Does anyone not use a cover on their tank?
- Thread starter Maximus
- Start date
I don't use covers on my canopied tanks. I made sure when I built my canopies they were too tall to jump out of. I do use covers on the eel tanks. And on the rimless I made a mesh cover that I have on when I'm not home and at night. I've noticed most fish jump when the lights are off. Haven't lost a critter yet (except suicidal snails)!
supra400hptt
Member
No cover. All three of my firefish jumped so I did not buy anymore. No problems with any of the other fish. Any cover would spoil my rimless in my opinion.
I always had a built in tank, so any fish that tried to jump would just bounce of the wall and fall back into the tank. Since moving to a tank that sits against a wall, I absolutely would not run it without a screen top. OK, if I had a rimless I might not, but I don't really like that look, and on my rimmed tank the screen top is not obtrusive at all. I just don't want to lose fish for silly reasons.
E-A-G-L-E-S
New member
No cover in 6+ years. I don't buy wrasse or other known jumpers. I feel I get more O2 exchange, the tank stays cooler and I like the look.
bobkill
reefer
Can we get a pic and details? I have a 200g rimless and have had jumpers
cakemanPA
New member
Check on my posts. I posted pictures of the way I use the top on my Cadlights 50g cube.
cakemanPA
New member
How will a mesh cover affect O2 or temperature ?
I can't believe that many people would agree with this!
I have heard my screens 'bounce' from a fish jumping, when no one is even in that room, and it can happen at any time!
ilikefish34
New member
I love the look of the rimless tanks but would never have one because of jumper and after working in a lfs, I can vouch that just about any fish can jump. We've found every kind from dwarf angels, large angels, triggers, puffers, lion fish, damsels, tangs, and dragonets plus the usuals. Of course at home, we can minimize the reasons that they jump such as stress from aggressive tank mates and water quality much more efficiently that the mom & pop pet store that really didn't have any idea what they were doing. But again we can minimize it, not completely eliminate it. I've even had Hawkfish jump and die with a canopy because it landed on the center brace so I will forever have a mesh top.
The canopy can affect the temperature but the mesh top would have a zero negative affect. And I feel that the overflow into the sump, the surface agitation of the power heads and the skimmer (all of which I would have regardless of rimless or not), will handle any O2 exchange issue.
I hate to pick on Ssteve and Supra400hptt, but those were predictable jumpers and gets to heart of the debate of reef keeping vs responsible reef keeping when the aesthetics of the aquarium out way how we care for the inhabitants.
The canopy can affect the temperature but the mesh top would have a zero negative affect. And I feel that the overflow into the sump, the surface agitation of the power heads and the skimmer (all of which I would have regardless of rimless or not), will handle any O2 exchange issue.
I hate to pick on Ssteve and Supra400hptt, but those were predictable jumpers and gets to heart of the debate of reef keeping vs responsible reef keeping when the aesthetics of the aquarium out way how we care for the inhabitants.
mr.maroonsalty
New member
Come on Brother, night frights are a big reason fish jump, and reason many give fish a night light especially during conditioning to captive life. Yes, I hear jumping all throughout the day too, just don't dismiss night jumping.
Bro,
Who dismissed night jumping?
The man stated the following...
THAT is what I disagreed with!...
as for 'night frights', I would guess that if there is such a thing, it would be caused by activity outside the tank, and I, personally, see little value in night lights preventing jumping.
