Will a sixline wrasse and/or algae blenny jump out of an open top tank?

[vick]

Right now I have a lid on my tank that I would like to remove and go open top. Will either of these fish possibly jump out?

 

[__SKINNY__]

put egg crate over your tank insted of the lid,all fish can and will jump

 

[mcmyeye]

the six line will for sure. not sure about a lawnmower.

 

[BL1]

put egg crate over your tank insted of the lid,all fish can and will jump

Egg crate is too big, small fish like six-lines can/have fit through those holes.

 

[SecretiveFish]

Yes both can and will jump; we had a lawnmower blenny jump out of our rimless tank and did not find him in time.

A note with eggcrate, make sure it is weighted somehow. We have had fish get a "running start" combined with a perfect trajectory that resulted in the fish to ending up on the floor (there is no way the fish could have fit through the holes in the eggcrate!).

 

[rysher]

get those netting from BRS. spend $25 and do it right, BRS ships for cheap about $2 + when i ordered mine.
http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/store/clear-1-4-screen-netting-7-x-3.html

 

[nikon187]

Eggcrate doesnt keep small fish like blennies, gobies or wrasses from jumping out, they fly right through it. Mesh is the way to go.

 

[reef boy]

defintley the six line. I have a fire fish and my lfs told me to get garden wire or something like that. he said to get it at home depot

 

[snorvich]

put egg crate over your tank insted of the lid,all fish can and will jump

Right. And egg crate will not keep them in.

 

[snorvich]

Eggcrate doesnt keep small fish like blennies, gobies or wrasses from jumping out, they fly right through it. Mesh is the way to go.

Yes, with 1/4 inch holes.

 

[qfrisco]

How much light do these things block? Anyone run an SPS tank and keep netting/eggcrate on top of their tank?

 

[jhentr]

Netting won't block any light at all, but eggcrate will. As above, any fish can jump but the six line will be more prone to it.

 

[GXPKY]

Yup, my sixline dissapeared and I could never find it, figured it dissapeared into the rocks till our dog was crunching on fish jerky one day, they definitely jump.

 

[jbonez]

i have a sixline wrasse for 5months in my open top hes still swimming never jumpped now diamond gobies i had 4 jummp

 

[Patriot54]

i have a sixline wrasse for 5months in my open top hes still swimming never jumpped now diamond gobies i had 4 jummp

You're just lucky for now. It will jump

 

[Opus123]

I wish my six line would jump out of the tank. He is one of the meanest fish I have seen. He killed my Jordani wrasse which was 3 times bigger than him.

 

[solitude127]

I wish I can get my 6 Line to jump out, he's a mean SOB

 

[stanlalee]

I've had my sixline for 3yrs in an open top and lawnmower blenny over a year. they can but that doesn't mean they are or will.

 

[RJT]

I had a blenny and 6 line with an open top for 8 months, neither jumped. But I/they may have been lucky. I have the brs 1/4in mesh now. It doesn't block any light, great product. I know for a fact that my wrasse and anthias would have jumped out if it wasn't for the mesh.

 

[ReeferBill]

DIY Screen!

DIY Screen!

I just completed my screenings for my cover with the quarter inch clear from BRS and the hinged screens from the light to the tank with dark fiberglass screening to cut down glare from the metal halide and while still allowing for good air exchange...:bounce2:Looks Awesome!!!