wow, it was close! around 8:05am my wife and oldest daughter went down stair to find my jardini tank's front glass tops (34.5" x 6") being misplaced. one was landing on behind the light fixture, still hanging on to the tank top, but the other one smashed into pieces on the floor! they were really scare and then calling me, but i was getting coffee at the office and getting into morning chats with colleagues so i missed the first call. so my wife went ahead and cleaned up the mess while getting my girl ready for school.
then right around 8:35am i got another call from my wife saying the jardini just jumped out and landed on the floor. she was freaking out obviously. i told her to calm down and instructed her to get the fish back into the tank. she managed and got that done right before she had to put our girl on the bus. the jar was breathing hard for a couple of minutes, but fine after that she said. i came home around 5pm to find that he got really bad bruises/scratches on his face and upper back and about 4-5 missing scales. i found one scale that was still in the tank, its size is slightly larger than the quarter coin.
i went straight to lowe's to buy things to strap down the glass tops right after making sure that he was going to be OK. it was his first jump - he's 2 years old now, and it was almost fatal. wow! he's fine now and i know he will get through the healing process quickly. the problem is we're going to be out of town starting tomorrow for 4 days. my dad will come over to feed him and my flowerhorn, but he's not going to stay over just to monitor him for me! fingers cross.
sorry for a long thread starter. just want to share that jardinis would jump too.
then right around 8:35am i got another call from my wife saying the jardini just jumped out and landed on the floor. she was freaking out obviously. i told her to calm down and instructed her to get the fish back into the tank. she managed and got that done right before she had to put our girl on the bus. the jar was breathing hard for a couple of minutes, but fine after that she said. i came home around 5pm to find that he got really bad bruises/scratches on his face and upper back and about 4-5 missing scales. i found one scale that was still in the tank, its size is slightly larger than the quarter coin.
i went straight to lowe's to buy things to strap down the glass tops right after making sure that he was going to be OK. it was his first jump - he's 2 years old now, and it was almost fatal. wow! he's fine now and i know he will get through the healing process quickly. the problem is we're going to be out of town starting tomorrow for 4 days. my dad will come over to feed him and my flowerhorn, but he's not going to stay over just to monitor him for me! fingers cross.
sorry for a long thread starter. just want to share that jardinis would jump too.
