Court Jester Goby a jumper?

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I had a watchman goby in my tank less than 24 hours in my tank. Looks like it jumped through my net top. It was a smaller diamond goby.

Are court jester gobies as notorious of jumpers as Watchman gobies? I was thinking about buying a biota court jester goby.
 
I bought a court jester goby a couple weeks ago was in the tank like 2 days and was never
Seen again. I have two theories as to what happened. Either I sucked him out doing a water change, but I think I would have noticed, or he jumped and became a nice little snack for the dogs. Either way, I feel kinda bad about it. They’re pretty fish! I’ll deffinately get
Another once I get my tank upgraded though!
 
any fish can jump if given enough reason. what other tank mates do you have in your tank? have you checked overflow box/weir and sump?
 
I have 2 ocellaris clowns, a green Chromis, and snails. I found the diamond watchman goby on top middle of my diy red sea net. Don’t know how it managed that.

My newbie brain was thinking a biota court jester goby would be used to aquarium life and wouldn’t be so jumpy. Maybe a bigger sleeper goby wouldn’t fit through my net.
 

WHICH KIND OF INVERT HAS CAUSED THE MOST MISCHIEF IN YOUR TANK?

  • Sea urchins

    Votes: 17 23.9%
  • Hermit crabs

    Votes: 12 16.9%
  • Other crabs

    Votes: 5 7.0%
  • Shrimp

    Votes: 6 8.5%
  • Snails or conchs

    Votes: 3 4.2%
  • Sea stars

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Anemones

    Votes: 12 16.9%
  • None! My inverts are model citizens. :-)

    Votes: 12 16.9%
  • Something else (tell us in the comments)

    Votes: 4 5.6%
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