pkirby
06/13/2011, 05:36 PM
I have a diamond goby that I'm sure is dead... haven't seen it in a while (week) and am now measuring low levels of ammonia in my tank. I looked for his body but couldn't find it and don't want to dig out all my live rock trying to find him.
I have a clean up crew of snails and hermit crabs, so it's possible they have already worked over his body... The corals in this tank appear to be doing fine and the remaining fish don't seem bothered. I think he wasn't getting enough to eat maybe? He would never come up to eat when I was feeding the tank... my other goby's in my second tank eat the food I was trying to feed it, but he didn't.
Anyway, I'm thinking my best course of action at this point is to just do small water changes over the next few days to help maintain low levels of ammonia (I'm above 0 but under .25) The live rock should take care of itself as far as breaking down the ammonia, I'll just have a small mini cycle. At least that's my belief.
Does anyone else agree with this approach? Is there anything else I can do short of severely disrupting my tank searching for the decaying body?
Thanks
I have a clean up crew of snails and hermit crabs, so it's possible they have already worked over his body... The corals in this tank appear to be doing fine and the remaining fish don't seem bothered. I think he wasn't getting enough to eat maybe? He would never come up to eat when I was feeding the tank... my other goby's in my second tank eat the food I was trying to feed it, but he didn't.
Anyway, I'm thinking my best course of action at this point is to just do small water changes over the next few days to help maintain low levels of ammonia (I'm above 0 but under .25) The live rock should take care of itself as far as breaking down the ammonia, I'll just have a small mini cycle. At least that's my belief.
Does anyone else agree with this approach? Is there anything else I can do short of severely disrupting my tank searching for the decaying body?
Thanks