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Old 09-30-2010, 04:55 AM
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Geez I don't think mine could swim fast enough to jump
you will be suprise... they can make a few quick dash... when I was moving my fish from biocube 29 to the 75g... I had tough time catching the mandarin... almost as bad as fire fish.
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Old 09-30-2010, 06:06 AM
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Yeah they're jumpers. When I was putting one into my tank the other night, the little bugger made about an 18" leap from the container I was acclimating him in to the tank as I was walk to put him in. Surprised the hell out of me!

That being said, I still have an open tank.
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Old 09-30-2010, 02:08 PM
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Mine is still a pretty small blue mandarin. I have found him in the overflow box once and he has taken the ride to the sump a couple times. I had to position a small sponge ontop of the overflow box as the eggcrate wasn't doing anything to stop him. Its hard to believe he could jump out but I think if he was riding a upcurrent and timed a quick dash right he could end up on the carpet.
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Old 09-30-2010, 02:13 PM
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Ok thanks all who responded !!
I am going to keep my glass lid thingy on until i get some egg crates to run along the top.
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you will be suprise... they can make a few quick dash... when I was moving my fish from biocube 29 to the 75g... I had tough time catching the mandarin... almost as bad as fire fish.
Nope think mine is too fat to break water
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Old 10-02-2010, 08:05 PM
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no way. Mine is fat and it can jump quite high. You would be surprised how high yours can jump.

And fat is lighter than water...


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