Screen top or no top?

[45ZoaGarden]

I’m tired of looking at my current screen top. Thinking of swapping the clear netting out for black. Or should I just go topless? Just a percula clown and a diamond goby in there...

 

[BirdGuy21]

Diamond gobies are jumper. Lost mine through a tiny gap where the cord from the powerhead came through. I’d definitely leave the screen top on.

 

[45ZoaGarden]

Diamond gobies are jumper. Lost mine through a tiny gap where the cord from the powerhead came through. I’d definitely leave the screen top on.

Really? I’ve never seen it leave the sand bed and goes to his burrow if it ever gets spooked...

 

[Auquanut]

I would keep some sort of cover on the tank. Just about any fish is a potential jumper, and gobies are notorious. Black would absorb more light than the clear, but not by too much.

 

[BirdGuy21]

Really? I’ve never seen it leave the sand bed and goes to his burrow if it ever gets spooked...

Personally I wouldn’t risk it.

 

[DSC reef]

I've never ran tops on any tanks except a 125 with wrasses. I'm not a fan of tops personally and my wife's nano with clown ran topless.

 

[MnFish1]

Really? I’ve never seen it leave the sand bed and goes to his burrow if it ever gets spooked...

I thought clowns weren't jumpers either - then I found my mated pair on the floor. almost everything can/will jump. I never had a top until I lost 2 harlequin tusks in 2 weeks on the floor. Haven't lost a fish since.

 

[DSC reef]

I thought clowns weren't jumpers either - then I found my mated pair on the floor. almost everything can/will jump. I never had a top until I lost 2 harlequin tusks in 2 weeks on the floor. Haven't lost a fish since.

It's always a risk, I agree. The only time a clown jumped was literally at me. True story, bounced off my glasses, maroons are mini sharks! From tangs, angels, pygmy angels, gobies, and many others it was wrasses that really jumped IME

 

[mfinn]

I switched out my clear screen for the black material.
I do like it but it shows food and salt creep more than the clear did.

 

[Acan_Fan]

I run with a top because my watchman goby is a jumpa