Missing "Presumably Dead" Fish  4/8/12
Hello Everybody...hope you all had a great holiday weekend!! 
  I am kind of freaking out here...I had a Domino Damsel that had been sick for a couple days ( I think it was Ick, the last couple days he had gotten spots, then lost his color and got a cloudy eye but still ate and did "laps" with my Yellow Tail ).
<Territorial fighting>
 Well, I went to bed at 5:30am this morning
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 and I saw him before going to bed, unfortunately when I woke up at noon he was no where to be found (even after feeding my Yellow Tail Damsel...and the Domino always came out to eat.)  So, I tore apart my tank looking in holes in the rocks and everything and am still unable to find him :(  I would assume he is dead and now am worried about my water levels going crazy.  Can you help me out in any way with this?  I have realized that because of the "Ick" I will probably eventually lose my Yellow Tail and my Scooter Blenny, but now I'm worried about my Condy and my Feather Dusters due to water level craziness because of not being able to find a dead fish!!  I do have 6 crabs
<Full ones>
 and 3 snails ( all of which I found while looking in the tank )...do you think that it's possible that they could have eaten him all up before I woke up today (he was alive when I went to bed)??  Any help would be greatly appreciated!!
Thank You in Advance,
  Tina
<Ah yes... consumed. Bob Fenner>
Re: Missing "Presumably Dead" Fish  4/8/12
Wow, in a weird way that kind of makes me feel better!!
<Mmm, perhaps certainty of even a bad outcome is preferable to not knowing>
  I will still keep an eye on my parameters (as usual) but thank you, you have put my mind at ease :)
Have a great day and thank you sooo much!!!
 -Tina
<Welcome! BobF>

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