My clown did the weirdes thing!!

[mrangel]

This morning we couldn't find one of our true percula clowns. We looked everywhere in the tank. When we looked in back of the tank where the filter and pump are, she was there swimming around.
How could this happen? Don't understand how she could have jumped. Is this common?
Please advice,
Marguerite

 

[newreefers]

Percs have been known to jump from time to time. You got lucky she jumped into the filter!!

 

[azonic]

A lot of smaller fish like clowns and some gobies are known to be jumpers. You should cover the back of the tank where he/she jumped out because next time you may not be as lucky.

 

[melissa v.]

oh yeah! they can jump, i can speak from experience, the cat had an expensive treat.
melissa v.

 

[clownfish_and_bettas]

That happened to me once.... I wasn't so lucky

 

[vibe]

my friend had a suicide jumper one time. got stuck to the wall, and we didnt realize it was there until it started to smell .

 

[overanalyzer]

Clowns love to jump - not sure why - but I've had several over hte years and my latest pair seem to be pretty stable but the male jumps up when I feed them. I'm using some black felt to cover the open areas across the back of the tank. Heavy and is easy to cut to mold around the few open spaces I have!