How can you prevent Arowana injury from jumping in tank?

[Johnywestn]

How can you keep an Arowana from hurting itself when it jumps in a tank? Mine recently hurt itself and I had to do surgery on it. But I don't want this to happen again. So does anyone have suggestions to how I can prevent or protect it from injuring itself again?

 

[Koji]

Use glass or thick acrlyic as cover. Those light diffuser looking stuffs as cover is like razor waiting to cut your fish up.

 

[popcorn1]

glue some kind of sponge or cushion on the cover? or get those white plastic fence looking things to cover your tank and glue a cushion on it.

 

[Johnywestn]

Thanks I'm going to see what I can do.

 

[Wolf3101]

egg crate as a berrier with a lot of long floating plastic plants. That's worked out very well for us.

 

[PoopSmart]

I just use a lot of stuff around the top like floating plants, hanging driftwood, etc.


It seems that well mine at least didn't want to jump unless he kmew he was in a big rectangular box.

 

[OnTarget45]

this was my solution http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/fo...arget45&page=2
rubber coated wire shelving

 

[Johnywestn]

Thanks for the suggestions, but that link doesn't work. I'd love to see what you did.

 

[Justin94565]

Keep the water level as high as you can so it doesnt have a lot of power in its upward thrust.

 

[ermgravy]

running tank with lights on 24hrs a day will reduce a arowanas tendency to jump, as will keeping it well feed, giving it plenty of room and tank mates that dont harass it....