[Melissa]

My beautiful mystery wrasse has disappeared. He will be sorely missed.

I got him in February last year. Can't figure out what happened. He didn't jump out, so I guess I'll never know for sure. It's too bad, though. He was probably my favorite fish.

 

[Loverotties]

So sorry for your loss!

 

[ljuhl]

Sorry for your loss Melissa. Are you going to replace him with another one?

 

[darren24]

So sad when that happens. He / She had a good home.

Darren

 

[leveldrummer]

do you have other pets? maybe a jumper got picked up by someone else.

 

[Sprayin70]

That sucks. I had a clown jump out last week. Sorry for your loss.

 

[Melissa]

Thanks guys...I don't think I'll replace him right away. I've got an overactive Coris gaimard which may have to be re-homed in a FO situation. She was a model citizen for a while, but is becoming quite a pig recently, and not in the food-eating sense. She really likes to move all my little rocks looking for critters underneath. Some of my corals don't really like that too much. Once I decide what to do with her, I may think about adding another fish, but I don't know for sure.

Here's her photo:

 

[robsmith32]

I hate to think it, but your dogs couldnt' have found it?

Hopefully, he' just decided to hide out for a couple days.

 

[Melissa]

do you have other pets? maybe a jumper got picked up by someone else.

I do have two dogs, but the tank is well covered with eggcrate. He wouldn't have been able to fit through the holes in the eggcrate. That's a necessity with three wrasses in the house!

 

[pauliewalnuts]

beautiful coris...i love mine...yurs looks really nice!!!

 

[Melissa]

Maybe my dogs go fishing while I'm at work?


They give me the evil eye when I'm feeding the tank instead of feeding them.....hummmm.... Maybe I'll install some security cameras.

 

[fishtank88]

sorry bout ur fish it so beautiful

 

[Flipturn88]

I'm sorry about your loss, Melissa. My anthias decided to carpet surf a few days ago...it's never easy losing fish, especially the ones you love the most (and yes, we do care about our fish!). I'm sure he received the best of care while in your tank, though.

 

[GLXTRIX]

sorry to hear about that melissa.

 

[washowi]

Sucks...I had or have 2 Mystery Wrasses in my tank. I say that cause I have not seen mine as well. $400 shot. Oh well, wonder if it's a trend in these fish?

 

[Flipturn88]

Todd, I suppose that's the mystery about them.

Wow, I had no idea they were so expensive...why is it that the fish you pay the most for are always the first to go? My $160 Labouti escaped (even with the tank fully covered), but I can't catch a darn damsel to save my life!

 

[Melissa]

I think I paid $120 for mine. I haven't seen them for that price except just one other place and only for a very short period of time, so I think I lucked out on price.

Todd, how did the two of them act towards each other? Did you have any aggression issues? I don't think these wrasses are sexually dimorphic, so I was never really able to tell what gender I had. I always thought it would be neat to have a pair though. How long has it been since you've seen them?

Kayla, sorry to hear about your anthias...those are truly some gorgeous fish!

 

[piberoptikz]

I hope you get over it soon.

 

[SShindell]

When many fish do sexual play, they go up and down the water column far larger than the depth of our tanks, often causing carpet surfing...I just lost my male crosshatch trigger that way...


Steve

 

[washowi]

Todd, how did the two of them act towards each other? Did you have any aggression issues? I don't think these wrasses are sexually dimorphic, so I was never really able to tell what gender I had. I always thought it would be neat to have a pair though. How long has it been since you've seen them?
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I have not seen them in about 5 weeks. It's a safe bet that they are goners. They never fought each other because the tangs and the clownfish of all fish scared the hell out of them. They did not have time to fight each other.

I will try again.