dead goby

[blackbeard]

if one of your fishes dies and you cant find it should yo leave it in the tank or take out the rocks and fish him out so there wont be bad water chemistry ?

 

[KathyC]

if one of your fishes dies and you cant find it should yo leave it in the tank or take out the rocks and fish him out so there wont be bad water chemistry ?

Depends..if it's a big fish, yes, it probably should be removed. In a tank with a large clean up crew, they make a deceased fish go away pretty quickly. Tank size would also have a bearing on the decision.

How large of a clean up crew do you have and are you sure you lost the fish?

 

[blackbeard]

9 gallon 4 hermits 2 inch watchman goby. im sure its dead now because i found him

 

[KathyC]

Sorry about your loss.
Any idea what happened to him?
Yours is a fairly new tank if I recall correctly. How far past the end of cycling are you?
In a tank with that small a volume of water, yes, in the future you'd want to take out any fish you lose.
You should check your ammonia reading to be safe.

 

[blackbeard]

i got it out. he was sick this morning. not swimming well. I should of done it then but I waited and gave it a chance. I think the other goby killed it. they were not a pair. and I see them fighting. water levels are the same as before. 0 0 0 1024 salinity.

On another note do they make flexy 1 inch pvc. The 1 inch tubing from my chiller is kinking and I thought the flex pvc would work better.

 

[Pseudo]

Yes, at Lowes. It will go under the name of spa flex.