red tailed shark ...

[trav_19]

when i first had my tank set up i got one of these i really enjoyed it ..it was about a 1-1/2" to 2" and one day i came home and he jumped out of my tank and way laying on my living room floor... anyone else have this problem with red tails or any other first or am i the only one who had a good aiming suicidel fish

 

[Grumpy_Marine]

my red tail just died.... he was an aiming expert as i was cleaning filter, he found the 1/2 inch opening and fit right in there, but couldn't get out when i turned the filter back on... i have many loaches who are also escape artists so i have a covered tank, no openings except the exact fit of my cover. Just switched to glass cover so it is nice looking now.

 

[emilyelizabeth]

I can't say any of the red-tails that I have ever had have ever jumped out of the tank. Mine are always covered, but even when I'm cleaning they usually retreat into their hidey-holes in the fake driftwood.

My red-tail that I've had for about 2 months now is almost 4" long... he's gotten very large so quickly, I don't worry too much about him getting in to mischief.

 

[trav_19]

yeah i have like an extra half inch knocked out in my lid around my filter and he must have jumped through that..!!! i was so amazed and dissappointed

 

[Dennis-Pir]

I had bala's do that both committed suicide I found one around 2 feet away from the tank... I was like wazzza.... I think he committed suicide as I was treating the tnak for ICK at the same time =(

 

[Dan Steveo]

i had a red tailed black shark about a year and a half ago. i had to treat the fish and clean the tank so i put the fish in a different tank and cleaned the other one. the tank with the fish (new tank) had no lid so i put a tray on top but there was a hole for the airhose and filter wires....etc... i went upstairs and came back down, checked on the fish, no shark , looked around the tank, no shark, checked the dogs mouth, no shark, then i hears a sort of wet flapping noise and looked at my foot and saw him. he was 5-6" and he fitted through the hole. i didn't know how long he had been on the floor so i scooped him up with my hand and put him back. i learnt a lesson. always have a lid.

 

[CAPSLOCK]

I had tried one once, it jumped out a few hours after being put in the tank...

 

[Dan Steveo]

did he/she live. they have a tendancy to do that.


also be warned. when they get older they get very very agressive. mine killed all of the fish in my tank so i gave it to my sister who had much bigger fish. lol hes still alive and behaving. he must be in behavior school. *crazysmil *crazysmil lol