HALF BODIED FISH??

[RICKY81]

Do you have a powerhead? Maybe some inverts like a coral banded shrimp?

i dohave a powerhead (koralia) and no coral banded shrimps only the cleanershrimps

Powerhead is a good idea. If it got sucked in there it definatley could have caused that. Good idea dmweise!

i thought about the powerhead but, if the fish got sucked in it would of had probably been head first, or if it was rear first then it would be mangled up and in this case, it seems like a very fine cut.

what could have done that...

...maybe you have one of those monster worms hiding in your tank.

that about that two. about 2 nights ago i completely turned off all the lights and the moonlights, and boy did i see a lot of bristle worms, and other type of worms about 2-3 different kind of worms. some pretty big considering that the tank has only been cycling for 2 months already.

~alex

Any "clicking" noises in the tank at night?

i mainly work at night so not around to listen to any clicking noises, but when i am off i don't recall hearing any.... but if so what would those "clicking" noises be?

Ummm that looks like it hurt maybe Is it still eating ??? its a damsel it should be fine there hard to kill

J/K

it wasn't eating anymore

Holy cow! That is crazy! The only thing I can think of is if all the other fish started picking on this one for some reason.

no, really don't think so because, fish will start eating from random spots and this one looks like a sliced or big bite, which i absolutely have no fish big enough to cause that.

[RICKY81]

well i guess as it was expected, upon arrival to my house this am i found the damsel dead? only the fish know what happend that night....

[Sherri]

Any "clicking" noises in the tank at night?

My thoughts also....a mantis shrimp (hijacker) could, huh? Have you recently put any new rock in your tank...maybe a predator caught a ride into your tank?

[RICKY81]

My thoughts also....a mantis shrimp (hijacker) could, huh? Have you recently put any new rock in your tank...maybe a predator caught a ride into your tank?

i haven't put any new rocks in the tank...its the same rock that was used since the start of the tank but i did buy 80 lbs off a fellow maastard, and the other 80 lbs i already had...

[cbianco]

Time to put the fish out of it's misery. He will suffocate without being able to swim properly.

Put him in the freezer.

:(

Christopher

[stoneroller]

Any brittle stars in your tank?

[justahobby]

Another idea would be the cause of death and bodily appearance aren't related. The bones being perfectly intact suggest some type of crab was picking him clean after his untimely death. Regardless, it's definitely worthy of winning a POTM!

[mercedesvaughn]

..oh....wow....! awesome picture, sorry that happened to your fish :(

[RICKY81]

Any brittle stars in your tank?

i do have brittle stars but they are all very small almost the size of a nickel but nothing bigger than a quarter size....

[RICKY81]

Time to put the fish out of it's misery. He will suffocate without being able to swim properly.

Put him in the freezer.

:(

Christopher

well didn't know about the fish suffocating if unable to fish properly, but he passed after a 24hr period...