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

Buccaneer · #1 08-01-2006, 12:31 AM

Do you have the room for a slightly larger tank ?

OCDP · #2 08-01-2006, 12:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Buk_A_neer

Do you have the room for a slightly larger tank ?

I do.. and I was planning on upgrading this month. But I have been unsure lately.. and after today, even more unsure. Frustration is just building up and I feel I am working too much and too hard on the tank and stuff like this keeps happening, like a never ending battle with this hobby.

It's definitely not crammed in there either, if that's what your getting at by chance.. I only have 3. One stays in the sand all day, one in a frogspawn, the other in a cave.. the Gramma would have been the only active fish.

Skimmer Juice · #3 08-01-2006, 12:38 AM

put a lid on your tank.That ussualy solves the problem.

Buccaneer · #4 08-01-2006, 12:39 AM

RG's are notorious jumpers ... so are 6 line wrasses and firefish ... clowns are known to jump accasionally ... all these fish meet the size requirement so the only way to safely keep them is with maybe a eggcrate lid ( that way you dont have a temp buildup as you would with a glass top ) ... also maybe have a muffin fan blow across the top of the water to keep the temps down

Going bigger solves alot of problems as far as stability ( take it from someone that has kept very large reeftanks

) ... so the bigger you go the better

Delphinus · #5 08-01-2006, 02:44 AM

Eggcrate man. All fish have the capacity to jump. Any burst of speed in the ocean takes you to .. another spot in the ocean. That same burst of speed in a tank takes you.. out of the tank. At least if there's a lid there's nowhere for them to go but back in.

Yes, it's ugly, but .... if you have that black tracking stuff (forget the name) then it can sit inside of that and look OK. If you have bare glass then the eggcrate needs to be cut a little larger so it sits on the edges. In that case, it looks like crap, but what can you do. I have this situation myself. I don't like the look of it but to me there's no question -- no canopy == lid or no fish.

Sorry to hear of your loss. I know your pain, last year I lost my pair of fairy wrasses to jumping because the canopy was mistakingly left open overnight (I was on vacation at the time). Tanksitter came by and found the two dried fish on the floor. Some fish are more prone to jumping than others (fairy wrasses are pretty bad as it turns out), but *any* fish can jump, so definitely put a lid on that tank.

adidas · #6 08-01-2006, 04:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Delphinus

Eggcrate man.

yup just do eggcrate

tango · #7 08-01-2006, 05:09 AM

To keep my tank cold I put ice packs in my tank ,in a zip lock bag and drop them in the and have a fan blowing on the glass of the tank. keeps it at around 80

Ruth · #8 08-01-2006, 05:42 AM

Another thing you can do to help cool your tank is to freeze RODI water in plastic pop or water bottles - probably for a 20g tank the 750 or 500ml bottles - and then just let it melt. It not only tops off your tank as it melts but helps to keep it cool.

BMW Rider · #9 08-01-2006, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Delphinus

Sorry to hear of your loss. I know your pain, last year I lost my pair of fairy wrasses to jumping because the canopy was mistakingly left open overnight (I was on vacation at the time). Tanksitter came by and found the two dried fish on the floor. Some fish are more prone to jumping than others (fairy wrasses are pretty bad as it turns out), but *any* fish can jump, so definitely put a lid on that tank.

I lost a fairy wrasse to jumping too. It managed to find the 1/2" gap between the two panels of eggcrate and ended up lying on top. It was very dried up when I found it

the MHs made sure of that. So if you put the egg crate on, don't leave any gaps either.

OCDP · #10 08-01-2006, 04:30 PM

Well, an eggcrate top is the only solution really. I knew this all along, I just found it very odd that my male clown jumped sunday evening and then found my gramma all dried up under the stand after work yesterday (new addition)

Deb, I really don't know who could be bullying, I have a Yellow Watchman Goby, he only gets territorial around his burrows, he never shows agression or chases anyone around.

The other is a solid yellow damsel, completely peaceful and skittish, I don't think it could be him?? He's not aggressive at all.

The last is a true percula, she could care less what goes in or out of that tank, so I don't think she did it.

I am quite confused. But I am going to try and get a cover today, about how much do they cost??