reefer420 Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 It all started with my mandarin,1 day he's here the next day gone.Months go by 2 firefish gone, another month goes by and my purple psuedo disapears, Thats when i got mad and threw my yellow tonga brittle in the sump. month goes by and wendsday of last week my 3 inch coral beauty gone without a trace. I would have never suspected this GOBY has the feeding habits of a green moray. Is this my predator a 12" engineer GOBY,Please HELP i want to start replacing my fish. I have an ORA true percula and a lemon damsel left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reybeast Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Goby? I see a 12 inch brittlestar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesL Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 I would be surprised if it is the goby... you were smart in moving the brittle to the sump, as they can be predatory hunters at night. How long has the tank been set up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timfish Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Well, if you hadn't listed the purple pseudo among the dead I'd have been inclined to point a finger at it, I had one take exception to a Coral Beauty, harrassing it to death, then started on a Bicolor when the decision to tear apart the tank and remove it was made. I too am wondering how long the tank has been set up and running, I want to see 'pods and bugs and stuff for the Mandarines and Fire gobies. Also with the time scale you mentioned it's quite possible the deaths are totally unrelated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mFrame Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 I'd still bet on it being the brittle star. I've had a 3" coral beauty disappear without a trace as well, and I didn't have an engineer goby. If you have a cleanup crew and a fish dies it's amazing how quickly that cleanup crew can dispose of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+dapettit Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Was thinking it might be water parameters but the brittle star seems more likely the culprit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reefer420 Posted April 21, 2010 Author Share Posted April 21, 2010 The tanks been going for a little over a year, all inhabitants listed above were origanaly in my nano,before i upgraded to the bowfront. By the way, I had no idea it was so hard to photograph the engineer,i think he's camera shy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reefer420 Posted April 21, 2010 Author Share Posted April 21, 2010 Goby? I see a 12 inch brittlestar. The only one of the two i was able to photograph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chark Posted April 22, 2010 Share Posted April 22, 2010 My engineer goby never bothered anything. Just moved all my gravel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NonSequitur Posted April 22, 2010 Share Posted April 22, 2010 Mine hasn't acted at all threateningly toward any of the other tank critters.. he makes quite a mess competing with the eel over who is the better digger, buries any coral I put on the sand, but otherwise he's a pretty decent citizen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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