View Full Version : weve got a jumper....
OKEEPER
11-21-2005, 10:08 PM
My 8" Oscar jumped tank on Thursday - slipped out of a 2" gap in the glass lid that I had failed to get recut after breaking it a few months back. Didn't find him until Friday morning shrivelled up on the living room floor. It was one of those "what's that" moments when I saw the lump sitting there. Didn't even clue in until I was right overtop of him.
Lesson learned - glass was recut and placed over tank by Sunday
JnASabo
11-22-2005, 9:08 AM
That sucks.
But live and learn.
guppy
11-22-2005, 11:44 AM
Hiya Okeeper, welcome to MFK. Bummer about the oscar. It is amazing how small a space a fish can get through.
ballsmcgee1234
11-22-2005, 8:26 PM
that sucks, sorry for your loss...
Sorry to hear that Dude! Are you going to replace him with another Oscar ... or????
elusiveguy
11-28-2005, 3:42 PM
They always seem to be able to get through the smallest openings.
gomezladdams
11-28-2005, 3:53 PM
thats tough reminder to keep tanks covered,sorry dude
bam-bam
12-05-2005, 8:53 PM
that hurts to lose a fish
ArmBender
12-08-2005, 10:33 PM
I had a siamese algea eater.... the biggest i had ever seen... i cleaned my tank one day, i put him in a bucket with an airstone and he sucked his way up the side and onto the floor where he rolled up in the carpet and died. He was about 8 to 9 inches long.
AngelicGreenTerror
12-09-2005, 3:04 AM
I've lost mollies and a chinese algea eater to them jumping out of the tank. I was blamed for my chinese algea eater to have land on my brother's shoe..
ChickenTeeth
12-09-2005, 3:31 AM
Lost lots same way, cept i don't learn!!!
shmeva_riles_7
12-12-2005, 4:26 PM
that sucks 8'' that is a BIG LOSS! how long have u had him
posteo
12-12-2005, 4:49 PM
sorry man, i had a 13" oscar that jumped to its death about a year ago to and it sucks
tnnsman7
12-13-2005, 7:08 AM
My wife got me a tigrinis cat for our anniversary one year. I found it on the fish room floor dead one morning, it jumped out of a 1" gap. That one really hurt!
sprtslvr785
01-09-2006, 1:05 PM
I was sitting at my computer about two days ago and all of a sudden I heard this big splash then a thumb and one of my piranhas jumped out of the back of the tank (it was covered but he knocked the top off!) Luckily I was sitting here so I could throw him back in the tank. Now he has a gash above his eye, but he will heal by next week.
Glad you were there, you might look into some latches, they look like hinges and are only a coulpe bucks at the hardware store, they glue right on to the tank. I had to do that with eels because they would brace against the tank bottom and push the lid up.
pacu girl
01-09-2006, 6:14 PM
i had a 15 in silver arowana and my boyfriend and i went away for 2 days to celebrate our anniversary when we came back "stretch" was dried up on the carpet stiff as a board he managed to get through a very small opening where teh intake outtake tubes were for our canister filter. we still dont knoe how he managed to escape. but his mom did us a favor and fed them one day for us so i wonder if he escaped then
fw180galma
02-06-2006, 10:22 PM
My 16x14 Pacu jumped last week, found him almost on the other side of the garage.
te9500rpm
02-07-2006, 6:48 AM
why do they jump? dont they like their surroundings? or the water? or what? do flowerhorns jump too?
Dragon
02-07-2006, 7:30 AM
My 8" Oscar jumped tank on Thursday - slipped out of a 2" gap in the glass lid that I had failed to get recut after breaking it a few months back. Didn't find him until Friday morning shrivelled up on the living room floor. It was one of those "what's that" moments when I saw the lump sitting there. Didn't even clue in until I was right overtop of him.
Lesson learned - glass was recut and placed over tank by Sunday
I had an oscar once that would jump out of the tank everytime I opened it in anticipation of being fed. Even if I wasn't feeding them at the time. I quickly learned to throw a quick pinch of food in there first, he would inevitably hit the top, but then start eating, then I could open the top and put the rest of the food in there.
Sorry for your loss. :(
winstew
02-07-2006, 10:59 AM
I had the same thing happen to my 8 incher... luckily i was sitting in the room when he smashed through the lid and out. Thinking to get rid of him now.......... but not cuz of that
Had an 7" arowana jump out a hole less than 1 inch. Broke my heart. Sorry for your loss.
silveraro
02-07-2006, 11:14 AM
Live and learn.
Sorry about your loss.
I guess i'll share my fish jumping story too.
My Aro jumped out of a 1'' gap behind my tank.
I never would have found him, but my cat "let me know".
I rescued him just in time. My cat saved my Aro and I still have him.
The End.
I had RTBS jump out. CRISPY...
And a coelacanth jump out of my15 high....
thats tough reminder to keep tanks covered,sorry dude:iagree: It's not cool to lose a fish that way
xice99
02-27-2006, 1:32 PM
My 8" Oscar jumped tank on Thursday - slipped out of a 2" gap in the glass lid that I had failed to get recut after breaking it a few months back. Didn't find him until Friday morning shrivelled up on the living room floor. It was one of those "what's that" moments when I saw the lump sitting there. Didn't even clue in until I was right overtop of him.
Lesson learned - glass was recut and placed over tank by Sunday
my more than 24" silver aro jump from our pond with 1foot clearance. Saw the aro looking all beaten up with almost all of its scales off in our garden. my pond is 1000g but only 1 1/2 feet deep 2/3 of its area.
he was such a good guy never tried jumping off from his former 75g habitat.
lessons learned. make the clearance 2 1/2 feet next time.
Getmuddy350
02-27-2006, 10:56 PM
A while back I had a 3" RTBS dissapear....About a month later I went to clean the HOB filter and there he was fatter than ever. I took him out and returned him to the tank, a week later...In the HOB....We battled for about three months with it going in and out of the HOB....I bought a canister.
FreeWillie
04-04-2007, 8:38 AM
I have lost a least 4 Common Plecos over the years by jumping out of the back of the tanks. If they get chased by other fish, they will go straight up and out. How does one cover the back of the tank if you are using HOB filters??? And even the small plecos will get out of the small openings. I even had a Iradecent Shark jump out while I was feeding and I was able to catch it before hitting the floor.
i_love_fish
04-20-2007, 6:57 PM
i found my tank missing a oscar and i found him under my stand :confused: theres no openings in the lid :confused: except the timy little hole for the heater!
sxcsamman
04-21-2007, 1:01 AM
i no wat u mean it sucks just the other day my oscar jumped i had lids on but i had really thin and crap lids and he managed to brake the lid :O but lucky i was in the next room and heard him and saved him :) but he is major cut up