Clownfish jumper?

[EDJFA]

Are clownfish known to jump? I came into the office this morning, told my fish good morning, and when I was feeding them, noticed only one of my two clowns in the tank. After a thorough search of the tank to no avail, I started looking in the other obvious place - on the ground. Found him/her under my stand. I believe this was the female because she was the bigger of the two and the more dominant one.

So, now, it was a pair of tank bred ocellaris. Will the one that's left be OK if I added another one? Would it need to be the same breed? I know I've read that some of the breeds can be pretty aggressive, but I'm not sure that is true for this breed.

Suggestions? Besides going to Lowes today and getting a screen of some kind to put over the tank.

 

[AquaReeferMan]

Unfortunately, with no lid, there is always a possibility of a fish jumping. I lost my female saddleback due to her jumping out of a tank she had been in for 6 years. Its tough but I personally do not like any type of lid over my tank.

The clown will be fine if left alone in there but it will turn into a female. If you want to get another clown, make sure its either an Ocellaris or a Percula. Also make sure it is smaller than the current clown in your tank.

 

[Ron Popeil]

clowns do jump!

i built a very inexpensive, non intrusive lid myself using acrylic rods and 4 lb fishing line. i have 1" openings, but you can certainly make them smaller. i detail it on the last page of this thread:

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1921336&page=2