weve got a jumper....

[OKEEPER]

My 8" Oscar jumped tank on Thursday - slipped out of a 2" gap in the glass lid that I had failed to get recut after breaking it a few months back. Didn't find him until Friday morning shrivelled up on the living room floor. It was one of those "what's that" moments when I saw the lump sitting there. Didn't even clue in until I was right overtop of him.

Lesson learned - glass was recut and placed over tank by Sunday

 

[JnASabo]

That sucks.
But live and learn.

 

[guppy]

Hiya Okeeper, welcome to MFK. Bummer about the oscar. It is amazing how small a space a fish can get through.

 

[ballsmcgee1234]

that sucks, sorry for your loss...

 

[twk1]

Sorry to hear that Dude! Are you going to replace him with another Oscar ... or????

 

[elusiveguy]

They always seem to be able to get through the smallest openings.

 

[gomezladdams]

thats tough reminder to keep tanks covered,sorry dude

 

[bam-bam]

that hurts to lose a fish

 

[ArmBender]

I had a siamese algea eater.... the biggest i had ever seen... i cleaned my tank one day, i put him in a bucket with an airstone and he sucked his way up the side and onto the floor where he rolled up in the carpet and died. He was about 8 to 9 inches long.

 

[AngelicGreenTerror]

I've lost mollies and a chinese algea eater to them jumping out of the tank. I was blamed for my chinese algea eater to have land on my brother's shoe..