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Mezzovex
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Post by Mezzovex »

I have a fahaka in a 55g tank right now. I had a piece of glass cut for a top piece, but its a bit too small. I was wondering if it would be ok for me to leave it without the top since i worry about it falling in. Do Fahakas have a history of jumping?
Tanks I currently own:

125g freshwater tank w\ 30g sump, 840gph pump, ocean clear canister filter,
20" fire eel, and Dib the Fahaka

55g freshwater tank w\ Magnum 330 filter
Tigger the South American Puffer

5.5g nano saltwater tank
Clean up crew + coral + a strawberry dottyback
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Re: open top tank

Post by pufferpuggirl »

I'd be very worried about your Fahaka jumping out! They are notorious jumpers and can jump with some force too. :shock:
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Re: open top tank

Post by LilGreenPuffer »

All fish are jumpers, and puffers are worse than average. I cover every bit of open space on the tops of all my tanks!

Several months ago, someone posted a pic of an absolutely stunning open-top tank. The puffer jumped and died perhaps a week later.
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Re: open top tank

Post by Mezzovex »

ok with that i will put the glass tops back on. I will get new ones cut again when i can. *sigh* should of measured better... :arg:
Tanks I currently own:

125g freshwater tank w\ 30g sump, 840gph pump, ocean clear canister filter,
20" fire eel, and Dib the Fahaka

55g freshwater tank w\ Magnum 330 filter
Tigger the South American Puffer

5.5g nano saltwater tank
Clean up crew + coral + a strawberry dottyback
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1 x T Leiurus
1 x T Miurus
Rainbow crab
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Post by pufferpuggirl »

If you're afraid of the glass falling in, then just cover the tank temporarily with something else until you can get the right size glass cut. Better to be safe than sorry. :wink:
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Post by ACF »

I've had my tank for 2 years this coming August and I haven't had a top on it this entire time. Ive been drawing out templates ever since I got the tank because it has a wave in it *as you can see*. I have a Fahaka thats grown from 5-12" in that time and Ive never had a problem other than a few Giant Danios that thought they could fly... but thats basically because fata$$ was chasing them!

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I've lost 3 puffers to jumping, and they all jumped from tanks that did have a cover. They must have jumped out of the feeding hole. :shock: So you absolutely need a cover for your tank.
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Post by ACF »

LOL WoW your puffers like to jump! Mine just likes to splash water out of the tank and push his teeth up against it when he sees me walking to the kitchen and stuffing my face with food! For the most part he watches TV with me and or watches me sit here and type... I think he was re-writing Einsteins Theory on the glass the other day... He knows jumping is BAD! ;) LoL
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Post by pufferpuggirl »

I have to say that I've lost puffers from jumping as well, but like Troender, mine jumped from tanks with covers. Both tanks have covers, but only to the stress bars on the sides, so I guess they've jumped out of that 2" opening by my hang-on filter. :?

I'm friends with the manager of a LFS and they came in one morning to find their lineatus dead on the floor because it jumped out. Taught them a lesson, unfortunately at the cost of the puffer's life. :(
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Re: open top tank

Post by Mezzovex »

dang. I ended up putting my top back on, and the next morning I found him stuck into the filter tube. I forgot to put a screen on the pvc pipe going into my tank... and yeah....
Tanks I currently own:

125g freshwater tank w\ 30g sump, 840gph pump, ocean clear canister filter,
20" fire eel, and Dib the Fahaka

55g freshwater tank w\ Magnum 330 filter
Tigger the South American Puffer

5.5g nano saltwater tank
Clean up crew + coral + a strawberry dottyback
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My Puffers: Puffs & Stuff:

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1 x M Turgidus
1 x T Palembangensis
1 x M Baileyii
1 x T Schoutedeni
1 x T Leiurus
1 x T Miurus
Rainbow crab
crayfish
Location (country): Yorkshire, GB
Location: South Yorkshire, UK

Re: open top tank

Post by pufferpuggirl »

You found your Fahaka stuck to the filter tube? And I suppose he didn't make it? Oh, I'm so sorry. I've always heard that Fahakas were well-known jumpers though, so I'd just be cautious. Sorry for your loss. :(
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sorry to hear about your fahaka, I hope you get another there such beautiful species
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Seriously!?!? Fahakas are known as jumpers? That just blows my mind! Mine would rather spew water out of the tank than come outside! But he will follow wherever u go! ;)
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Re: open top tank

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mine just liked to bite at me to say he wanted food from the water.
Tanks I currently own:

125g freshwater tank w\ 30g sump, 840gph pump, ocean clear canister filter,
20" fire eel, and Dib the Fahaka

55g freshwater tank w\ Magnum 330 filter
Tigger the South American Puffer

5.5g nano saltwater tank
Clean up crew + coral + a strawberry dottyback
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Post by Nick »

Perhaps just a couple pieces of egg create cut to size and held down with clamps?
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