So mad at myself!!

[Mike in CT]

I have had a Randall's goby in quarantine for a month and finally put him in my 75 gallon yesterday.
Tonight I left the doors of my hood open after I fed and forgot to close them. A half hour
later I found my goby on the floor dead
I am not looking forward to telling my 3 young boys in the morning that "Go-Bess" is dead.
Some lessons are learned the hard way.

 

[Touring]

shouldnt have jumped...

 

[Dashiki]

It's one of the ten commandments of fish keeping.



Never name your fish. If they don't like the name they will jump.

 

[Sun357]

That sucks! Covers are so important and yet we often hear somebody forgets it or just a corner and SOMETHING jumps. =(

and Touring...ANY fish can jump. I'll never keep an aquarium without a top. Friend had a clownfish jump after 3yrs...man he was tore up.

 

[c_healy]

I lost a 4 year old clown to jumping. I had gone to check something on the tank in the middle of the night and had apparently spooked it. I didn't find out until the next morning. I was upset for at least a week over the loss of her.

Sorry to hear about your loss :/

 

[glb]

I lost a 4 year old clown to jumping. I had gone to check something on the tank in the middle of the night and had apparently spooked it. I didn't find out until the next morning. I was upset for at least a week over the loss of her.

Sorry to hear about your loss :/

I had one jump into the sump and get stuck. Rip.

 

[Rob&Gab]

aww! sorry to hear mike! :/ such a great goby too. dont worry who knows. maybe it was all for the best.

 

[Mike in CT]

Thanks everyone. The ironic thing was the reason I was away from the tank was that I was looking for his snapping shrimp partner In my Q tank so I could reunite them. I have a couple of my sons deceased freshwater fish in the freezer that have been waiting for a proper burial, so I guess today's the day.

 

[TallShow]

I remember when one of my fish decided to hop on out right while I was feeding the fish. Luckily I noticed him immediately and put him back in. Canopies are definitely essential to have, but ya' still gotta watch out when you've got them open.

Sorry for your loss, Mike.

 

[Mike in CT]

My fish never had names till my wife started naming them....now the kids have taken over....so I will blame her! LOL
Next time I will do a better job vetting their names so wont happen in the future
The hardest thing so far was getting me 3 years old's to name the clowns something else besides Nemo. We ended up
with "Light" and "Yoda"..poor little guys.