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puffer9006

puffer9006

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so i woke up today and looked at my tank and found that one of my perc. clowns were missing. i found it, it jumped out. its buddy looked so sad and lonely i gave him to my lfs so he could hopefully find a new buddy. can anyone guess why this happen cuz i cant. i thought they were happy but they never went in the bta and a seabay i had for them.
 
spartanph

spartanph

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Perhaps he thought he could make it to the drain?
Sorry for your loss. I haven't had much luck with clowns. I've lost 3. 1 to a PH, 1 shouldn't have came home with the wife from the LFS and the final to brookynella.
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puffer9006

puffer9006

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well i got a new light and i hang the light from the celling now its about 6 inch away from the tank. so i have no cover over the tank.
 
dmitry

dmitry

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Sometimes fish jump. I've had it happen twice. Sometimes it's because someone or something in the tank startles them. It's an instinct reaction...and then they find themselves on the floor. Other times...who knows. One solution is some sort of cover on the tank. Either a canopy or egg-crate (to keep ventilation going.)
Sorry you lost your Clown, but why did you give away the other one? She would have adjusted eventually. Or you could have tried to pair her up again in a little bit.
 
puffer9006

puffer9006

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well i work at the lfs i gave it to so it will be thier for awhile and it now has friends. also ive been wanting to get a pair of gold stripe maroon clowns but new i couldnt keep them together. so i thought might as well do it now. if that doesnt work out im getting a bunch of perc. clowns to school.
 
dexter

dexter

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I feel your pain and am sorry for your loss.
I've had 2 fish jumping incidents also, 1. lubbock wrasse i didn't know was missing till it was waaaaaayyy too late... and the 2. was my psych. mandarin which was flopping around ont he floor at 6am. He is still alive and doing very well.

dxtr
 
puffer9006

puffer9006

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im most upset about the fact that it might have happened when i was awake feeding my sun coral and if i looked around i might have saved him.
 
alyssia

alyssia

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Originally Posted by puffer9006
im most upset about the fact that it might have happened when i was awake feeding my sun coral and if i looked around i might have saved him.

I know how you feel, I was moving some rocks around in my tank the day my clown jumped and I'm afraid I might of spooked him and that's why he jumped.
 
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oreo12

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Why would anyone chance not having egg grate over the top of there tank?
 
puffer9006

puffer9006

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what do you mean egg crates im thinking the thing that holds eggs in place when thier in the fidge and i dont see how that would work. you mean like those sqaure crates with one open end?
 
sleasia

sleasia

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puffer9006 "egg crate" refers to a piece of latticed plastic usually found as a panel for a florescent light cover found in the big orange home improvement store in the aisle where you find the flourescent ceiling light cover panels....its just a white plastic grid, that can be used for just about anything in this hobby.
 
sleasia

sleasia

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If you would like to see it there is some in my thread in the equipment section...search for "chinese fish bowl"...scroll down through the thread and you will see some cut up in a few of the pictures.
 
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oreo12

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Any lumber yard should have it lowes and manards has it usallt 2foot by 4 foot peace is $10
 
dbgator1

dbgator1

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I had a pair and 1 jumped out also. I was upset but it has been awhile now and his buddy is doing just fine he lives in my hammer head. I loved having a pair but that's the way it goes sometimes. I also have gone to the eggcrates just to be safer.
 
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