I was reading about those who don't use glass tops I don't either but I have had carpet surfing problems with certain fish. I would like to get a nice wrasse but I hear they are notorious for jumping. has anyone had success without a top keeping your fish in the tank?
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fish jumpers
- Thread starter reeferwanabe
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I wouldn't recommend i had one of those fish back in the day with the lids and he found a way to jump out. he must of got out through the hole i cut out for the filter lines. They a notorious for jumping. Watch out poor little guy committed suicide. :'(
the most popular solution is egg crate, i however am not a fan. when i put it on the tank the wall behind the tank and the ceiling light up bright, meaning that a decent amount of light is being reflected away from the tank. there is a type of mesh called bird screen that alot of people use, you just have to build a frame with plexiglass around it... me, i personally just risk it. the way i see it, the little ba$tards will only jump out once...
im guessing you never experienced anymore flopping on the cardboard?
just the once... he learned his lesson
REEFLECTIONS said:
Ack. Not exactly advice to save our ocean resources with.
We have a small piece of egg crate that covers from the top of the back of the tank to the canopy. It covers the gap between the tank an the canopy where it is exposed. The only wrasse we have is the Mystery.
was just teasin' phyl :
i actually heard from someone an idea to run "L" chanel along the length of the light, and lay the egg crate from that to the lip of the tank (ya follow) this way it's not between the light and the water, and thus not reflecting away all that precious light that we spend so much on...
i actually heard from someone an idea to run "L" chanel along the length of the light, and lay the egg crate from that to the lip of the tank (ya follow) this way it's not between the light and the water, and thus not reflecting away all that precious light that we spend so much on...I ditched my Ugglycrate about two months ago for a much cooler look.
I used peices of acrylic with holes cut in it on either side of my light fixture. Since they have wholes no condensation and its not light an eggcrate that it meant to make light less intense.
I used peices of acrylic with holes cut in it on either side of my light fixture. Since they have wholes no condensation and its not light an eggcrate that it meant to make light less intense.
I'm using diamond netting on the back of the canopy the way Phyl described using eggcrate on my new tank.
So far, so good. I have two filamented fairy wrasses that have been rescued from the floor before.
Hey Jim, Yellow coris wrasses do jump and can find a fairly small gap in eggcrate when you notch it for wires and such. I lost one thatI had for some time.
So far, so good. I have two filamented fairy wrasses that have been rescued from the floor before.
Hey Jim, Yellow coris wrasses do jump and can find a fairly small gap in eggcrate when you notch it for wires and such. I lost one thatI had for some time.
ok I cut eggcrate 3" wide to go across the back and sides. my light covers the rest of the top. then I cut fiberglass screen to sit on top of the eggcrate so they cant jump thru the holes. what do you think?