I just got home from work and i went to check on the aquarium and couldn't find the female betta. I found her dead and dry on the ground beside the tank.
Then I couldn't find Chomps, and I found him... actually he was stuck to the wall outside the tank still alive. Not the wall of the tank.... the wall of the room. I have no idea how he stuck himself to that.... but anyways....
He's back in the tank now, and we had to burp him a bit. He's swimming and he looks okay... he's resting a lot and is pretty dark bellied.
He's hanging out at the top a lot....
I just don't understand... we've never had a fish jump out... and i came home to TWO fish jumped.
Why ?
Testing water... I'll be back with results.
Why would TWO fish jump out ? - And now Pop Eye ???
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Since this board has been up, we have found there are several questions that routinely get asked in order to help diagnose problems. If you can have that information to begin with in your post, we'll be able to help right away (if we can!) without having to wait for you to post the info we need.
1) Your water parameters - pH, Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrates and salinity (if appropriate). This is by far the most important information you can provide! Do not answer this with "Fine" "Perfect" "ok", that tells us nothing. We need hard numbers.
2) Tank size and a list of ALL inhabitants. Include algae eaters, plecos, everything. We need to know what you have and how big the tank is.
3) Feeding, water change schedule and a list of all products you are using or have added to the tank (examples: Cycle, Amquel, salt, etc)
4) What changes you've made in the tank in the last week or so. Sometimes its the little things that make all the difference.
5) How long the aquarium has been set up, and how did you cycle it? If you don't know what cycling is read this: Fishless Cycling Article and familiarize yourself with all the information. Yes. All of it.
We want to help, and providing this information will go a LONG way to getting a diagnosis and hopeful cure that much faster.
While you wait for assistance:
One of the easiest and best ways to help your fish feel better is clean water! If you are already on a regular water change schedule (50% weekly is recommended) a good step to making your fish more comfortable while waiting for diagnosis/suggestions is to do a large water change immediately. Feel free to repeat daily or as often as you can, clean water is always a good thing! Use of Amquel or Prime as a dechlor may help with any ammonia or nitrite issues, and is highly recommended.
Note - if you do not normally do large water changes, doing a sudden, large water change could shock your fish by suddenly changing their established water chemistry. Clean water is still your first goal, so in this case, do several smaller (10%) water changes over the next day or two before starting any large ones.
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Why would TWO fish jump out ? - And now Pop Eye ???
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Re: Ahh ! Why would TWO fish jump out ? - Chomper
SG 1.008
temp 79 F
Nitrite 0
Nitrate n/a (no test kit at the time)
ph 7.8
ammonia is somewhere between 0 and 0.25
temp 79 F
Nitrite 0
Nitrate n/a (no test kit at the time)
ph 7.8
ammonia is somewhere between 0 and 0.25
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Re: Ahh ! Why would TWO fish jump out ? - Chomper
well idk why they would jump but amonia shouldnt be measurable at all so if your getting a reading you should do a 50+% water change until ammonia reaches 0.
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Re: Ahh ! Why would TWO fish jump out ? - Chomper
Yep, something must have upset them in the water (temperature, chemistry, any perfumes near by...?). Water change is your best choice right now!
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Re: Ahh ! Why would TWO fish jump out ? - Chomper
i was wondering if maybe on of the fish was being a bully..... like Nibbles....
really ? fish jump out because of water issues ????
really ? fish jump out because of water issues ????
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Re: Ahh ! Why would TWO fish jump out ? - Chomper
Is it possible there was a huge flash of light from a window, or something making a loud noise that caused them to jump from the startle?
Are the two fish in the same tank or something?
Are the two fish in the same tank or something?
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Re: Why would TWO fish jump out ? - And now Pop Eye ???
awww man, now all of a sudden Chompers left eye looks like it's popping out and kinda couldy.
Poor Chomps, not having a good day today !
What do i do ?
Oh yea, and he's been swimming super crazy fast and then like... jumping. ?????
Poor Chomps, not having a good day today !
What do i do ?
Oh yea, and he's been swimming super crazy fast and then like... jumping. ?????
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Re: Why would TWO fish jump out ? - And now Pop Eye ???
Do a big water change? Maybe soemthing got into the water that's uncomfortable.
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Re: Why would TWO fish jump out ? - And now Pop Eye ???
Make sure the lid is sealed! 
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Re: Why would TWO fish jump out ? - And now Pop Eye ???
do you have this puffer in a community tank ....?
or did both fish jump from different tanks on the same day....?
doesn't make sense.... both fish can't be in the same tank right..?
put melafix in to help his eye, being out of water for any period of time causes alot of stress, there may be some fallout from this, so keep th water pristine to help, and dose with melafix to help heal bits...
or did both fish jump from different tanks on the same day....?
doesn't make sense.... both fish can't be in the same tank right..?
put melafix in to help his eye, being out of water for any period of time causes alot of stress, there may be some fallout from this, so keep th water pristine to help, and dose with melafix to help heal bits...
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Re: Why would TWO fish jump out ? - And now Pop Eye ???
Puffers & bettas are both known jumpers. Coulda been a coincidence. Both need covers or the water level lowered.
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Re: Why would TWO fish jump out ? - And now Pop Eye ???
Another possibility could be one of the electric devices (heater, pump, etc) randomly leaking small amounts of current into the water. IME it's more common than people think.
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Re: Why would TWO fish jump out ? - And now Pop Eye ???
I'm assuming these are 2 tanks?
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
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Re: Why would TWO fish jump out ? - And now Pop Eye ???
okay they were in the same tank 75g, but now the female betta is in another tank.
yes they both jumped out of the same tank.
they even both jumped out of the same side of the tank.
but i think the betta jumped first, because she was dry and dead, but chomper was still wet and alive.
his eye looks better already today, i don't know what was up with that. poor little buddy !
but yea, we don't have a lid, so yea maybe we shouldn't fill it up as much....
now in the 75g there's Chomper, Nibbles, and 4 guppies.
yes they both jumped out of the same tank.
they even both jumped out of the same side of the tank.
but i think the betta jumped first, because she was dry and dead, but chomper was still wet and alive.
his eye looks better already today, i don't know what was up with that. poor little buddy !
but yea, we don't have a lid, so yea maybe we shouldn't fill it up as much....
now in the 75g there's Chomper, Nibbles, and 4 guppies.
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Re: Why would TWO fish jump out ? - And now Pop Eye ???
so you have bettas, guppies and whatever nibbles is in 1.009 salt?
That may be why they want to jump out... get the freshwater fish back into freshwater asap....
That may be why they want to jump out... get the freshwater fish back into freshwater asap....
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