Well, this is a real bummer

[Crabs McJones]

I had a wrasse jump on me last week sorry for the loss

 

[AiKkz]

sorry for your loss angry mike, virtual hug!!

 

[LadyMac]

It sucks losing them like that. I lost a very pricy, endangered macrostoma to leaping from the only gap in the lid. I know these are highly accurate jumpers, and keep tight lids on the tanks. I pulled a piece of tape off around the intake and forgot to put it back. No idea how she knew it wasn’t there anymore

 

[AngryMike2016]

Yeah, and what REALLY sucked was having two fish die in the same day.

 

[LadyMac]

And completely different tanks too. I’ve never known Corys to be so aggressive though. But I’ve never kept those.

 

[AngryMike2016]

I was gobsmacked; I've NEVER ever heard of aggression issues between them before.

 

[HOOPDEEZ]

Yeah I feel your pain, it happened 2 days after quarantine, and he was in his nice new DT. I had an exquisite wrasse jump out when I was doing some maintenance, and the lid was pulled forward a couple inches. Found him dried up on the ground after he failed to show up for breaKfast

 

[AngryMike2016]

Yeah, it's really such a kicker after all of that time and careful effort ensuring they are healthy.

 

[albano]

Ok... before you have to change your screen name to ReallyAngryMike, I apologize. I misread your post and thought that you were there within minutes of the jump.

Sorry for your loss, no one likes to have that happen.

 

[AngryMike2016]

Just go away man.

 

[Jesterrace]

I'm sad, but I really feel more bad for the poor fish. One day out of boring quarantine and in a nice, big tank, aaaaand dead.

Sorry to hear about your dart fish. I love dart fish, but man, they are so prone to jumping

Hence why they are called dartfish. I get the Zebras for small schools/groups but after my experience with my Purple Firefish and Scissortail Dartfish in my old tank I am very wary of getting anymore dartfish. Too skittish for my tastes.

 

[PhilT]

Could it have gotten through any cutouts or along the edges of the overflow and flopped around on the top vs through the mesh ? Would have to be really thin to get in the mesh? I have a zebra that used to jump through the space between the overflow and the top of the tank (it was an acrylic tank that had its whole top covered except for a center cut out. It came with a lid for the overflow section but I had it off since my light was clamped on its back. The zebra would always make it down the tubing into the sump.

Once I cut a notch in the overflow lid and was able to put the lid back, it never did it again.

 

[code4]

Sounds about right; I have a shamrock, and a catalina. And four cockatoos, because I am insane.

Sorry for your loss. I often consider why I am in this hobby when one does so tragically when still so young.

I love birds. Enjoy them. I am allergic to them. So I enjoy the outside variety.

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Just finished up the one month quarantine of a trio of scissor tail dart fish yesterday. They went into my 90 gallon Red Sea tank last night. The tank has a Clearview lid on it; 1/4" netting.

Fed the tank two hours ago, and enjoyed watching the trio go crazy for food. Just went into my tank room a few minutes ago, and the smallest one had managed to jump THROUGH the netting, and was laying on top of it dead.

Man. That sucks.

Bummer

 

[MombasaLionfish]

Just go away man.

Calm down albano was just trying to help. Also sorry about both fish.