleast 4 maybe
                          210 gallon ~ S/A, C/A build; jaguar, dovii, flowerhorn, gold doviI, 2 red devils, pacu, shovel nose cat
                          125 gallon long ~ African cichlids
                          10 gallon ~ ghost shrimp breeding (fish treats) haha

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                          • #14
                            i have more, 3 burundi fry to be exact, but they are like 1 inch. so i'm feeding them 4x dayly and 2x are bloodworms. they are growing, but i'm just too scared to put those tiny fish in a tank with a 6 in red zebra ya know?
                            140 New World Cichlids
                            125 African Lakes Victoria and Malawi
                            80 Lake Tanganyika (Burundi Frontosas)
                            30 Pundamilia Neyerie Ruti Island group
                            29 Tropical Semi Aggressive/Community
                            And to think....in January it was just the 29...)

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                            • #15
                              awh man thats exactly what im lookin for dammit i wish i could of went to the darn auction
                              210 gallon ~ S/A, C/A build; jaguar, dovii, flowerhorn, gold doviI, 2 red devils, pacu, shovel nose cat
                              125 gallon long ~ African cichlids
                              10 gallon ~ ghost shrimp breeding (fish treats) haha

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