I'm not worried about you picking on me. My decisions are mine and they are what they are, and it's no big deal to me, so hopefully no ones offended by them, but if so that's unfortunate for them.
Does anyone not use a cover on their tank?
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I'm not worried about you picking on me. My decisions are mine and they are what they are, and it's no big deal to me, so hopefully no ones offended by them, but if so that's unfortunate for them.
mr.maroonsalty
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I disagree with that also; I read too much into it.
What is there to disagree with?
I disagree, that he disagreed, with YOU... probably referred to my post
ilikefish34
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Your decisions are yours but you freely expressed them and they received a response. Nothing here is going to ruin my day, but I do find it bothersome that you put fish that are known to be jumpers into an aquarium without a top and then follow it up later with "... and it's no big deal to me". To me this disregard epitomizes irresponsibilty in this hobby.
In my earlier comment I referred to "rimless" aquariums when I should have said "uncovered" aquariums since some, like cakeman, with rimless tanks do have them covered.
Blueline12
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Cover. Mainly because I have 4 flame wrasses.
Not only will it affect O2, it will warp/sag and be useless before your next water change!
Hmm thanks for the advice. What if it were glass?
woodnaquanut
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Less warp, easy to break, heavy. Should be tempered.
What's wrong with using the BRS 1/4 inch screen and a screen kit from either BRS or local hardware store? Doesn't interfere with light, O2 exchange or get covered with salt schmutz. Cheap and light too.
Twostepper4041
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I run my 65 with no top....
Last night my hydras went into a thunder storm around 1 or so...
This morning my Lubbock wrasse nowhere to be seen, and my cat looked pretty happy all day
Circle of life
Last night my hydras went into a thunder storm around 1 or so...
This morning my Lubbock wrasse nowhere to be seen, and my cat looked pretty happy all day
Circle of life
cakemanPA
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an expensive circle
Marshall O
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Ty1e
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I've had a green mandarin and a bicolour blenny jump out of my rimless tank, I should have see the bi colour one coming though, he stoped hang out in the rocks and started sleeping in the top corner of the tank.
The mandarin I was able to save, came down stairs in the middle of the night to get a drink if water and as always check the tank, and there he was still wet, must have just happened.
After those two carpet surfers my wife said its probly some bad crabs pinching sleeping tails in the middle of the night, so we pulled every rock out of the tank (tank was only 6months old and only two corals in it)
We found 13 hair crabs the size of a 5cent piece, two pistol shrimp and two mantis shrimp, haven't had a jumper since.
The mandarin I was able to save, came down stairs in the middle of the night to get a drink if water and as always check the tank, and there he was still wet, must have just happened.
After those two carpet surfers my wife said its probly some bad crabs pinching sleeping tails in the middle of the night, so we pulled every rock out of the tank (tank was only 6months old and only two corals in it)
We found 13 hair crabs the size of a 5cent piece, two pistol shrimp and two mantis shrimp, haven't had a jumper since.
Interesting, but that is not the only 'possible' reason for fish jumping.
IMO/E if you have fish, you need a cover!
mussel and hate
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I've never had a cover on any of my reef tanks. Over all the years I've had but one jumper, a purple pseudochromis. I don't keep wrasses basslets(any more) or any other cigar shaped fish which might explain my experience.
