Fish Keep Jumping Out Of The !&@*^ Tank!

[OCDP]

Originally Posted by bulletsworld

That was my thoughts exactly. It happens to often. Ground probes are good. Your running to high temps in the tank though. Yiks! Curious how your monitor temp? With a digital or?

Crating the top is one thing, but obviously fish are jumping for a good reason.

Glad your looking to find out the reason.


Lee

It can't be a faulty ground or whatever , because if im working in the tank.. wouldn't I feel that as well???

The temp is monitored with one of those stick on thermometers.

The 2 days I had fish jump, the temp did get hot.. too hot, I openly admit I forgot to open my bedroom window on Sunday, and turned the lights on at 11am and off at around 745pm .. so they were on too long, in a hot stuffy room. On Monday... same deal, forgot to open the window, room got hot.

What I have done since then though... lights on at 7am, off at 2pm. This way the tank can't get too hot, as our days get hottest at around 1-2pm (at least IME when observing the tank) I am pretty sure by switching things around like this I cna keep the temp at 82-84 (max) .

Here's hoping...

[kuatto]

Get yourself a cheap timer from rona or canadian tire and you save the worries of forgetting.

[Ruth]

Scott the other thing may be that you have been messing around in your tank too much. You said yourself you have been doing lots of work in and around your tank. Sometimes this can stress the fish too much. Although I am inclined to think it is your heat issues it could also be that you are in there too much.

[OCDP]

Originally Posted by Ruth

Scott the other thing may be that you have been messing around in your tank too much. You said yourself you have been doing lots of work in and around your tank. Sometimes this can stress the fish too much. Although I am inclined to think it is your heat issues it could also be that you are in there too much.

I don't think the reason fish are jumping is because I am in the tank too much. And, I really am not in my tank that much. If I am, it's to pick up a fallen coral, or remove a bit of pest algae. I did do a bunch of cleaning a few weeks ago were I was in the tank for a couple days.. but nothing more than that really.

I am not saying it's not a possibility, I just don't think I am in the tank all that often, and like I mentioned, it's only to pick up a fallen coral or remove some pest algae. I do a good clean on everything once every couple months (or so I try) .

Having said that, I think I have so much pest algae, and fallen coral issues because my tank is too small. It's like the upgrade will solve a million and one problems (ok not a million.. you get the point) My sandbed is collecting far too much crap, and it's too hard to remove all of it without causing any kind of problem, so switching over and removing it all together would be a simple solution. I figured in the summer this would be the best time to get the new setup going, as it turns out it's not that great, with camping and all that fun summer stuff.. I will make the first step by going to place my order for the tank . After that, I will for sure have a tank I am keeping (compared to the last cube..) and all's I will need is a stand, and I'm set. No excuses as I don't need anything else to make the upgrade complete (as compared to before... I wanted to wait until I had an RO/DI unit)

I just need to find a weekend where I can spend a full day on switching everything over and however long it takes to get the finishing touches done.

[muck]

Originally Posted by OCDP

I did do a bunch of cleaning a few weeks ago were I was in the tank for a couple days.. but nothing more than that really.

Yeeesh...must have been nice and wrinkley by then..

[muck]

Did you decide on your new tank specs yet Scott?