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04-12-2006, 06:47 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Syracuse NY
Posts: 250
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Suicide clowns
So I decided to go with two perculas instead of leaving the tank empty for a while like I had planned. I got them from a LFS at $31.00 each, but I know there fish and corals are top notch so its worth the price. I just put them in Sunday afternoon, when I came home this AM and one jumped out and is dead in front of the tank on the floor. How disappointing. Anyway how can I stop this. I have a MH thats about 6-7'' over the top of the tank. Thought about an egg crate (will it melt),or a glass top(blocks light?), Plexiglas?? How do I keep the fish safe and still get the most out of my light?
Some days this hobby really frustrates me. 
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04-12-2006, 07:00 AM
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I've got the REEF rash!
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 25,826
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Unussal for a clown to jump.Is your tank grounded?you can put egg crate across the top.
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04-12-2006, 07:03 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Syracuse NY
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y unusual? Ive had 3 other jumpers, does that mean something? I can put an eggcreate as long as the light wont melt it.
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04-12-2006, 10:18 AM
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Stinky Slimey FEESH
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: San Antonio
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I've never heard of a clown jumping - - ? I'd invest in a glass top, easy to clean - you can have glass cut for you at the local HWS, sand the edges before putting it on the tank so you don't cut yourself. I have glass on top of both tanks with MH and it doesn't affect it much.
HHC
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04-12-2006, 11:05 AM
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Slap Me Some Salt !!
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Saint Paul
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Ouch, sorry for the lost man.
Clowns do jump, I had a large beautiful nemo clown that jump when I first started. Sadly like yours, it was dead and dried when I found it the next morning.
Glass top is a good idea if you have a open top sump that will allow for air exchange. If you don't have a sump, it may not be a good idea to cover the whole top of the tank.
Beng
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04-12-2006, 11:40 AM
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Just some guy, you know?
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: West of Dimples
Posts: 18,460
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I lost 2 clowns to "carpet surfing", and I have heard of plenty of others loosing clowns in the same way, IMHO it is not unusual at all. Because I have a clown in my tank and I want to keep him IN the drink, but don't want to block light to my coral,... I built a full canopy for the tank which is inclosed but has fans to move air through.
HTH,
Whiskey
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04-12-2006, 11:42 AM
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Just some guy, you know?
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: West of Dimples
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The light won't melt the eggcrate at 6-7" away BTW, plenty of people use that for a top under MH.
Whiskey
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Life is never more fun, then when your the Underdog
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04-12-2006, 08:46 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Syracuse NY
Posts: 250
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Thanks for the advice Im gonna give it a try
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04-12-2006, 10:04 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Shelby Township, MI
Posts: 1,137
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sorry for the loss...let us know how the egg crate works!
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04-12-2006, 10:13 PM
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I loves me a water change
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: WI
Posts: 7,759
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I'm so sorry! 
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04-12-2006, 10:30 PM
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Ya ne rozumiyu
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Ephrata, Pennsylvania
Posts: 282
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Sorry for the loss, I'm with Whiskey on a full canopy. As long as you have cooling fans, its a great way to keep they in. No glass to block the light. No melting egg crates.
Unless they go thru the overflow and then repel to the ground, no one is getting out of this tank. 
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