Sleeper goby takes a header

[big tuna]

I was wondering if anybody else had a problem with their sleepers jumping out of the tank. wife just called and said mine took a header sometime this morning, only had him 5 days him seemed settled.

 

[keytoor]

I've had three gobies jump out of my tanks. Only one of the jumpers survived.
You wouldn't think they were much of a jumping species, would you? Guess you can't judge 'em by their looks.

 

[ryzzik]

I came home one day and found both my sleeper goby and green bird wrasse on the floor. The way i figure the bird chased the sleeper right outta the tank. So ya it does happen. LOL

 

[miner]

Ya, I had a Flounder on the floor, last week. I never thought he would do that. He seemed lazy, and would sleep all the time. I guess he just got bored, and screwed up. Big Time.

 

[flydan]

Hey,
I was at an lfs and they had two diamond gobbies in an open lagoon type tank. I was watching the tank for a few minutes when they suddenly started chasing each other all over the tank. Looked like little white blurs flying around. All of a sudden one of them shoots out of the tank and hits the tile floor with a splat. Since I was the only one in the swf area I scooped it up and dropped it back in the tank. Poor little guy scooted under some lr but looked okay.
Just thought I'd share that story....
Dan'l

 

[kevin01]

Diamond Goby popped out of mine. I lost him for about two weeks. I looked and looked, thought maybe the clean-up crew cleaned up. Later I was behind my sump re-running wires and what do I find? Crispy. He would have been cool to keep if he hadn't rolled up in everything foul behind the tank. On a side note, I was watching the tank under red a few nights ago and my new sleeper is quite active at night. Top to bottom and back again. I wonder if maybe the Diamond jumped out at night.