Me and my crazy fish! - Aquarium Advice

ADCISCO · 01-25-2004, 07:32 PM

You all gonna love this one. You know the kind of problems I have had with my fish in the past like the paradise fish jumping out of the tank and into the sink and laying there for god knows how long.....but to get right to it.....I was taking pictures to send to my brother in law of the tank and of the snow we have been having and I opened the top of the tank and was getting them to bunch up at the top when all of a sudden I heard a big splash and a fish flying threw the air....I must say what they say about Hatchet fish are true.......they can fry at least 4 ft out of the water!!!!!!! Right onto the carpet! Floppin' around....I grabbed him and plopped him back in.....I about died! Well so much for leaving the lid open for more than 3 minutes!!!!!!!!!!lol

Fruitbat · 01-25-2004, 07:37 PM

Yep.....open tank lids and fish like Hatchetfish (Gasteropelecus and Carnegiella) or African Butterfly Fish (Pantodon buchholzi) are often a disastrous combination. Same goes for open tank lids and most killifish! Glad you were there to rescue yours!!

ADCISCO · 01-25-2004, 07:49 PM

This was the first time he ever has done anything like that ....maybe it was the excitement of thinking he might get fed~ I dont know. But I have gone off and left the lid completely off while cleaning and nobody ever jumped! Maybe I just have suicidal fish???

Fruitbat · 01-25-2004, 07:50 PM

Maybe he was just having a bad day!

dogartist · 01-25-2004, 08:02 PM

..funny fish

ADCISCO · 01-25-2004, 08:03 PM

This is the picture of the escape fish minutes after being thrown back in the tank! I would jump out if one of those cats got after him!

ADCISCO · 01-25-2004, 08:04 PM

Didnt know how I did it twice....sorry about that!

dogartist · 01-25-2004, 08:04 PM

name him LUCKIE..lol

molotov256 · 01-26-2004, 09:34 PM

I lost a pretty big pleco that way, too, which I thought was odd. I didn't picture a pleco being a very active fish that could jump out of a tank.

I had left the lid off the tank while I went to the [acronym:3eebd6857d="Local Fish Store"]LFS[/acronym:3eebd6857d] to get some supplies for the water change I was doing. About a week later I wondered where my algae eater was. I looked all around the tank, and ended up finding him on the floor behind the tank.

ADCISCO · 01-26-2004, 09:37 PM

Yeh and you know what I really think that he wants to escape! I started to feed them this evening and he jumped straight up in the air about a foot and right back down into the water.....I'm gonna loose that stupid fish yet!!!![acronym:a70050de39="Laughing out loud"]LOL[/acronym:a70050de39]

01-25-2004, 07:32 PM	#1
ADCISCO Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: West Virginia Posts: 296 Images: 12	Me and my crazy fish! You all gonna love this one. You know the kind of problems I have had with my fish in the past like the paradise fish jumping out of the tank and into the sink and laying there for god knows how long.....but to get right to it.....I was taking pictures to send to my brother in law of the tank and of the snow we have been having and I opened the top of the tank and was getting them to bunch up at the top when all of a sudden I heard a big splash and a fish flying threw the air....I must say what they say about Hatchet fish are true.......they can fry at least 4 ft out of the water!!!!!!! Right onto the carpet! Floppin' around....I grabbed him and plopped him back in.....I about died! Well so much for leaving the lid open for more than 3 minutes!!!!!!!!!!lol __________________ I'm not telling anymore![acronym:44c74db7b1="Laughing out loud"]LOL[/acronym:44c74db7b1] Everytime I update a fish dies.....I think it is some kind of curse!!!! BEWARE......Its really true....I've asked around![acronym:44c74db7b1="Laughing out loud"]LOL[/acronym:44c74db7b1] No Lie! Even posted on it!!!!

01-25-2004, 07:37 PM	#2
Fruitbat Aquarium Advice Addict Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Garland,Texas Posts: 1,818 Images: 30	Yep.....open tank lids and fish like Hatchetfish (Gasteropelecus and Carnegiella) or African Butterfly Fish (Pantodon buchholzi) are often a disastrous combination. Same goes for open tank lids and most killifish! Glad you were there to rescue yours!! __________________ Loaches: Botia almorhae, B. kubotai, B. striata, Noemacheilus triangularis, Schistura sp.aff.nicholsi, S. vinciguerre, Sinibotia robusta, Vaillantella maassi Bichirs: Polypterus senegalus, P. senegalus (albino), P. delhezi, P. sp. 'Congo', P. palmas polli, P.weeksii, P. ornatipinnis, P. palmas buettikoferi, P. retropinnis, P. endlicheri congicus, Polypterus bichir lapradei, P. palmas palmas, Erpetoichthys calabaricus Anabantids: Ctenopoma acutirostre, Ct. ocellatum, Ct. oxyrhynchum, Ct. kingsleyae, Microctenopoma ansorgii, Mct. fasciolatum, Trichogaster trichopterus, Belontia signata, B. hasselti, Anabas testudineus, Macropodus opercularis, Betta splendens Catfish: Dekeyseria sp. (L-052)Sturiosoma panamense, Hypancistrus inspector (L-201), Synodontis eupterus, Synodontis nigrita, Synodontis brichardi, Synodontis soloni, Anaspidoglanis macrostoma Barbs/Rasboras: Capoeta tetrazona, Rasbora borapetensis, Labeo cyclorhynchus Tetras: Phenacogrammus interruptus Other: Xenomystus nigri, Papyrocranus afer, Pantodon buchholzi, Oxymormyrus boulengeri, Protopterus annectens andPhractolaemus ansorgei

01-25-2004, 07:49 PM	#3
ADCISCO Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: West Virginia Posts: 296 Images: 12	This was the first time he ever has done anything like that ....maybe it was the excitement of thinking he might get fed~ I dont know. But I have gone off and left the lid completely off while cleaning and nobody ever jumped! Maybe I just have suicidal fish??? __________________ I'm not telling anymore![acronym:44c74db7b1="Laughing out loud"]LOL[/acronym:44c74db7b1] Everytime I update a fish dies.....I think it is some kind of curse!!!! BEWARE......Its really true....I've asked around![acronym:44c74db7b1="Laughing out loud"]LOL[/acronym:44c74db7b1] No Lie! Even posted on it!!!!

01-25-2004, 07:50 PM	#4
Fruitbat Aquarium Advice Addict Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Garland,Texas Posts: 1,818 Images: 30	Maybe he was just having a bad day! __________________ Loaches: Botia almorhae, B. kubotai, B. striata, Noemacheilus triangularis, Schistura sp.aff.nicholsi, S. vinciguerre, Sinibotia robusta, Vaillantella maassi Bichirs: Polypterus senegalus, P. senegalus (albino), P. delhezi, P. sp. 'Congo', P. palmas polli, P.weeksii, P. ornatipinnis, P. palmas buettikoferi, P. retropinnis, P. endlicheri congicus, Polypterus bichir lapradei, P. palmas palmas, Erpetoichthys calabaricus Anabantids: Ctenopoma acutirostre, Ct. ocellatum, Ct. oxyrhynchum, Ct. kingsleyae, Microctenopoma ansorgii, Mct. fasciolatum, Trichogaster trichopterus, Belontia signata, B. hasselti, Anabas testudineus, Macropodus opercularis, Betta splendens Catfish: Dekeyseria sp. (L-052)Sturiosoma panamense, Hypancistrus inspector (L-201), Synodontis eupterus, Synodontis nigrita, Synodontis brichardi, Synodontis soloni, Anaspidoglanis macrostoma Barbs/Rasboras: Capoeta tetrazona, Rasbora borapetensis, Labeo cyclorhynchus Tetras: Phenacogrammus interruptus Other: Xenomystus nigri, Papyrocranus afer, Pantodon buchholzi, Oxymormyrus boulengeri, Protopterus annectens andPhractolaemus ansorgei

01-25-2004, 08:02 PM	#5
dogartist Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Loxley,Alabama where rednecks run free Posts: 92 Images: 10	..funny fish __________________ Yes, that's right ..I'm pretty sure my name is Karla with a [acronym:719cb58487="Kelvin or Potassium, depending on context"]K[/acronym:719cb58487].... Gone Gold 20 [acronym:719cb58487="Gallon"]gal[/acronym:719cb58487]. f/w 2 common Goldfish.white and orange 1 female zebra danio 1 male pearlie and goldish Danio 1 oto. 10 [acronym:719cb58487="Gallon"]gal[/acronym:719cb58487] f/w Home for a beautiful pair of Banded Gouramis and a single Opaline Gourami male that seems to love his digs..

01-25-2004, 08:03 PM	#6
ADCISCO Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: West Virginia Posts: 296 Images: 12	This is the picture of the escape fish minutes after being thrown back in the tank! I would jump out if one of those cats got after him! __________________ I'm not telling anymore![acronym:44c74db7b1="Laughing out loud"]LOL[/acronym:44c74db7b1] Everytime I update a fish dies.....I think it is some kind of curse!!!! BEWARE......Its really true....I've asked around![acronym:44c74db7b1="Laughing out loud"]LOL[/acronym:44c74db7b1] No Lie! Even posted on it!!!!

01-25-2004, 08:04 PM	#7
ADCISCO Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: West Virginia Posts: 296 Images: 12	Didnt know how I did it twice....sorry about that! __________________ I'm not telling anymore![acronym:44c74db7b1="Laughing out loud"]LOL[/acronym:44c74db7b1] Everytime I update a fish dies.....I think it is some kind of curse!!!! BEWARE......Its really true....I've asked around![acronym:44c74db7b1="Laughing out loud"]LOL[/acronym:44c74db7b1] No Lie! Even posted on it!!!!

01-25-2004, 08:04 PM	#8
dogartist Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Loxley,Alabama where rednecks run free Posts: 92 Images: 10	name him LUCKIE..lol __________________ Yes, that's right ..I'm pretty sure my name is Karla with a [acronym:719cb58487="Kelvin or Potassium, depending on context"]K[/acronym:719cb58487].... Gone Gold 20 [acronym:719cb58487="Gallon"]gal[/acronym:719cb58487]. f/w 2 common Goldfish.white and orange 1 female zebra danio 1 male pearlie and goldish Danio 1 oto. 10 [acronym:719cb58487="Gallon"]gal[/acronym:719cb58487] f/w Home for a beautiful pair of Banded Gouramis and a single Opaline Gourami male that seems to love his digs..

01-26-2004, 09:34 PM	#9
molotov256 Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Daytona Beach, Florida Posts: 74 Images: 5	I lost a pretty big pleco that way, too, which I thought was odd. I didn't picture a pleco being a very active fish that could jump out of a tank. I had left the lid off the tank while I went to the [acronym:3eebd6857d="Local Fish Store"]LFS[/acronym:3eebd6857d] to get some supplies for the water change I was doing. About a week later I wondered where my algae eater was. I looked all around the tank, and ended up finding him on the floor behind the tank.

01-26-2004, 09:37 PM	#10
ADCISCO Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: West Virginia Posts: 296 Images: 12	Yeh and you know what I really think that he wants to escape! I started to feed them this evening and he jumped straight up in the air about a foot and right back down into the water.....I'm gonna loose that stupid fish yet!!!![acronym:a70050de39="Laughing out loud"]LOL[/acronym:a70050de39] __________________ I'm not telling anymore![acronym:44c74db7b1="Laughing out loud"]LOL[/acronym:44c74db7b1] Everytime I update a fish dies.....I think it is some kind of curse!!!! BEWARE......Its really true....I've asked around![acronym:44c74db7b1="Laughing out loud"]LOL[/acronym:44c74db7b1] No Lie! Even posted on it!!!!

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