Tried to rescue 2 hippo's

[varpanus]

that's awesome ron. i will def be on the lookout to rescue some fish if I ever get a chance. keep up the good work!! and if it ever gets better,give us some more pics!!

 

[jetaero]

1.019 will likely kill them... I would never subject an invertebrate to anything less than 1.024 or more than 1.026.

-Josh-

 

[ronj]

well, i think it may have died..i can't seem to find it anywhere!!!!

 

[spongebob lover]

ahh dood keep looking... i think you're not using your magnifying glass the right way

 

[ronj]

i've looked several times..i overturned each and every rock...i can't find it..i don't believe it's still alive

 

[spongebob lover]

ahh that sucks

 

[shallowreef]

look inside any cracks or creveses in the rocks. BTs hide in them and the little ones will stay in them if they get scared so even if you overturned the rocks he may still be hiding. I do agree with you that he most likely is a goner but its nice to at least find a body so that you know he died in the tank. I had a baby purple tang die on me and i couldn't find him anywhere in my tank and it drove me nuts!

 

[ronj]

i have still been looking!!! i think my clowns and hawkfish may have had a tiny hippo for a meal

 

[shallowreef]

Yeah that could have happened too.

 

[spongebob lover]

i don't think clowns eat Doris but you never know .
Not sure about the hawkfish but keep looking dood you wouldn't want your parameters going crazy because of a little dead fish

 

[shallowreef]

do you have any crabs/ hermit crabs?

 

[ronj]

nope...i learned a while back that hermits are no good!! i got rid of my sally lightfoot crab about 5 min. before adding the hippo's..it already attacked 1 hippo for sure and i suspect that it killed one that i had about a year ago...i am done with all crabs!!!! the only thing i can think of is that maybe it got sucked into the surface skimmer of my protein skimmer...i don't know

 

[shallowreef]

Yeah i guess taht could happen. Sorry to hear about your losses Ron.

 

[Scooterman]

Well Ron you gave it the best chance it had other than being left alone in the wild, sorry man but at least you tried to save them, that is a wish I would want everyone to do, & we would all be better off in the long run.

 

[spongebob lover]

well dood at least now she's in fish heaven and she will remember you for trying to save her .