Anyone ever have a fish disappear for weeks and then reappear like nothing ever happened?

[Kingfisher]

My firefish disappeared weeks ago, I'm not even sure how long, maybe over a month and then just this evening came out from a Rock while I was feeding. It's only a 40gal tank too so there's not that many places to hide. I'm happy to have him back but pretty surprised lol.🤔

[Deuce00]

Lol I haven’t had one reappear on its own, always found in the overflow after few days. Glad the hellfrichi came back nice looking fish. Dustin 

[Higher Thinking]

I know that such a scenario is pretty common with wrasses. Those fish will sometimes bury themselves in the sand for a couple weeks when they are brand new to a tank.

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[albertareef]

21 minutes ago, Higher Thinking said:

I know that such a scenario is pretty common with wrasses. Those fish will sometimes bury themselves in the sand for a couple weeks when they are brand new to a tank.

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Yep - had one disappear for well over a month only to pop up again one day after I had given up hope.  

[TheClark]

Yellow watchman goby.  Gone for a year, showed up in sump last week!

Such a nice surprise, congrats!

 

[Jeremevans]

I bought a tank raised mandarin and put it in my tank months ago. I've seen it about once a month and it's growing. I had pretty much given up on it after the first month.

[youcallmenny]

I've had firefish do that but it usually turned out they were being picked on. 

[xmas_one]

Same here with firefish.

[Flashy Fins]

I've had fish hide for various periods, but the details are fuzzy since it hasn't happened in a long time.  However, my pompom crab continues to do it regularly; they hide a lot, in general, but mine has no nems and is extra secretive due to being without a defense (although he had picked up a maxi mini nem baby last time I saw him). His most recent hiding period lasted about a year, and I was sure he was a goner, then poof, he appeared as if by magic!

[Mandinga]

Had a firefish go missing for about a month...then i found it trapped in the back compartment of the tank...unfortunately it had gone blind while stuck in the back chamber. It was three black walls with no light...sad


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