View Full Version : so how do fish find the 1 in opening in the tank?
DeLgAdO
07-09-2006, 7:03 PM
this has been on my mind after hearing how meilings aro jumped out through the small opening. and that triggered memorys of how other fish keepers have lost there fish through the tiny opening in the tank.
how how can a fish tell where the opening is in the tank is even if its that tiny.
there must be some kind of explination for this.
Slight temp difference?:confused:
Light difference... no idea
Honda12
07-09-2006, 7:24 PM
No idea either, but my fish have a nack for doing it aswell. Fourtunatly I usually find them in time. I'm sure they can see them though, I mean how do they spot food on the surface and stuff, or like when bugs land in the water. I know they can feel the vibrations of it but they must have good eyesight to find where the things are.
if only fish could speak.
god knows how they do it but we cant ask him either.
LOL
dixon
ShadowVengance
07-09-2006, 8:00 PM
Arowana would be fairly good at it, because they like to jump, and also because they often hunt for stuff above the surface of the water, like jumping for insects, small birds, w/e.
I assume they see the hole and go for it.
Thats my guess.
rallysman
07-09-2006, 8:03 PM
I think that if an arowana wants a hole, it will make one:)
I've seen the power of a jump first hand. It is very very amazing.
um they can see the hole just like they can see you through the glass just like they can see anything else
Sincerley,
Captain obvious
i had a 4" silver aro that jumped out of an opening less than a centimeter wide fell 2 feet to the floor and sprung itself back up and right into the tank water through the same opening CLEAN!, it was amazing and nobody ever believes it when i tell them, went on a trip for a weekend and it jumped and landed on the couch and dried up as the couch is too soft for it to spring itself back up
jthill
07-09-2006, 11:06 PM
maybe some window screen over a small opening would be the ticket, i never have problems with my tanks.
shekes
07-10-2006, 12:33 AM
i had a 4" silver aro that jumped out of an opening less than a centimeter wide fell 2 feet to the floor and sprung itself back up and right into the tank water through the same opening CLEAN!, it was amazing and nobody ever believes it when i tell them, went on a trip for a weekend and it jumped and landed on the couch and dried up as the couch is too soft for it to spring itself back up
My foot-long MORULIUS CHRYSOPHEKADION once jumped from an over-crowded tank into one that had more space for him to swim. First he twice jumped straight up about a foot high and then he changed the tank. They were all clean jumps, never touched glass.
He also jumps once out of every new tank I put him in and when I put him back, never tries it again.
So I believe you. However, I doubt that your aro sprung itself back because it was aiming.
I would say it was just lucky. Of course there is no way we can be sure.
Good question that i've always wondered. I've had snakeheads that have jumped out. Maybe they just keep trying and trying and trying until they find the right spot. I mean i hear my snakeheads jumping sometimes trying to look for a hole to escape.
um they can see the hole just like they can see you through the glass just like they can see anything else
Sincerley,
Captain obvious
Have you ever looked through the water next to a filter, where the spaces usually are located? CAn't see a whole lot.
Just like an inmate in prison, these little fishies have nothing but time! They will find anyway out they can!
Tanyoberu
07-10-2006, 9:04 AM
I've always guessed that it was a difference in the light. There is a video in fact of fish jumping like crazy because of a light shining in the dark... here's the link.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGCKvNSnFhg&search=fishing
Now that's a way to catch fish!
BRIM33
07-10-2006, 9:42 AM
Yeah, I had my eel jump out about 2ft away from my tank. I was away for about 4hrs, so i don't know why and how he got out and that far. Glad my dog didn't get him. But I guess depending on the fish and situation, it varies why and how.
Bichirs man
07-10-2006, 4:30 PM
There is an opening where the heater sticks out, so I want to duck tape it, and then make a small hole in the tape, and poke the heater through it. The hole will be alittle smaller than the heater knob, so the knob will stretch the hole big enough just for it to fit. for now though, I just have some plastic fish bags covering it with scotch tape and a food can with toy blcoks weighing it down. I know it's cheap, but It'll do for now.
pacu girl
07-10-2006, 9:56 PM
somehow they still find a way to get out......my bf and i went away for 2 days for our anniversary and came back to our silver aro stiff as a board behind a totally different tank than the one he was in.:( we still to this day cant figure out where the hell he jumped outta the tank to end up where he did.:confused:
Bassman89
07-11-2006, 1:41 AM
i have no clue how in the hell they find the little hole in the tank by the filters...it really pisses me off though
Pink-Floyd
07-21-2006, 10:01 AM
Any one know what kind of fish were in that video?
cichlid savage
07-21-2006, 12:34 PM
I wish i knew! I lost a nice wolf fish and a JD from jumping onto the floor:swear: :swear: :swear: :swear:
well i know snakes actually tests for openings by searching for them and butting there heads and stuff, but fish kinda tend to jump now and again anyway, i mean everyones heard a splash from the tank right? but when it is to get out of holes it always tends to be fish that jump and eels /ropefish, and i imagine its because they can see. i know crabs and ropefish and eels just look for a way out testing and looking
smmfish
07-21-2006, 2:35 PM
I had a Violet Goby that jumped out of the little hole by the filter intake tube, I was right there when he did it, so I gently picked him up and put him back in the tank, and two days later he died from his injuries.:(
Have you ever looked through the water next to a filter, where the spaces usually are located? CAn't see a whole lot.
hey buddy jump in the tank and tell me if u can see a hole, i believe its a tad different from the inside looking out
Bassman89
07-22-2006, 1:48 AM
hey buddy jump in the tank and tell me if u can see a hole, i believe its a tad different from the inside looking out
itd be like us having a hole in the ceiling of our houses...
itd be like us having a hole in the ceiling of our houses...
Exactly! :clap
anyway bassman my point was to tell this guy the fish can see openings in the tank, just like if we had a holl in our ceiling, with there eyes they can see under water the same way we see out here
Bassman89
07-23-2006, 2:14 AM
Exactly! :clap
anyway bassman my point was to tell this guy the fish can see openings in the tank, just like if we had a holl in our ceiling, with there eyes they can see under water the same way we see out here
i was further elaborating on your point lol
i was further elaborating on urs lol
cichlidfreak
07-23-2006, 6:08 PM
fish can see things above the water very well, ive seen a sunfish jump a foot out of the water to catch a mayfly at night with very little light and the water was rippled from wind.
Lockness' Oscar
07-23-2006, 6:23 PM
itd be like us having a hole in the ceiling of our houses...
I would think it would be differant since our ceilings don't have surface tension for us to look though.
Bassman89
07-24-2006, 1:56 AM
I would think it would be differant since our ceilings don't have surface tension for us to look though.
it has the same basic principles though