Possible new tank - please advise!

[robert_hollis]

I just noticed one of my new shrimp is dead. He was lying on the sand in two pieces. I really don't think I have anything in the tank that would attack a shrimp, so I'm a little confused... I guess he coulda gotten into the powerhead, and been chopped up, but that just seems odd.

Sucks, cause I just bought it this week...

[robert_hollis]

I've recently added a green flowerpot coral and a yellow clown goby to the mix. We'll see if my flowerpot lives a long time, or if it dies within a year (as many seem to do). I got suckered into buying it, but it sure is pretty! As for the goby, the silly guy has already managed to end up in my sump. Must've been a scary ride to get there, but he's ok.

[robert_hollis]

Tank's still going strong. My Kenya tree recently split off a few frags, and I seem to be building up a nice amount of copepods. Still only that one red mushroom. I REALLY want it to grow big and/or multiply... I also have lots of small fragile starfish hiding in the rocks, now.

[Pufferpunk]

Sounds like your shrimp molted.

[robert_hollis]

No, that shrimp was dead, and in pieces. The other one's still around, and has molted like twice.

Plus, my Kenya tree keeps shedding frags.

I think my giant snail may have died. I haven't seen him in ages.

Also, the yellow clown goby vanished. It kept ending up into the sump tank, and one day I saw it in there, but didn't have the time to snag it. When i got the chance to get to it, it was gone. I even took all the rocks out of the sump tank to make sure it wasn't hiding, but couldn't find it. I even check around the tank to see if it had jumped out, but it was no where to be found.

Otherwise, everything else is doing well. All the corals are looking good, and growing.

[Pufferpunk]

Did you look in your overflow?

[robert_hollis]

Short of dismantling the main tank, I checked everywhere possible.

[Annagyijjk]

I just tried out as you suggested and it works great
Thank you so much.