Wrasse & tank covers.(Solon Fairy Wrasse)

[Lakeside518]

I would like to pick up a Solon Fairy Wrasse. I have an Ornate wrasse that i have kept for a year with no jumping problems. The tank was covered for half that time and no longer is now.

I no longer have the Ornate wrasse and not due to jumping. Whats other members experiences keeping Wrasse's in uncovered tanks??? Is it only a matter of time till they jump and a huge risk? I can't say that I'm very fond of the egg crate look on tanks. Any other ideas? None that i can think of...

I'm running a Coralife elite fixture 250x2 MH w/ 2x96w Pc's. Its setup in my living room currently on a 75 gal tank. I found it blinding to sit on the couch near the tank and watch TV. So i toolk some plexi glass and cut to fit a length across the front. 1st painted black and then covered by white gloss. I have the front and back enclosed but the sides open.

I suppose i could enclose the sides. I'm sure heat may possibly become an issue then.

Any ideas or experiences?

Are the Solon Fairy wrasse awesome and frequent jumpers?

Thanks

 

[JamesJR]

I had lost a sixline wrasse I'd had for a long time. Found him dried up behing the tank. I was sitting at my computer one morning and when the lights clicked on I heard a splash from my tank, went to go check it out and my yellow coris wrasse had jumped out.
I think they are especially prone to jumping out when the lights come on and it scares the living heck out of them. I read somewhere that fish have sensitives eyes and it is better for them to have more natural gradual changes in lighting intensity. I was wondering if a dimmer helps out in this department myself.

 

[jmaneyapanda]

if you do not have your tank enclosed somhow, you will lose at least 1 fish to jumping, if not more. Not a guarantee, but a pretty valid prediction. Find some way to keep them contained. I have a similar problem with my lights, but I use glass tops over the tank until I can build a canopy.
Wrasses jump- the sky is blue.

 

[Lakeside518]

Good to know. Thanks. Halides slowly come upto full burn so maybe that will help.

Also the fixture is mounted with Legs and the glass is around 4-5" off the water. So maybe he would just bounce off it I close the front and back. I'd like to keep the sides open tho.

Just affraid to chance it. I maybe have to try the egg crate Would make it extremely difficult to get into the tank with the fixture above it. Almost impossible to move or feed corals.

 

[Bret61081]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8159346#post8159346 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Lakeside518
Also the fixture is mounted with Legs and the glass is around 4-5" off the water. So maybe he would just bounce off it I close the front and back. I'd like to keep the sides open tho.

Mine usually do bounce back in...but last night when I had my canopy off to do my water change, I saw my carpenders fairy wrasse flopping around on the floor! good thing I got to it in time...I have heard my other wrasses hit the light fixture and bounce back in, but mine sits directly on the tank. you might want to consider a glass cover ateast for the back....

btw...I love my solor fairy wrasse! People always ask what it is b/c it has such great color and loaded with personality!! You'll enjoy it

 

[snorvich]

Wrasses jump. Eggcrate is normally not sufficient. I have two completely enclosed tanks and I hear them bouncing of the sides all the time. Your choice. Best of luck.

 

[JamesJR]

that sure would be a terrible way to lose a great fish like a mystery wrasse or something. Yikes.