I have a really bad feelling about my rabbit fish. I kept him in my sump for awhile and then moved him to the display. I saw him for about two days. I have not seen him any more. I checked he isnt fish jerky. So it sounds like I better get to doing a big water change and running charcoal for the inevitable nitrate spike. So if you see him on the street he is about 2.5 inches long with a black face send him home.

oh man, that sucks big time :o

Just keep up with flashlight duty. I hope you find him!

Did he turn up?

Seriously, a nitrate spike from a 2.5" fish in a 350 gal system? I think you're safe man. Plus, with all the clean up critters I'm sure you have, it's probably gone and not rotting.

I dunno man, mine spiked because of a turbo snail. But then again it may depend on what kind of filtration you have.

Yeah your probably right but it made good drama. No he hasn't turned up so I'm thinking he was the tank buffet.

I guess it's been a long time since I even tested for nitrates. I would never have guessed a snail would register on anything bigger than 50 gal.

It was a big snail...golf ball size Mexican bulldozer, not to mention the tank has a pretty heavy bio-load to start with.

I would think a tank with heavier bio-load would have an easier time handling the death of a critter over a tank with a light bio-load. There is a lot more denitrifying bacteria in a loaded tank. Just my thought, I very well could be wrong.