missing fish

[swiatrek]

Well I bought a small dragon goby on Tuesday, acclimated him and let him go. I saw where he hid the first day and night, now he is nowhere to be found. It does not come out to eat, and I cannot find him anywhere. Should I start moving rock, looking for him (dead or alive), or just keep trying to feed hoping he will show himself. Just have never had this happen before.

[hobogato]

i would give it a day or two, it is probably hiding to get itself acclimated to the tank. you may try looking for it at night with a red light.

[Bill S]

Yeah, just hang on for a few days. They are notorious for this.

[Europhyllia]

Just on the off chance: check the sump.
One of my clowns got so frightened by a new addition that he jumped into teh overflow and made his way down into the sump back when I still had a wet/dry in there.
He was laying sideways on the filterfloss - and survived.
The goby is probably just hiding in the rock work but I always check the sump when I have one missing now.