Butterflyfish flew away

[xDestro]

Came home and noticed my african butterflyfish was nowhere to be found until I looked down and say him all dried up definitely a crappy loss cuz iv had him a while and he ate flake food, so would u guys recommend any other replacement? Any other fish that stay towards the top, can't be to big but definitely not small, tank mates are 2 firemouths. Sengal bichir, zig zag eel, and a few synodontis

 

[krichardson]

How about another butterflyfish....after you've made sure that it can't easily jump out.

 

[xDestro]

Thought about it but was thinking something different, plus I don't wanna buy crickets to feed them because thats what my LFS feeds theirs, my tank is sealed the only way he could of jumped out was wen I was feeding and I didn't notice

 

[magpie]

Bummer - I love my butterflies. They are pretty aggressive feeders though, and will go crazy at feeding time. I could see how it could happen - too bad you didn't notice in time. Mine eat prepared foods easily - pellets and flakes.

My other suggestion for top dwelling fish would be hatchetfish. They like buddies though, so you'd want to get a group of them. They can also jump, so you'll need to be careful, but maybe less likely than a butterfly, as long as they feel secure. They (and the butterflies) like floating plants, too.

 

[xDestro]

I thought about hatchets, been wanting to keep them for a whIle but I feel as though my bichir would eventually get to them, he's already eaten clown loaches and attempted to eat a banjo cat

 

[xDestro]

Maybe a rocket gar or 2? But would they bother my eel that's about 3 and a half inches? And wat would they eat

 

[Deadliestviper7]

Larger halfbeaks or maybe studfish?

 

[xDestro]

LFS doesn't sell those so they'd be either harder to find or more expensive to obtain

 

[viejafish]

How about red tail chalseus. They swim on the top only, but it's a good jumper too. You can keep one, or a group, never two as they can be aggressive towards its own kind. It's a beautiful fish but can reach 10 inch.

 

[xDestro]

Love the chalceus idea! I picked up a rocket gar and some type of top water gar looking kili fish I can't remember the name of, I'm gonna see how that goes. The gar isn't all that appealing to me now that I have it due to it being small and plain but the killi is cool