Learned my lesson: Lids are necessary!

mtdaly85 · Jan 31, 2019

My blue throat trigger ("Tank" as my 5 year old daughter named him) went carpet surfing while I was at work and while my wife was upstairs with the kids.

I came home to a hysterically crying 5 year old, a stressed out wife, a confused 2 year old, and one dead fish. Very sad night in the house

kichimark · Jan 31, 2019

Ah man I am very sorry to hear that. It is rough to go through this alone but to have little ones who cared about the fish and seeing it like that is on another level. How are they doing now? Have a talk with your daughter yet about this or are you planning on getting another fish that she can choose?

Brad Miller · Jan 31, 2019

;Facepalm

Daniel@R2R · Jan 31, 2019

Dang! So sorry!

mtdaly85 · Jan 31, 2019

kichimark said:
Ah man I am very sorry to hear that. It is rough to go through this alone but to have little ones who cared about the fish and seeing it like that is on another level. How are they doing now? Have a talk with your daughter yet about this or are you planning on getting another fish that she can choose?

She's doing okay now. We talked a bit before she went to bed. She's very upset, but she's excited about getting Tank's "brother" at the LFS this weekend. I called my LFS and they confirmed they have two available for sale!

kichimark · Jan 31, 2019

mtdaly85 said:
She's doing okay now. We talked a bit before she went to bed. She's very upset, but she's excited about getting Tank's "brother" at the LFS this weekend. I called my LFS and they confirmed they have two available for sale!

That's awesome she is doing better. Going to let her pick which of the brothers comes home? Or both?

Neo Jeo · Jan 31, 2019

BRS sells a DYI screen top not glass. Works wonders!

mtdaly85 · Jan 31, 2019

Neo Jeo said:
BRS sells a DYI screen top not glass. Works wonders!

I just ordered a lid from ClearView Lids, I've heard great things about them.

kichimark said:
That's awesome she is doing better. Going to let her pick which of the brothers comes home? Or both?

We are going to get his brother since one of the triggers is a female. My daughter told me his name should be Taco.

I just feel so dang bad she had to witness that. She found him on the floor along with my wife and 2 year old (who doesn't really understand what happened). Thankfully, Daniel Tiger did an episode on his fish dying not too long ago, so it was a bit easier to explain what happened. Still a very rough night.

scriptmonkey · Jan 31, 2019

Sorry for your loss....hopefully she will enjoy the new fish experience.

Jesterrace · Feb 1, 2019

Yes, unfortunately some folks keep perpetuating the myth of the concept of Jumpers vs Non-Jumpers when in fact the correct terms are More Prone vs Less Prone. To me no amount of aesthetics of an open top tank beats even a single dead fish. Literally just an hour ago my top saved my Blue Star Leopard Wrasse from Carpet Surfing. An uncovered marine tank with fish is just an accident waiting to happen.

BantyRooster97 · Feb 1, 2019

Learned my lesson this week as well... Bi-mac Anthias decided to bail out over the weekend....

MrD · Feb 1, 2019

That's not a fun experience. We take on a big responsibility when we purchase live animals and invest a lot of money, time and effort caring for our fish and corals and it's painful when things like this happen. Good on you to learn from the experience. Best of luck.

Emma01 · Feb 1, 2019

I had this problem

my beautiful female clownfish of 4 years jamp out when I was in work. Couldn’t find her anywhere in tank, then I looked down and .....

My heart absolutely broke. Hard lesson learnt, it’ll be a lid on tank forever for me now!

Emma01 · Feb 1, 2019

I had this issue with my beautiful female clownfish of 4 years.

Couldn’t find her anywhere when I came home from work in the tank, and then I looked down........

My heart sank that day. Lesson learnt the hard way, lid on tank from now on for me! RIP clowny

Bob Escher · Feb 1, 2019

So Sorry to hear that. Learned

Frogger · Feb 1, 2019

About 3 or 4 years ago I went into my living room was looking at the tank, then for some unknown reason I looked at the floor and there was a green chromis laying motionless on the floor, I almost stepped on him. I picked him up, put him back in the tank, after a few seconds he swam away. Boy was that a lucky coincidence, I still have that fish and I also have a top on that tank now.

vetteguy53081 · Feb 2, 2019

Losses are never good news in this hobby. I have ysed glass tops and swear by them. While screens are great, they do not prevent splash and potential rust and oxidation to components. Glass also sliws down condensation and allows lights to be placed on top of them without sagging.

PhilT · Feb 2, 2019

mtdaly85 said:
I just ordered a lid from ClearView Lids, I've heard great things about them.

We are going to get his brother since one of the triggers is a female. My daughter told me his name should be Taco.

I just feel so dang bad she had to witness that. She found him on the floor along with my wife and 2 year old (who doesn't really understand what happened). Thankfully, Daniel Tiger did an episode on his fish dying not too long ago, so it was a bit easier to explain what happened. Still a very rough night.

That lid may take awhile. You may want to hold off adding a new fish til it arrives.

Bob Escher · Feb 2, 2019

vetteguy53081 said:
Losses are never good news in this hobby. I have ysed glass tops and swear by them. While screens are great, they do not prevent splash and potential rust and oxidation to components. Glass also sliws down condensation and allows lights to be placed on top of them without sagging.

Rusts not if you get netting or Fiberglas there are different types of screens out there. But just curious he would you want to put your lights on your glass