What fish have you had jump?

[SoloChromis]

Right now I'm considering the concept of a rimless tank, as I've always loved their simplistic look, but am weighing the risk vs reward. I'm just curious to see what fish you have personally kept that took up carpet surfing as a short lived past time. I know that jawfish, many of the wrasses, dartfish etc. are all notoriously suicidal, but would it be worth going rimless if I'm keeping fish like a blueline angel, regal angel, percula pair etc. I understand fully that ALL fish possess the ability to jump Personally, I've had a lubbock's fairy wrasse jump, as well a spotbreast angel (she was in quarantine at the time though, and I believe the stress of being in such a confined space partially caused her to leap). Thanks guys :beer:

 

[Deinonych]

My wrasses and firefish have tried to jump on numerous occasions when they get too excited. Fortunately I have a screen with 0.25" netting covering the entire tank.

 

[gone fishin]

Lost a wrasse a few months ago while doing maintenance. The cat enjoyed his misfortune.

 

[snorvich]

I have had a lot of fish try to jump.

 

[sublime9182]

Mccoskers wrasse after a bad thunder storm and a baby snowflake eel 3 times before I gave up and took him back.

 

[rbunk13]

Clown fish & engineer gobies

 

[Goby go]

My male blue through the trigger and my blue star leapord wrasse both jumped in less than a week now I have full .25 netting over my tank.

 

[ThRoewer]

Almost every fish is capable to jump and will do so under the right conditions.
Though that wouldn't even my main reason to decide against a rimless tank - the biggest issue is that you can't set the flow as you may need for fish or corals because if so you may blow the water over the top edge.

I will add slim rims to my current two rimless tanks to end the darn splashing. I'm just sick and tired of wiping the outside of the tanks every other hour.

IMO rimless tanks are only good for freshwater and even then only if you want to let plants grow out of the tank.

 

[bullitr]

Almost every fish is capable to jump and will do so under the right conditions.
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+1
I had so many fish that I kept that can rival a fish store and every single species are capable of jumping. Wrasse are notorious because they get frighten easily. Rimless are nice but you still need a net.

 

[johnike]

My Golden Midas Blenny found his way through my eurobracing last week.

 

[Pdfcrazy]

Longnose hawkfish and bicolor blenny a week apart

 

[Sapelo]

Scribbled Rabbitfish
Use a net, it's not worth the risk

 

[ca1ore]

I have had a lot of fish try to jump.

hah, yes +1! Some try really hard too .... I hear fish hitting my screen all the time. Before screen Flasher wrasse and anthias were my carpet champs. Even after I've had two resplendent anthias beach themselves. One expired on the top of my overflow cover; the other was laying on top of my screen - no idea how.

 

[extoker]

Other - Firefish.

 

[jmm]

When I had my rimless built (48x24x24), I had the overflow set so I would have 4 and a half inches from the water to the top. It helps on splashing from powerheads and splashing from magnet cleaning, but I don't yet trust it for jumping fish. I lost a potential 20 gallons capacity when I did this but it still looks great, cleans easily and I have a 60 gallon sump to make up for it.

I'm still going to use a screen. I've had too many jumpers in the past.

 

[ViktorVaughn]

I have a rimless tank with a screen to prevent jumping as most of my fish are definitely capable. The screen top definitely isn't invisible but it also doesn't distract at all. In the past I've had a firefish and a mandarin jump to their demise on me.

 

[ThRoewer]

My most notorious jumpers were sixlines during spawning.
Wrasses in general are jumpers, just by how and how fast they swim.
Dart and Firefish are also quite jumpy.
Some of the most notorious jumpers are jawfish - never keep those without a net or cover.

Fish like tangs, angels or butterflies are rather rare to jump unless they are in serious distress.
The fish I can't really see jumping are puffers - if they feel threatened they rather turn themselves into a "balloon"

Usually you can pretty much tell just from looks and swimming pattern if a fish is a jumper. A torpedo shape or fast swimming pattern is often a good hint. Also to consider is the fleeing pattern - some fish flee up and some down. In a tank "up" will almost always end on the carpet.

Clownfish with an anemone are rather unlikely to jump while clowns without anemone are quite likely to jump - another good reason to give your clowns an anemone (or at least a ceramic flowerpot which is a decent replacement).

 

[Quiverfull]

What covering other than glass blocks the least amount of light and where do you get it?

 

[Johnseye]

Melanurus wrasses many times and a Mccosker wrasse once

 

[Genera]

I've had Engineer Gobies, triggers, foxface/rabbits, tangs, angels, blennies, damsels, chromis, dottybacks, butterflies, clowns, cardinals, filefish, anthias, hawks, puffers, and lions (and etc) in open top tanks, with no attempts or successes of escape. However I have had sand sifting gobies, other gobies, wrasses, eels, mandarins, and dartfish jump. Every fish can jump though, just some are more likely than others.