Fish Keep Jumping Out Of The !&@*^ Tank! - Page 2

muck · #1 08-01-2006, 06:23 PM

side cutter plier work great.

If you can find the light diffuser in black it looks much better (IMO) than the white. Not sure where to pickup the black as it seems not very common.

christyf5 · #2 08-01-2006, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by OCDP

Well, an eggcrate top is the only solution really. I knew this all along

Well I would imagine it was this comment that prompted it. If you knew that jumping might be a problem why did you sit back and do nothing about it? A $5 piece of eggcrate could have saved those three fish

danny zubot · #3 08-01-2006, 08:01 PM

That fish might still be alive today if it were in mine or someone elses better suited tank. I meant no offense.

Your tank is pretty small Scott, smaller than 20 gallons, why don't you hold off on buying anything else until you get the bigger tank? Consider that your are adding an already stressed fish to a foreign ecosystem, only to uproot it and move it again a short while later. So its gone from the ocean, to the store, to you your tank, with other possible hubs in between. That's stressful for any species of animal.

adidas · #4 08-01-2006, 08:48 PM

i have a piece of eggcrate here that might fit... whats the measurements of your tank? if it will work you can have it.

neptune9824 · #5 08-01-2006, 09:59 PM

I totally understand your frustration. I myself cannot keep my 175gal cool enough and over the summer i have lost about 5 fish. Nothing has jumped out of the tank but my dragon wrass buried himself in the sand and I had to "dig" him out. I have tried ice packs and four liter milk jugs but nothing seems to keep a tank that size cool enough. I cannot afford a chiller. I dunno I am thinking about down sizing.

good luck with everything!!