jumping fish

Suddenly, today, my cowfish decided it wants out of the tank and desperately. He jets back-and-forth and then will from the bottom of the tank, propel himself to get out and he would make it if I did not have netting over top. I’ve never seen him this desperate to try getting out the only time I...

I just bought a DIY Anti-Jump net. Lost 2 Clarkii-sad and don’t wanna talk about it. Does adding a mesh jump net require any additional steps or pitfalls that I need to be aware of first my mixed reef tank. It’s a softie tank and I have good parameters and water changes and all of that. Do I...

We’ve had bad luck with jumping Jawfish in QT to the tune of $500-600. I’m using a standard 20g tank with a full hood. There’s only a little gap next to the HOB filter and where the HOB flows into the tank if you count that. The first time around I didn’t do anything special, I’ve never had...

Valuable lessons often come at high prices. Unfortunately, today was one such day... Today, I leaned a Blue Spot Jawfish will indeed jump out of a 1.5” x 1.5” square section of an uncovered QT tank top. I should’ve known better after I saw the Flamehawk awhile back, in the pictured corner...