OT : Tesselata moray eel disappears...

[Anonymous]

As if the problems with my reef weren't enough, the tesselata eel I've been holding at home until the new salt section at the store gets running, is gone. Vanished without a trace.

The eel was a customer order that was cancelled post-arrival, was very agressive, and since there wasn't any space at the store to hold it, I had to set up a holding tank for it at home two months ago. This morning I woke up to find it gone. It must have pushed up on the front of the glass canopy and somehow gone another 6 or 7 feet across the floor to squeeze into the heating duct.

I ripped my office apart for 45 minutes, and looked EVERYWHERE. Gone.

This has NOT been a good week.

-Chip

 

[Anemone]

Chip,

Sorry to hear that. Eels are extreme escape artists. How large was it? Any chance it's curled up in/under a piece of live rock?

Kevin

 

[Anonymous]

Chip,

Sorry to hear that. Eels are extreme escape artists. How large was it? Any chance it's curled up in/under a piece of live rock?

Kevin

At 22", there is no chance it's still in the tank. The tank is even bare-bottomed, so I looked up through and there was nothing but a 14" bristleworm crawling around...

Peace,

Chip

 

[Ben1]

Years back when I had a FOWLR, I woke one morning with my sump way full and main display hardly pumping any water so I though somethings wrong with my pump. I quickly shut off my ball valve and unpluged the little giant. My green moray also about 22" went over the overflow, around the trickle screen, through all the bioballs, around the foam block into the pump intake and chopped him in half with my ball valve. Boy that made for a good morning.

Sorry for your loss, if it is in the heating vent you will find out soon witha wonderful smell.

 

[goldenboy]

I heard about this researcher that was doing studies on various forms of marine life. Anyway he had a large moray that just up and dissapeared one day. So after a lot of searching he finally gave up on it and put other types of fish in the tank. A few years later he noticed that all off his fish were missing and he discovered that the moray had been living in the filtration system were nobody could see it. I would imagine that he must have had a very large system to hide a full size eel like that. But that may give you some hope that he will show up.

 

[Anonymous]

Sorry for your loss, if it is in the heating vent you will find out soon with a wonderful smell.

I thought about that, but we're still in the 90's daily here, so he'll be nice and crispy before the heat kicks on. Plus, I have no idea how deep the duct goes, since the house is on a slab and has no basement, so I may smell nothing.

Peace,

Chip

 

[yellow_dog]

Be sure and check the toilet bowl prior to use...tesalattas have sharp teeth :lol:

 

[Reefguide]

Ouch that would hurt !
8O