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ducati1212
10/27/2006, 05:42 PM
Found my clown under my couch tonight. About 4 feet away from the tank. He was stiff and black already. I had him 3 monthes and he was a great healthy fish. Dont know why he jumped. He was out for food last night and tonight he is stiff.

need some grate of something to cover the top now.?
Mighty Dread
10/27/2006, 06:06 PM
That sucks.
I have an open top tank and I am always worried that the same thing will happen to me. Plus I have a cat. So I am always thinking that I will see my cat run into the room with one of my fish in its mouth.
addicted_2_reef
10/27/2006, 06:07 PM
had 2 clowns and a prawn gobie all end up on the floor...my Jack Russel Terrier ate the 2 clowns before I could get to them.
ducati1212
10/27/2006, 06:12 PM
I have 2 cats but it looks like this guy made it under the couch in one peice. He was a great fish he hung out with my chromis all day every day. Its too bad.
ducati1212
10/27/2006, 06:15 PM
should I worry at all that he might have jumped because my tank params are off. My Ammonia might be creeping up a hair but everything else looks great. I am having a bad Cyano and mild hair algae outbreak but the tank is only 4 monthes old and I was thinking its normal.
nmprisons
10/27/2006, 06:27 PM
sounds like you might want to. why is your ammonia increasing?
ducati1212
10/27/2006, 07:08 PM
I'm not sure why its increasing my guess is I have been overfeeding for the last 2 weeks trying to get my new goby to actually eat some food. Nitrates and Nitrites are 0..

Doing a 5 gallon water change tomorrow and maybe one sunday as well
fishysteve
10/27/2006, 09:11 PM
Ducati1212 my condolences on your loss. I guess some people use 1/2 inch eggcrate, but I've never used it.