What non jumping fish should I add?

[DeSoDo]

Hello all, it's been a while since I've posted, but looking for advice. I have a 65g LPS dominant mixed reef with:
Fish: 2 Ocellaris clownfish, 2 bluespotted watchman gobies, 1 tomini tang and 1 Banggai cardinalfish.
Inverts: 1 skunk cleaner, 1 peppermint, 1 tiger pistol, 2 pincushion urchins, of a dozen dwarf blue legged hermits and a bunch of different types of snails. I don't think my clowns are gonna get much bigger, they're actively breeding every month and I read that their growth slows down once they reach sexual maturity.

I'm looking for advice on what fish I should add. Preferably fish that don't jump, since it's an open top tank. Here's a video of the tank so available space can be seen.

 

[BriDroid]

A white spotted pygmy filefish (Rudarius ercodes). I love mine! Such a great personality and not afraid of other fish. Plus really unique looking and leaves my coral and clams alone.

 

[ChrisfromBrick]

they all jump

 

[DeSoDo]

they all jump

The least likely to jump then.

 

[mcarroll]

If they all jump then there would never have been anyone with an open tank with fish in it. (Not for more than X amount of time anyway.)

I've had open tanks with fish for many years. The number that have jumped is very close to zero. Like, one.

"All fish" is not correct.

Maybe: "All fish jump out of some tanks."
Maybe: "Some fish jump out of all tanks."

I lean toward suspecting the former. I think fish want to jump out of some tanks because they don't like the tank. Simple. Also easy to understand since lots of folks tend toward high-density stocking or even over-stocking....I'd wanna get out too.

But some fish deal with overcrowding better than others, so the answer is probably a little bit of both.

 

[fish_collector]

I’ve had 2 filefish jump out of 2 different tanks, sixline wrasse jumped, 2 different lemon damsels jump out of 2 different tanks, a blotched rabbitfish almost got out of the tank but was likely something I did to spook him, needless to say, fish will Jump sometimes. They don’t understand what jumping out is, they usually jump to avoid predation or if something spooked them, they fully expect to splash back into the water. I have a lid on my FOWLR now and I do get splashes of salt deposits on the screen so I know something hits it once in a while. My coral tank has a tang, a copperband and some damsels but they seem to be good at staying put, it is open topped still.

 

[RobertK]

How about a dwarf angel like a coral beauty or similar. I've kept them in open topped tanks for many years without jumping.

 

[christinna77]

I've seen clowns jump several times before. I just don't really understand the appeal of open top tanks. Even one single fish jumping out feels like a pointless and preventable loss to me.

 

[DeSoDo]

How about a dwarf angel like a coral beauty or similar. I've kept them in open topped tanks for many years without jumping.

All of the research I've done says that they'll nip at corals. Have you noticed any real issues with them?

 

[winxp_man]

All of the research I've done says that they'll nip at corals. Have you noticed any real issues with them?

Here is my tank with a Rusty Angel. A dwarf Angel that is. Doesn’t touch any corals. It’s in a coral or ai that is loaded. With LPS and some softies. Feed them well and they will do okay. The least of the dwarfs that will go after corals have been the flames and coral beauties. Lemon peels and Eibli have been the fish that tended to go after coral no matter what. Can you possibly get even these two not to nip, yea, but less likely.

I do need to get rid of the angel, because he’s might be end up dead one day. He plays the dangerous game of grazing for algae near the clowns nem and they lose their mind! And he’s always getting nipped! Haha!

The tank the Rusty is in

 

[Rob A]

All of the research I've done says that they'll nip at corals. Have you noticed any real issues with them?

I got a flame angel that started nipping my LPS after months of ignoring them. I'm thinking about trying to get him out . It just does a random nip and of course the nipped head dies.

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

All my tanks are open top and have been for 20 years and will be until I stop, my fish don't jump. I keep clowns, royal gramma, clown gobies, watchman goby, many different gobies actually, cardinals, different blennies, damsels in their own tanks, black cap, yellow assessor.
After 20 years, the 3 fish that have jumped on me even after they were established are the chalk bass, jaw fishes, and sleeper gobies.

 

[RobertK]

All of the research I've done says that they'll nip at corals. Have you noticed any real issues with them?

Nope, never had that problem with a coral beauty.

 

[Bob Weigant]

I think all fish can jump. They can get spooked and fly right out