how high can the average fish jump?

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I want to teporarily put my aro, gars, pbass, dats, etc in my pond soon. The pond cannot be fully covered... I know aros can jump and I learned the hard way with my tigerfish and polypterus. The wall will be about....20" high of a jump. My 12" endli cleared my one pond with like a 12" edge. Do you guys think these fish will clear the walls?
 
Im afraid it cant be done with the arowana. I had 7 inch aro jump over a rubbermaid tub that was only 2-3 inches full of water . I thought the small aro wouldnt be able to clear it. Needless to say, it was dead when somebody saw it.
 
michael;485556; said:
I want to teporarily put my aro, gars, pbass, dats, etc in my pond soon. The pond cannot be fully covered... I know aros can jump and I learned the hard way with my tigerfish and polypterus. The wall will be about....20" high of a jump. My 12" endli cleared my one pond with like a 12" edge. Do you guys think these fish will clear the walls?
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hell yea!
 
pbass and dats, not sure, never seen them jump. Aros and gars, no way - they could be straight over that wall. They can clear 20" easily.
 
Here's a picture that a Japanese customer of mine took when I was trying to sell them some real estate.. the party was going pretty good until I accidentally stumbled and knocked the Margarita blender into the pond. Needless to say the deal fell through but I did manage to sell the fish to the local sushi bar.
Anyway, it's a good example of how high they can jump (fish, I mean-- not Japanese people). You might want a higher barrier and keep all electrical appliances away from your pond.
--Steve

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Just buy a big clear painters tarp to put over it. It will be clear so the pond will still got plenty of light. Just cut out a section where the water flows in.
 
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