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Fahaka Jumping?
Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 11:58 am
by beano_baby
I was wondering how many inches I would need at the top to guarantee that my Fahaka will not jump out of his tank. Is 3 inches enough or would I need 6, or even more?
Thanks
Re: Fahaka Jumping?
Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 1:08 pm
by Myaj
You need a cover.
Fahakas are big, powerful fish and known for jumping. I believe they are even known for knocking the cover right off a tank and still jumping out.
So yeah, a cover, and a heavy one at that.
Re: Fahaka Jumping?
Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 1:23 pm
by KorrepZ
Really? never knew that. haven't seen mine jump yet. I'm all excited now
Re: Fahaka Jumping?
Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 2:21 pm
by Pufferpunk
You WANT it to jump???
Re: Fahaka Jumping?
Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 3:19 pm
by beano_baby
Good to know. Thank you for the replies.
Re: Fahaka Jumping?
Posted: Sat Dec 12, 2009 3:48 pm
by ACF
They jump? Really? My tanks open and the only thing that jumps out is the guppies and well basically anything that i put in with him LoL
Re: Fahaka Jumping?
Posted: Sat Dec 12, 2009 6:00 pm
by Pufferpunk
You'll be sorry one morning...
Re: Fahaka Jumping?
Posted: Sat Dec 12, 2009 7:03 pm
by OCgatergal
I'm sure Korrep doesn't want it do jump out and die. Just see it be active. I don't know...
Re: Fahaka Jumping?
Posted: Sat Dec 12, 2009 10:43 pm
by ACF
Pufferpunk wrote:You'll be sorry one morning...
Naaa he doesnt really peer much out of water.. see he's too fat to make any kind of crazy jumping judgments! He'd rather sit and watch TV with me or watch me type... He knows air is bad
Re: Fahaka Jumping?
Posted: Sat Dec 12, 2009 10:45 pm
by MrHumphries
ACF wrote:Pufferpunk wrote:You'll be sorry one morning...
Naaa he doesnt really peer much out of water.. see he's too fat to make any kind of crazy jumping judgments! He'd rather sit and watch TV with me or watch me type... He knows air is bad
Watch's TV thats awesome
Don
Re: Fahaka Jumping?
Posted: Sat Dec 12, 2009 10:47 pm
by ACF
MrHumphries wrote:ACF wrote:Pufferpunk wrote:You'll be sorry one morning...
Naaa he doesnt really peer much out of water.. see he's too fat to make any kind of crazy jumping judgments! He'd rather sit and watch TV with me or watch me type... He knows air is bad
Watch's TV thats awesome
Don
O yea all the time! He's always looking @ the t.v so i assume he's watching it or? He likes looking that way? LoL
Re: Fahaka Jumping?
Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2009 2:12 am
by Pufferpunk
All of my discus line up in the same direction watching the TV.
Re: Fahaka Jumping?
Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2009 3:37 pm
by qtrhorse89
Haha watching TV is awesome.
Ratchet favorite past time is watching the cat. As for jumping I've seen my little guy jump so I can't imagine what would have happened as he got bigger. I was too paranoid and bought nice heavy glass lids for my 120.
Re: Fahaka Jumping?
Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2009 3:39 pm
by busybones
Pookie jumped the other day while I was cleaning...it scared me to death! I'm glade I had half the water out so he wasn't in much danger! I'd just die if he flopped out on the floor
Re: Fahaka Jumping?
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2009 11:20 pm
by ACF
busybones wrote:Pookie jumped the other day while I was cleaning...it scared me to death! I'm glade I had half the water out so he wasn't in much danger! I'd just die if he flopped out on the floor
How big is your fahaka? I've never seen mine jump... but he is quite big .. in the past year he's doubled in size. 5-12"