Flagtail scare....if you have one please read

[the big kahuna]

I usually reasearch everything there is to know about a species prior to buying but never read this. Woke up this morning walked to the 180 did an inventory check fish leaks etc, all good. Walked to the 55gallon and as soon as I hit the lights I hear a fish flapping behind the tank. My 6" flagtail had jumped out! I grabbed the net scooped him up and put him back in, added some stress coat and he appears to be fine. I had no idea these fish were jumpers. Tank is already covered but I guess I have to cover every little space. Just putting this out there to all flagtail owners

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[Joao M]

All fish are potential jumpers (some more than other, of course).
But thanks for the heads up

 

[festaedan]

When I was moving my flagtail (7.5") I had him in a 5 gallon bucket with about a gallon of water. I didnt think he could jump too high with such little water but the little guy leaped out onto the floor while I was getting a net to move him.

 

[xraycer]

Flagtails are built stream line like a torpedo for lots of speed and designed for river life. So, it should not come as a surprise that these fish are jumpers.Like Joao says, every "natural" fish has potential to jump otherwise they wouldn't have survived nature's predators and exist today. I lost a juvie H. bocourti a few weeks ago, when it jumped out through a small gap between the glass cover and the hob return flow. Now, these guys are not really known as jumpers, and it was in a tank by itself, so nothing was even chasing it. Lesson learned......cover your tank tightly.