Close call with flasher wrasse!

[TRPlacek]

This morning I fed my tank as usual but forgot to put the glass lid back over a part of the tank and about an hour later I hear water splashing. Wrasse splashing around now and then is pretty normal and I almost didn't think anything of it until I remembered that I may not have recovered the tank. So I rushed over to the tank and did an inventory of my fish and quickly realized my flasher wrasse was nowhere to be seen. Of course he ended up behind the tank where it is very dirty and hard to reach. I was able to get him out and back into the tank with no visible damage. It took him a while to snap out of it but he is now swimming around again and looks to be healthy!

It's true what they say, it's not IF they jump out but WHEN. I'm just thankful I was there to catch my screw up.

 

[TheEngineer]

Wow. Good catch.

 

[jboone82590]

I was at an LFS and this happend with a diamond goby.

 

[clownfish chris]

I just lost a ruby wrasse that jumped onto the center brace about 4" below my metal halide. I have a well sealed canopy but never thought of the center brace as a hazard. I am building screens this weekend.

 

[TRPlacek]

I just lost a ruby wrasse that jumped onto the center brace about 4" below my metal halide. I have a well sealed canopy but never thought of the center brace as a hazard. I am building screens this weekend.

Sorry to hear that. I'm going to end up making screen tops instead of using the current ones made of glass. It's a pain in the butt to keep them clean and it raises my temp by about 2 degrees using the glass tops. But it's better than anymore fish jumping out.

 

[clownfish chris]

It see you are in Kingwood. I have an office at bw8 and the HTR near Bush airport.

 

[TRPlacek]

It see you are in Kingwood. I have an office at bw8 and the HTR near Bush airport.

Yea, been in kingwood for 6 years now. I like it out here. Been in the Houston area for about 15 years.

What kind of office? Do you live in Houston?

 

[clownfish chris]

I live in Spring. I am the office manager for a law firm. One of the Attys lives in Kingwood and loves it!

 

[Empress]

We should start a thread on "How many reefers ACTUALLY have a screen or other kind of cover over their display tank".

 

[tom reilly]

Glass tops, clean weekly.

 

[Empress]

Glass tops, clean weekly.

Does the glass top interfere with your lights at all? My top is open since I have mh's and trapped heat would become a serious problem for me. Suppose I could use egg crates. But those are very bulky. My tank is 8' long.

 

[evolved]

Clear 1/4" mesh tops are the way to go. Doesn't interfere with the light, allows gas exchange, and doesn't require cleaning.

Keeping wrasses without a cover is futile.