Fish jumped out of tank

[tanner1990]

I came home today to find one of my clarki clowns dead on my floor beside my tank
I'm assuming he jumped out?
Any ideas why/how

 

[Sniperhank]

It is odd for clowns to jump. Can you tell me more about your tank? Have you stuck your hand in it recently or had any power outages?

 

[arsenalkt]

Same thing happened to me today too..but with a sleeper goby. I had just gotten him a few days prior too. then he went missing and i assumed my lionfish ate him, but nope, dried up behind the tank. never a fun experience to see that.

 

[Ingy]

If it was a younger male I'd say the female pestered him enuff to jump. Clarkiis are known to be quite aggressive.

 

[tanner1990]

Well my pair of clarkis were a mated pair qpparently and it was the bigger one which I think was the female who is dead
The big one was the more aggressive of the 2 and always protected its anemone but everyone got along so I'm not sure why she jumped really sad

 

[tanner1990]

Same thing happened to me today too..but with a sleeper goby. I had just gotten him a few days prior too. then he went missing and i assumed my lionfish ate him, but nope, dried up behind the tank. never a fun experience to see that.

Surprising for a sleeper goby to jump there always near the bottom I have one as well

 

[Shirtlessbill]

I had the same issue many months back with a mated pair of black percs. I'm sorry to hear that. I feel like a lot of factors are there. Maybe it saw something and had the urge to go for it like a bug.

 

[arsenalkt]

Surprising for a sleeper goby to jump there always near the bottom I have one as well

Yeah...my first small one was always by the bottom too, sifting away, and i think my lionfish got him, so i got a huge one, and i think the lionfish may have been trying to go after him and that's why he jumped out Guess no more sleeper gobies for that tank, which is a shame cause i love watching them sift sand.

 

[tanner1990]

Yeah...my first small one was always by the bottom too, sifting away, and i think my lionfish got him, so i got a huge one, and i think the lionfish may have been trying to go after him and that's why he jumped out Guess no more sleeper gobies for that tank, which is a shame cause i love watching them sift sand.

I heard lion fish are pretty aggressive I couldn't get one cause I heard they eat corals

 

[arsenalkt]

I believe they can eat coral, I have a Fish Only tank though, and he's not overly aggressive, not as much as a lot of triggers that I've seen or my niger trigger i owned, but if they can fit it in their mouths, they'll eat it.