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Help!! My new hatchetfish are disappearing. I'm assuming they are jumping out but I have yet to see any bodies in or around the tank. I do have dogs, but they're disappearing either while I'm at work or asleep and the dogs would not be able to get to the tank to eat any jumpers.. :/ I've lost three so far, all on days where we do have bad thunderstorms so I have a feeling the thunder may be startling them.
I'm not sure if they are jumping.. When I got them, I specifically bought a new lid and cut the plastic so there's mostly on a quarter inch around any of my tank equipment.. Isuppose in some places iit's close to a half inch in places, but they're very small holes. Is there a way to cover these up even more that won't catch on fire either (it's by my light). Or are there any other places they would be..?
Tank inhabitants are cardinal tetras and one juvie red lizard whiptail that's less than 4" long. And like three ghost shrimp.... If they were dying, wouldn't there at least be somesort of skeleton or something? Back when I was having problems with my cories getting injured and they would die, the shrimp would have a feast with their poor lil bodies but there was always at least a little skeleton left over. I can't find any evidenceanywhere on where they'd be.. I had 12 this weekend and I'm down to nine. I had 7 for a couple weeks without issue and got five more last Friday and it's just gone downhill from there. :/
Also, I have a sponge over my filter intake.. So I know they can't be in the filter. And I'm still waiting on my plants to grow in so I have a fairly clear view of most of the substrate..
I'm not sure if they are jumping.. When I got them, I specifically bought a new lid and cut the plastic so there's mostly on a quarter inch around any of my tank equipment.. Isuppose in some places iit's close to a half inch in places, but they're very small holes. Is there a way to cover these up even more that won't catch on fire either (it's by my light). Or are there any other places they would be..?
Tank inhabitants are cardinal tetras and one juvie red lizard whiptail that's less than 4" long. And like three ghost shrimp.... If they were dying, wouldn't there at least be somesort of skeleton or something? Back when I was having problems with my cories getting injured and they would die, the shrimp would have a feast with their poor lil bodies but there was always at least a little skeleton left over. I can't find any evidenceanywhere on where they'd be.. I had 12 this weekend and I'm down to nine. I had 7 for a couple weeks without issue and got five more last Friday and it's just gone downhill from there. :/
Also, I have a sponge over my filter intake.. So I know they can't be in the filter. And I'm still waiting on my plants to grow in so I have a fairly clear view of most of the substrate..