my senegalus jump of the tank

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Sorry for the loss.
 
This is a good argument for a drilled tank vs. the over the side filters! Sigh wish they could design better lids. I lost an arrowana (just a baby but still) because of the damn opening for the filter. found his lil body about 5 feet from the tank.
 
Any of us that have kept bichirs for any length of time have at one time or another had this happen! It's a real bummer! They are indeed the world's best escape artists. They seem to really try to escape when first arriving or when moved from one tank to another. I was lucky enough to find one that had been out for probably 6-8 hours, but put him back in the tank and swished him around, trying to get a water flow over his gills artificially. Surprisingly it worked. Since then I always put them back in the water even when they seem dry to the touch! Sorry for your loss!
 
Hapdude said:
Any of us that have kept bichirs for any length of time have at one time or another had this happen! It's a real bummer! They are indeed the world's best escape artists. They seem to really try to escape when first arriving or when moved from one tank to another. I was lucky enough to find one that had been out for probably 6-8 hours, but put him back in the tank and swished him around, trying to get a water flow over his gills artificially. Surprisingly it worked. Since then I always put them back in the water even when they seem dry to the touch! Sorry for your loss!
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tried putting him pack in the tank, didn't seem to work, but i didn't swish him around like you did, is it possible i bury him alive :eek:
 
i had an albino which i kept in my tank with no lid at all.
he never jumped out o_O.
however, i took off the bottom part of the filter, and he swam up the tube and died.
T_T
 
I am sorry to hear about your loss. The other day I sold my Aro and upon moving it I must have stressed my bichir and it too jumped out! I cought it in time though but that is the first time I have ever had a fish jump out of the tank! I have had my Arowanna leap out and back in but never on the floor though!~ It was pretty scary.
 
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