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Had my wife call me at work ( this was along time ago) to tell me that one of my fish jumped outta the tank... He was a eel type not sure what kinda anymore but he looked more like a 8 inch black worm than a eel. So... I tell her " grab him and put him back in the tank!!" " NO WAY!!! " LOL she is scared of it.. must be cause it looks like a worm!.. So I rush home to save him.. but I was too late
Had a flying Gar too... I opened the tank to feed them and everything went slow motion has my 14 inch gar sails out of the tank only to hit the floor some 5 feet from the tank... swimin like hell to who knows where... I was in time to save him tho... he looked like a hairy gar after that.. slimy fish pick up alot of debris when used as a mop!

Quote Rain " I have always believed that this hobby is the art of keeping water and that the fish are just something pretty to look at."

It happened more than once? I lost a fish through a small gap an had a patch siliconed on in no time. My poor Hongi Island was in my tank less than 24 hours.... poor mite. The distance from the tank showed me how much the creature struggled. I felt awful.

Hope you have lids for all your tanks now (I know the gar leapt out at feeding time - opportunist fish!).

Welcome to the site and hope to see more of you on the boards.

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Good to see that the gar was saved.

I think many people would be surprised by fishes' jumping abilities (even of those you wouldn't suspect much from, like male bettas) and their ability to fit through some small spaces.

I was doing a water change and an Australian checkered jumped out of the tank. Talk about unexpected it startled me. I did save him tho. Also My cats don't like drinking their water, but drinking straight from the aquarium, Or the HOB filter. She knocks off the cover and then drinks her fill. I think I have broken her of that though.

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Ok logans, I need the help on the cat on the tank bit. My cats do the exact same thing. Dont mean to hijack thread but need help. I also had a kuli loach when i was in england and he used to love jumping out the tank. Did it several times but i was always able to find him and save him.

Thanks for your input as always, Shane
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Hi,
Our cats used to go "fishing" when I had the top off
doing maintenance. If I should leave the room to get
something or to adjust the valve on the python, I'd come
back and find one of them perched on three legs and
swiping at the fish with the fourth. I kept waiting for
one of them to loose their footing.

The cats are attracted to the moving water which they
equate to a flowing stream and free of chemicals. We
have purchased this item from Drsfostersmith and have
never had a problem with the cats and the HOB filter.

http://www.drsfostersmith.com/Product/Prod_Display.cfm?pcatid=1783 We skipped the grass part.

Frank


-->>> The Confidence of Amateurs, is the Envy of Professionals <<<--

We have a pet fountain. Mouse pretty much ignores it and goes for the tank.Putting tape on the floor sticky side up works pretty good The cats cant get close enough to the tank to jump up on top.

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