dnsfpl Posted May 3, 2011 Share Posted May 3, 2011 5 yellow wrasse KOed in my tank what puzzled me most was they were feeding hours ago and dead the next moment, no struggling nor last breath no obvious sign of serious injury any tell tale sign of hitchhiker predator? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member tunicate Posted May 4, 2011 SRC Member Share Posted May 4, 2011 I would think that there should be some external wounds if it's hitchhiker predator. Are they from the same shipment batch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member TayHongSiang Posted May 4, 2011 SRC Member Share Posted May 4, 2011 5 yellow wrasse KOed in my tank what puzzled me most was they were feeding hours ago and dead the next moment, no struggling nor last breath no obvious sign of serious injury any tell tale sign of hitchhiker predator? thanks cd be yr fish food Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnsfpl Posted May 4, 2011 Author Share Posted May 4, 2011 from 3 different batch cant determine the external wound are cause by predator or cleaner shrimp as they are happily munching on it already i feed seaweed, frozen mysis and ON formula 1 & 2 pellet i doubt its the food source as other fish has no issue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnsfpl Posted May 4, 2011 Author Share Posted May 4, 2011 btw its 5 death over the a period of 2 months Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puppet Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 btw its 5 death over the a period of 2 months May I asked whether the fishes dead belong to the same types? As in are they all bottom dwellers? like gobies or they stay near to the rock crevices? like blennies Or is your victims are a mixture of free swimmers and the bottom and middle section dwellers. Usually hitchhikers predators like crabs/ mantis/ super alien worms aren't really free swimming, if your fishes are found dead near certain regions of the tank with missing parts, u might have a predator, not 100% though. One way to find out, lay a trap at night Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnsfpl Posted May 4, 2011 Author Share Posted May 4, 2011 i notice all my yellow wrasse sleep at the bottom left hand corner that is why i suspect hitchhiker predator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puppet Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 i notice all my yellow wrasse sleep at the bottom left hand corner that is why i suspect hitchhiker predator ok now we have cicumstantial evidence, all we need is to find the culprit set a trap and lure the culprit out, if there is one to begin with We see a pattern here, the serial murderer must have had a traumatic experience with yellow wrasse, now manifested into uncontrollable act. This is wat happens when u watched too much CSI zzz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member tunicate Posted May 4, 2011 SRC Member Share Posted May 4, 2011 Agree with puppet. Set a trap & wait. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnsfpl Posted May 4, 2011 Author Share Posted May 4, 2011 trap look something like this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finbir Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 trap look something like this? Strongly suspect a mantis shrimp lurking among the rocks. Or the horror of horrors...a bobbit worm (this jerk may start small but can grow to 1 m. It's a fierce bugger and has jaws like that of a centipede. Had a few in my tank a couple of years back. Tagged along with some uncured rocks. What I did was to painstakingly remove the rocks and thoroughly checked them piece by piece. Yup...it's total demolition; but I got those damned b****** after losing some precious fished. Give it some thought. Finbir. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member tunicate Posted May 5, 2011 SRC Member Share Posted May 5, 2011 This design works for fish, but not sure if effective on crawlers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnsfpl Posted May 5, 2011 Author Share Posted May 5, 2011 what trap will you suggest? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member tunicate Posted May 5, 2011 SRC Member Share Posted May 5, 2011 This is what I use to catch crabs. But since we don't know what's gonna turn up, you can try all kinds of trap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnsfpl Posted May 5, 2011 Author Share Posted May 5, 2011 thanks for the drawing bro cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Supporter ReDDeviLs Posted May 7, 2011 SRC Supporter Share Posted May 7, 2011 doubt is any creature attacking the fish. are the fishes from the same lfs? did u acclimitise them? or rather the same way for all 5 wrasse? Quote [ ] [ ] Reef Reefing Reefed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puppet Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 any updates? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnsfpl Posted May 16, 2011 Author Share Posted May 16, 2011 doubt is any creature attacking the fish. are the fishes from the same lfs? did u acclimitise them? or rather the same way for all 5 wrasse? purchased different time from different lfs longest survival was 2 weeks iirc any updates? tried placing the trap on 2 different occasion manage to catch bristle worm only side note: my MIA yellow flasher came out after more than a month, real skinny and tail broken i believe it would have died if there is hitchhiker predator currently its out during feed only, but every time it come out the cleaner wrasse will "clean" it and worse, mystery wrasse will chase it the worst is, my black female clown will nip it hope it can pull through Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unltd Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 purchased different time from different lfs longest survival was 2 weeks iirc tried placing the trap on 2 different occasion manage to catch bristle worm only side note: my MIA yellow flasher came out after more than a month, real skinny and tail broken i believe it would have died if there is hitchhiker predator currently its out during feed only, but every time it come out the cleaner wrasse will "clean" it and worse, mystery wrasse will chase it the worst is, my black female clown will nip it hope it can pull through If you want your yellow flasher to survive, it is better to betta box your cleaner, mystery and clown. Feed the yellow flasher until it is fat and healthy for about 1 week then set the fishes out. If you try to put yellow flasher in betta box now, it maybe too late as it will not survive a small environment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnsfpl Posted May 16, 2011 Author Share Posted May 16, 2011 seriously putting 5 fish in betta box will do more harm than good and its definitely not an easy task for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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