Guppy accident! :-(

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  1. Ammar

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    Hi all

    just would like to find out from guppy keepers.. are they known to jump out tanks?
    i bought a beautiful blue male guppy and prepared my 1 foot tank for him and a female last night, the water in the tank was about 10cms from the top of the tank and in there is a bubble filter.
    this morning i found him on the floor about half a meter from the tank.
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    Ammar, Nov 22, 2012
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    Nearly all fish are capable of jumping out of a tank - some are surprisingly better at it than others.

    I guess you were just unlucky with this one...
     
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    Hi,

    You do get jumpers, it happened to me, but it only happened once, I have a black perspecs (spelling) for you that you can put over the small tank.
     
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    A side note, you might want to turn the pump down a bit, there is big bubbles coming from that filter.
     
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    Ammar

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    ahh man! awesome.. please add that to my stuffs. im not too keep on ruining the look with a full cover. the tank really looks awesome with the LED light. thank you @Laracroft
    its quiet disappointing to loose fish..
     
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    Ammar

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    Oh :wondering:, i thought that was normal with that filter as it has that corner piece on the top. i will do so tonight. thanks.
     
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    When you come around remind me to give it to you.
     
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    @Ammar - Get yourself those tubing suckers and attach 2 (1 just above the filter and one near the surface) and you can remove the rocks from the top of your filter - It won't float away. Sorry about your loss dude.
     
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    Ammar

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    thank you so much :)
     
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    Ammar

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    gud idea.. will do so.. don't know y i didn't think of that, i siliconed the rocks on as i was worried it would fall.
     
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    I saw the photo this morning of the guppy, looked like biltong... but its still amazaning they can jump that far...
     
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    dam i didnt know they were capable jumpers... and that good to
     
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    Clearly the female was a bit of a fish wife and he was tired of her moaning at him :cheesy:
     
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    Ammar

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    LOL i think so (lets hope the wives are not on this forum :p)
     
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    Do you have a cat?
     
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    nope .. no animals other then fish, and i found the fish close to the tank, so it couldn't have been the neighbors cat sneaking in either..
     
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