Fishes Have Been Disapperaring

[koda_dad]

Do you have a cat? Maybe they're jumping and the cat is eating them before you can find them?

My thought exactly....

 

[mm2meyer]

You said a pincher right? Was it large and pointy with a black tip? If so I'm thinkin gorilla crab. They seem to be quite common hitchhikers on rock especially from the gulf coast.

 

[mcdonaldjosh7]

Do you have an eel? Even one that your LFS told you didnt eat fish?

 

[mm2meyer]

Update? I'm kind of curious now

 

[mcdonaldjosh7]

Update? I'm kind of curious now

Same here...haha

 

[drm180]

Sorry. Nothing has happened out of the ordinary yet. I've tried a couple times to trap whatever is there but no luck. I don't have anything left in the tank except for a BTA, a torch, 3 rics, a xenia, and a colony of zoanthids. My snails and few blue legged hermit crabs too. I'm just not feeding right now to try to flush out whatever could be in there.

 

[yote]

Try watching the tank after the lights have been out for a couple of hours.Just use a small flashlight with either a red bulb or a red lense.That might help you spot what ever it is.

 

[slm32123]

even if you dont feed anything it will still find something to eat if its anything like the crab i had. it sat in a rock by itself for 6 months in my 10 gallon, just him and the rock. and he didnt die till i forced him out with a straightened clothes hanger.

Hopefully you will be able to get whatever it is out soon. another trap you could try is take a like water bottle, and cut the top off about 2 inches or so from the top, and cut the top off to make the opening bigger if necessary. Then place the top inside the bottom to make like a funnel going in, and rough the plastic up a little so it can climb in, but once its in, it wont be getting back out until you pull it out.

If i didnt explain it well, check out this link...
Catching Your Fish - DIY Fish Trap
i caught one of my 2 crabs with this, the other with a glass jar like yote said

 

[mm2meyer]

How's it goin???

 

[sen5241b]

even if you dont feed anything it will still find something to eat if its anything like the crab i had. it sat in a rock by itself for 6 months in my 10 gallon, just him and the rock. and he didnt die till i forced him out with a straightened clothes hanger.

Hopefully you will be able to get whatever it is out soon. another trap you could try is take a like water bottle, and cut the top off about 2 inches or so from the top, and cut the top off to make the opening bigger if necessary. Then place the top inside the bottom to make like a funnel going in, and rough the plastic up a little so it can climb in, but once its in, it wont be getting back out until you pull it out.

If i didnt explain it well, check out this link...
Catching Your Fish - DIY Fish Trap
i caught one of my 2 crabs with this, the other with a glass jar like yote said

Try several of these!