What kind of fishes tend to jump out of tank??

[twilight]

What kind of fishes have then tendency to do high jump and attempt to jump out of the tank??

[bum]

tilefishes,

i lost both my purple tilefishes that way

rocket gobies come to mind too

[blueheaven]

fire gobies

[twilight]

I read that hawk fish also jump? Then read about Trigger Queen's harlequinn tusk also jump...

[AquaRa]

flame angel

[seahorse]

I lost 2 brazilian gamma , anthias & fire gobies..

[woonming]

CLown and Flame Hawk..

[twilight]

Gold fish?? Gold fish will jump???

[jas_soh]

sounds like many many fishes jump out of tank if they are nervous or scared

[twilight]

Also read they might jump if bullied in tank....

[weileong]

not sure if feasbile to cover the tank with egg crates???

[twilight]

Why not?

[ah^siao]

cover with glass la.. then can keep octopus also.. blue ring.. hahaa...

[twilight]

what are the pros and cons of glass?

[FuEl]

Don't fill your water to the rim and you wun face so many problems.

[DrJekyl_MrHyde]

midas benny will also jump out ......

[Dispar_Anthias]

Firefish, anthias are some species of fish which has really the tendency to jump out of the tank.

[arcanehacker]

cover with glass la.. then can keep octopus also.. blue ring.. hahaa...

octopus will crawl out of the tank too? .. was thinking of keeping one.

[lightningstrike]

IMO, most gobies and blennies.

[seamonkee]

I lost a clown and a six-line wrasse this way.

Woke up in the morning and saw something dry and orangy on the floor... Then to my horror, I realise my clown was doing a nemo escape... unsuccessfully of coz...

[blacknails]

Yah octopus are super smart and will always crawl outta the tank....

Make sure you cover cover cover!! Esp if you keeping the blue ring....

I too lost a fire goby and a hawk fish cause they jumped... But that was some time ago..

[junyong84]

i use a bbq grill to cover my tank... to prevent fishes from jumping..

looks abit ugly...but...cant help it...

fishes more precious lar..

[ryz]

Don't cover your tank with glass. This cuts of circulation and hinders the exchange of gases. CO2 would accumilate and alter your PH. Cover with eggcrate or bbq grilles etc.