tzqng8

Throughout yesterday I had become pretty worried about the missing Cory. I wondered if the Fish Aliens might have him, and if they did, what kind of sick experiments were they doing to the poor guy? I had been racking my brain all day to try and figure out where he might have gone to. No answers were quick to formulate.

Work was pretty rough so I was looking forward to getting home and checking on the peaceful fish. But, how peaceful can they possibly be when one of their own has gone missing? I knew I was not feeling pacific at all and had a feeling that there was an undercurrent of anxiousness in the tank as well. All was not well in the recording studio, I felt.

Gabby and I sat and had our daily talk about what happened during our day (our secret to an awesome marriage!). She wanted to take a nap before the gym, so I told her I'd take care of the fish while she caught some z's. It was not time for the weekly water change or nitrification testing yet (Tetra SafeStart, remember). But, they needed dinner...and I needed to find Jordan.

I took care of Mori first. He seems to get happier and happier everyday. His flaring has pretty much stopped unless the lighting conditions are just wrong. Everytime he sees Gabby or I at his tank, he swims forward and wiggles as though he is showing off. It really is quite cute. Bloodworms for the boy.

I figured if I was going to stick my hands into the Block (well, they are the New Kids on the Block aren't they?), I'd rather do it before they ate and I got food all over me. But, if I could do this without putting my hands in the water at all, even better!

The only instrument I had that I thought was long enough was a fish net... In retrospect, this was a really dumb idea, but at the time, it seemed stellar. Anyway, I tried using the net to move around some of the decor.

First of all, the net wasn't long enough to do much of anything except shake the top of the plants. Second, skittish fish become skittishier (that isn't a word, but just follow me here) when they see a net. Third, being that I don't have a prehensile net, how did I really think this was going to do me any good?

So, after throuroughly scaring the Kids out of their scales, I left the net and went in bare handed. I shook and moved all of the "toys" while wiggling all of the plants. Again, my thoughts here were that MAYBE Jordan was floating under something and his body hadn't floated anywhere yet. I had no delusions of his health status at this point.

As I was doing this, detrius and leftover fish food become stirred. While Delores (the Emerald Green "Cory") was scared as could possibly be, the one little Peppered Cory (the one NOT named Jordan and MIA) was loving it. He was getting free food while the Barbs and Swordtail huddled in whatever corner my heavy hand was not.

After everything, still no Jordan. No swimming little missing Cory and no floating, bloated, long dead body either. At this point, I just want closure... If Jordan has left us for another boy band, so be it. If he has left to join the heavenly chorus, I can take it. But not knowing is torture.

Friday is 1 week... I can do a water change, test the water, and really check everywhere in the tank for him. If the other guys in the band get stressed, so be it. It must be done. I leave no man behind and we all deserve to know what happened. There will be no Grave of the Unknown Fish in my home. Not if I can help it.

Lucy

Mori sounds like a real ham!

I hope you find the missing cory, it must be hard not knowing what happened to him. Did you check the filter?

tzqng8

Well, the filter has a strainer on the bottom that prevents anything bigger than about 5 human hairs put together from going up, but no, I haven't taken it apart yet to check. I will be on Friday. Water flow seems to be fine through the unit though.

jdhef

I can't imagine where he would have went. Is it possible the other catfish ate him?

Shawnie

he sounds like my missing SAE which months later, no sign..no body.. still think he joined "another boy band" also LOLOLOL that was tooooooo funny...maybe my sae and your cory are the new age siamond and garfunkel? bert and ernie? who knows!

jdhef

A true mystery. Where are Mulder and Scully when you need them?

tzqng8

No way that I can imagine. It would be like me trying to eat an elephant in 12 hours. The Peppered Cory that disappeared was rather larger than the Peppered Cory that is left.

Aren't SAE's fairly big, like 3-5"? Now THAT would be a mystery.

I agree... This is starting to get out of control.

I know honey! Wait, how did you get here?!?

Lucy

HatchetHaven

Well, a dead fish's body can dissapear pretty easy. When I was a newbie I used to have problems with corys catching Swim bladder.... Maybe it's the same for you?

tzqng8

How does it disappear easily? In your experience, where does it go? I haven't seen the fish eating him, so it can't be that.

As for swim bladder, what is that? Can you explain a bit more? Would it cause a fish to disappear? Any advice would be welcomed! Thanks!

HatchetHaven

Well, remember you are asleep half the day - a lot can go on in that time! Swim bladder has a variety of symptoms - the one I have always experienced is spiralling.

Shawnie

sae's are really small and thin when they are wittle ones ....

and WELCOME GABBY!!!!! I agree find that fish!

tzqng8

No unusual activity before he disappeared, which was only two days after his arrival. So, no fish bladder that I am aware of.

And I don't sleep half the day, only 7-8 hours. Although, between work and sleep I don't see the fish 2/3 of the day! Hmmm, perhaps I should start working from home!

HatchetHaven

Have we found him yet? I recently 'lost' an Apisto - only to find she was swimming around in the filter chamber! (See post in MY blog for more info!)
Maybe you should look there.

Lucy

newfishowner's glo fish was missing for a week, they found it in their filter.
It's worth looking into.

tzqng8

He's been found and there were quite a few new developments this weekend. Things are a bit crazy here at work, but I'll be posting ASAP. Stay tuned. I'm gonna need the help/encouragement.

Lucy

A teaser post.