jahouli
Fish Fanatic
Don't know if my fish had hatched a slightly narrow sighted plan of escape but within the space of a week I've had three fish jump out of my tank.
First my bluecheek goby jumped into the filter compartments in the middle of the day - I found him two days later alive and well.
Next my Jawfish (Jabba) jumped right out in the middle of the night (he did alot of jumping when we first got him a year ago - but that settled when his burrow was constructed - actually he was in the middle of renovating his burrow - so this may be the reason). Luckily my tank is in the bedroom so the shower of water I got sprayed in woke me up, and he got rescued immediately. He's completely unscathed.
Thirdly - the one I'm most shocked and upset about is my Mandarin fish (li-mu-bi). He was always quite shy so it was quite normal to see him only once every few days. After not seeing him for a couple of days, I started to suspect my green brittlestar had eaten him. I searched for him everywhere but couldn't find him. A couple of days later my boyfriend announced he'd found him, and showed me this dried up little fish in the palm of his hand. Poor thing! I just found it so bizarre though - since when do Mandarin fish jump? I've seen him feed from the surface before but never jump.
I've had the tank a year, and nothing like this has happened before. What's going on?
First my bluecheek goby jumped into the filter compartments in the middle of the day - I found him two days later alive and well.
Next my Jawfish (Jabba) jumped right out in the middle of the night (he did alot of jumping when we first got him a year ago - but that settled when his burrow was constructed - actually he was in the middle of renovating his burrow - so this may be the reason). Luckily my tank is in the bedroom so the shower of water I got sprayed in woke me up, and he got rescued immediately. He's completely unscathed.
Thirdly - the one I'm most shocked and upset about is my Mandarin fish (li-mu-bi). He was always quite shy so it was quite normal to see him only once every few days. After not seeing him for a couple of days, I started to suspect my green brittlestar had eaten him. I searched for him everywhere but couldn't find him. A couple of days later my boyfriend announced he'd found him, and showed me this dried up little fish in the palm of his hand. Poor thing! I just found it so bizarre though - since when do Mandarin fish jump? I've seen him feed from the surface before but never jump.
I've had the tank a year, and nothing like this has happened before. What's going on?