Found my yellow clown goby in my skimmer

[fish]

So I hadn't seen my mandarin in a few days. My wife was under the tank and caught a glimpse of what she thought was the mandarin in the sump. She then shut off the skimmer and lift pump and sure enough the mandarin was in the sump. Then a little flash of yellow caught her eye in the body of the skimmer.

The clown goby disappeared over a month ago and has apparently been living inside a Octopus Cone skimmer for that time. No idea how he got past the impeller but he is happy, fat and back in the display tank.

[mikerobart]

Further proof microbubbles will not kill fish .

I can't imagine getting past the impeller either... maybe he went in the outflow?

[PowderBlueTang]

Same thing happen to me several years ago with my Yellow clown goby, was cleaning the intake strainer and came back to reattach it and while I was gone. The goby must have swam into the open intake of the skimmer. I notice he was missing for a few days, he was not perching on his rock. Went to clean the skimmer overflow cup and caught a glimps of something in the bubbles of the skimmer. Quickly shut of the skimmer and guest who was swirling for 3 days in my skimmer. He manage to swim into the skimmer while the blades were running and didnt get cut up. Unfortunately I figure the carpet anemone became his dimise, he went awol one day.

Glad to see you found your goby.