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This is about the only post I've found on this whole forum that talks about length of time the dottyback will go out of site. I have an Orchid Dottyback that for the first 2 months was always in the display or under the rock where I could see her. Over the last couple of days she disappeared, and all of a sudden I thought she might be gone. The only thing in my whole tank that might have a chance to consume the dotty without a trace is a large snail I have. other than that she gets alone with my kole tang and clown. she wasn't sick or showing signs of sickness, but just started to be undetectable in the tank. about a day and Half went by and she finally peeked her head out of a cave I think she now calls home, and that's fine, but since then I've not seen her in 3 days straight, which is a record, and I'm getting worried. she was not out to feed last night either. not sure this is normal. couldn't jump doesn't jump, plus I checked around the tank. hope she turns up eventually in my 35 gallon tank....Dottyback behaviour is pretty interesting; they seem to either be on display all the time, or very cryptic. I never see my yellow dottyback (now transitioning to an "overripe banana dottyback") except during feeding time, and don't see my elongate dottyback for weeks at a time.
I moved my 65g at work last December. I managed to capture all of the fish but one orchid dottyback; I couldn't figure what had happened to it, and figured that it must have escaped from an open bucket. Two days later, after everyone had settled in, the missing dottyback reappeared, swimming around as if nothing had happened. I decided that it must have hidden in one of the rocks that I moved -- and that rock was emergent for more than an hour. Dottybacks are the ultimate survivalists.This is about the only post I've found on this whole forum that talks about length of time the dottyback will go out of site. I have an Orchid Dottyback that for the first 2 months was always in the display or under the rock where I could see her. Over the last couple of days she disappeared, and all of a sudden I thought she might be gone. The only thing in my whole tank that might have a chance to consume the dotty without a trace is a large snail I have. other than that she gets alone with my kole tang and clown. she wasn't sick or showing signs of sickness, but just started to be undetectable in the tank. about a day and Half went by and she finally peeked her head out of a cave I think she now calls home, and that's fine, but since then I've not seen her in 3 days straight, which is a record, and I'm getting worried. she was not out to feed last night either. not sure this is normal. couldn't jump doesn't jump, plus I checked around the tank. hope she turns up eventually in my 35 gallon tank....
It's now been a full week. I am afraid dotty is lost at sea,but you give me hope...I moved my 65g at work last December. I managed to capture all of the fish but one orchid dottyback; I couldn't figure what had happened to it, and figured that it must have escaped from an open bucket. Two days later, after everyone had settled in, the missing dottyback reappeared, swimming around as if nothing had happened. I decided that it must have hidden in one of the rocks that I moved -- and that rock was emergent for more than an hour. Dottybacks are the ultimate survivalists.
I've also had springeri dottybacks disappear for a week at a time -- in an Evo. They can be very stealthy.
Fingers crossed that yours turns up; if it's any consolation, there are a ton of other threads on the subject on this site: if you include the terms "missing dottyback", you'll turn up a ton of threads.It's now been a full week. I am afraid dotty is lost at sea,but you give me hope...
One of my fave!!! And you’re right definitely shyMy Hi Fin goby, him and my candy cane pistol only come out for feeding and even then are skiddish.