what fish WONT jump!

[bawla47]

i planning on doing a 30g cube tank, completely open top.

wanted to ask, what fish would you add to this tank? are all fish prone to jump? any guys sucessful with open tops?


am i better off just buying the cheapest fish? chromis etc?


anyhow thanks in advance

 

[bubbaOPPD]

Dead ones...all fish can jump some are more prone to it then others(fairy wrasses, gobies) but your taking a risk with any fish. Nearly every fish I have I have seen jump but since I have glass tops I haven't lost one yet...knock on wood.

 

[drummereef]

I would take the approach that all fishes can and might jump. Some add eggcrate while others have hoods that protect from carpet surfers.

 

[ClamIAm]

Seahorses

 

[Sk8r]

I think jumping, with a few exceptions [scissortails], is much more a result of the combination of fish rather than the proclivities of most fish. Many fish jump as an escape tactic when caught near the surface by a threat they fear. If you have a mix of threats and threat-ees you are much more likely to have jumpers.

Also you can heighten the rim of your tank with a false rim, about the 9" useful with mh lights, and that will be as effective as any top. Very few tank fish can clear 9" at a leap.

 

[RichConley]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8611498#post8611498 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ClamIAm
Seahorses

I've seen them jump.... or atleast found them on the ground.

Maybe hawks and other swim bladderless fish?

 

[jmaneyapanda]

Really???!!! I have never seen a seahorse move anywhere near the speed to be able to jump. I doubt they could.

 

[snorvich]

I think that seahorses are incapable of jumping. I have seen them in the wild and in the aquarium. Their finning capability is minimum compared to their mass.

 

[JamesJR]

Well, until today I would have said tangs but talking to a fellow fishkeeper at a store today I found out that yellow tangs can jump out of tanks. I'd have to agree with Bubba. Dead fish are the only fish that won't jump out of tank.

 

[Project Reef]

Hawkfish can be notorious jumpers. Especially flame hawks, they are very sensitive to the lights turning on and off.

I had a frogfish jump out of a tank, twice. The first time, I discovered it about 30 minutes after the fact and fortunately revived him with some extreme measures.

The second time he jumped, I found him too late.

 

[catdoc]

I do keep my tanks "open top" (as in no enclosed canopy) but I have them covered with eggcrate. Even with the eggcrate, I lost 1 jawfish and nearly lost a goby to jumping through a small gap I hadn't noticed. At feeding time, my maroon clown gets excited enough that she'll knock the eggcrate in her jumping.

 

[john37]

sunburst anthias, chalk bass, gramma(i've only owened one so cant say for certain), pygmy angels or if you like agressive maybe a lion fish.

 

[Ironsheikh]

I say put whatever fish you want --- just construct some netting or an egg crate top for the tank or at least a little prison wall that bends inward around the rim