I found this guy on the floor...

[polomax24]

Here was him in my planted tank.
http://home.socal.rr.com/caltech/altifrons.JPG

Here is him in a ziploc bag. :(
http://home.socal.rr.com/caltech/geodied.JPG

[Pangong_ilong]

Sorry for your loss.

[DanDanUK]

Bummer man !!

I lost some of my fish the other week due to a faulty heater i feel your pain mate !

[Pangong_ilong]

That happened to me once. I have a canopy and my sro still found a =gap and jumped out.

[DiXoN]

thats a nightmare it was a nice one

[Fish_are_fishfood]

Sorry for your loss man, I have lost a couple fish by having them jump out.

[guppy]

Damn.

[redtailfool]

So sorry to hear.

[BigPleco]

sorry for the loss

[fishnutham]

:( that sucks sorry for your loss.

[gman]

sucks man he was a beauty

[Eric L]

Thats an awsome fish man, I would hate to loss him, what is he anyways?

[FlammingWoodChuck]

Oh man that sux. Im srry, That was great looking fish. How big was he???

[Siemens2]

Beautiful geo. is it surinamese? (sp)
Jason

[polomax24]

Thanks for all the support. He is a Geophagus sp. "Rio Aeroes". He was about 7 to 8" TL.

[Opiate]

damn man that sux :( my mates breeding pair of convicts jumped out the other night and he lost the female :(

[wilycro]

It seems like we have all had a fish jump out of the tank at one time or another, but does any one here know why fish jump? Any hypotheses?

I don't mean to take over your thread, nor am I looking for personal stories, I was just thinking maybe we could all learn something.

[ole]

super to sorry to hear about the loss.. i love that guy

[werdna]

i hate when fish jump out

[rook45]

that sucks buy another one

[Daniel Machado]

Sorry to hear that pal. That's why I decided to put lids in all my tanks, since I lost a baby arowana a loooong time ago... :(

Best regards.

Daniel.

[ninjaho]

so sorry for your loss. he was a nice fish.