Thanks to Balazs and GreenAqua to bring this specific topic to the light. After many years in the hobby, no one has spoken about this specific topic the same way you do it. Thumbs-up as I continue learning with every single one of your videos. Thanks !!
Thank you Balazs for adding this important topic. Although many people might have thought "aah, simple subject; we know it" and might skip this video, I should tell those guys, there were many points that are "New and valuable" piece of information for many hobbyists, esp. beginners. Thank you once again to Team Green Aqua for their continuous efforts to inspire and share knowledge to people. Please keep on inspiring!
6:43 it is, Balazs. It is and I totally feel you. Oh and also, corydoras are capable of something called aerial respiration, which means they are capable to breathe air and use their posterior intestine to extract the oxygen from the air into their blood. In the nature they have to be really quick about it so no fish could snag them up while swimming up and back down and some jumping cories are just a little too passionate about it and accidentally jump out.
Something I learned is overcrowding leads to jumping. You mentioned this in the video. But will also add that certain fish that spar with one another and develop a hierarchy are prone to jumping. The males who lose out sometimes get kicked out, chased, fin-nipped, and the only way for them to get away is by jumping. Several types of tetras do this, in my experience, especially those in the Hyphessobrycon genus. Also many barbs (like tiger barb is biggest offender) and danios. Another solution if you are very against adding a lid is to utilize floating plants, which act as a natural lid and help make skittish fish feel more comfortable. Great topic of video. I would add a lid whenever you're not near your tank and remove it when you're enjoying the tank because fish safety should be a priority but everyone has to make their own decisions. Thank you for the video and the beautiful shots of the underwater worlds, Green Aqua team.
Great video Balazs! I learned a lot from previous Green Aqua videos when I first started in Aquascaping about the problem with fish jumping out and invested in a led dimmable light and a glass top. Has worked great so far! Always good to have a refresher course lol! Thanks again!
I have a very interesting experience with the point about flow! I kept finding fish at the same spot on the floor so I set a camera and witnessed my smaller fish (Boraras, Pseudomugil) leading their shoal INTO my 'spin' type lily pipe outflow. They spun around inside the ring then shot out like a rocket! Later I even saw it happen when I was sitting near my tank. I changed my lily pipe after that! haha
I have never had a fish jump out of a tank. I've had my turtles climb out, I've had snails escape, but never fish. I don't use lids. Basically, as you mention in your video about selecting species, you decide on the species you want and build the tank around that. Let fish live as fish do. I have 5 species in my community tank. I did a lot of research about their behavior before getting them. Talk to people who have had the species you are interested in, especially those who have had them for many years and have observed them closely. For a community tank, choose fish who have similar behaviors, breedings habits, and sizes. A little size difference is okay. Big size difference can be disastrous depending on the temperament of the species. Make sure to learn how each species can and will behave toward other species. Hiding places are a must, as well as moderately thick plant coverage to help fish feel secure. Long story short, I have four peaceful schooling species, three of which are egg scatterers, one of which just loves to eat algae and biofilm all day, and my female bettas are the sweetest little ladies. (My community tank houses 2 female crowntail bettas, 2 orange zebra otocinclus, 6 ember tetras, 6 celestial pearl danios, and 10 chili rasboras. Also, 1 purple mystery snail, and several brown ramshorn snails, an unknown number of limpets and bladder snails).
Thank you for this amazing video. In my tanks the most popular reason for the fish to jump out is being scared by another fish. So we need to chose fish responsibly
This tip applies to smaller tanks . I have found the only time I have a fish jump is within 24 hours of a water change (I keep endlers.) I now cover the tank for that period --24 hours--and since doing that have had 0 problems.
Fantastic video topic guys. Finally you guys are covering this topic. I totally have the same experiences with the SAE or the silver flying fox. They tend to be are also very big jumpers whether they are small or large. For me, the main cause is light/shadows as people move around in front of the tank when the light is off or on + vibrations from hardwood floors. I also found that fish in lightly stocked tanks tend to jump less....or maybe that is an effect after all the jumpers already jumped/were gone.
Balázs csinálhatnál meditácios videókat a làgy hangoddal, most biztos el hipnotizáltad a nézöket. 😉😄👌 másképp a téma szuper mert tényleg mindenkinél elöfordul hogy ki ugrálnak a halak. Nálam a törpe szivárványhal volt a leg félösebb, mindentöl ijedeztek. Kivánok szép hetet nektek. ☺️🤗
Hello, I have a question. I have dimmable lighting so this is great news for my fish :-) Now the question is, how long to gradually increase the intensity of the light? And for plants, how to calculate the time or the light gradually increases? From what intensity do we start counting the daily lighting time of plants? I don't know if I was clear, but I don't know how else to explain it :-)
Swordtails, especially males are very good jumpers, but even sluggish goldfish can leap, often for a passing midge. As said in the video, from experience I can confer that a 5 cm gap between surface and tank rim, flow control and gradual lighting ref. power up and down definitely help. Great video.
I've had rummynose in a 120cm tank and after 4 months only 5 are left lol. I can prevent them from jumping by having the corners covered but it really is not visually pleasing. I noticed they like to jump when the lights are off, most of them go to the corners and jump. Can also prevent them from jumping if you don't fill up the water almost to the rim, like leave 3cm gap, but again it doesn't look good on a nicely planted tank design. Oh well!
I'm lucky in this regard.🤗 Because there are no fish in my tanks, only shrimps and snails.😌 But snails sometimes come out of the tank.🧐🥴☹️ Thanks for the Video ♥️❣️✌🏻🙂
Amano shrimp are moving from pond-to-pond in nature, so that's why they get out... If they find plenty of food though they'll stay in the tank. At least, that's what we found.
Hey guys! Long-time lurker here. Thanks for the amazing and informative video! I know that there are at least 30 videos on maintenance, but could you possibly upload a video on how to maintain a tank where you had an unplanned shrimp baby boom? I'm asking because we've started with 20+ CRS shrimps in a 60l tank back at the beginning of this summer then fast forward to today, we have at least 3 shrimp full of eggs at any given time and new shrimplets are popping up day-to-day. I'm finding it harder and harder to maintain the tank without scooping out half the shrimplet population... :(
I’m so frustrated that 3 of my furcata and one Chile rasbora jumped out. I put up foil barriers and now my tank looks silly. I will try to move my lily pipes to the center. Love Green Aqua!! Greetings from Boston!
Let's not forget Discus (and maybe other large cichlids?), these guys will get startled easily and death reason nr.1 for new owners is actually jumpers. The fish is relatively heavy but has very soft skull so usually a fall means almost certain death...
Nice and instructive video, Balazs. Thanks. P.S: I mentioned in a past video that GreenAqua channel was providing me some minutes of relief from my father's illness (Stroke, head trauma etc.). Unfortunatelly, he passed away in 8th October.
That flow thing is probably why my neons jump out. I have a powerhead at it's lowest setting in my 75 gallon to help push the water around and I can see where if they go to the top that pushes them to jump. Thanks for the tip, never understood why they would jump out of such a large tank.
Thank you for the video. I have this problem with my petitelle behleri. I lost several of unfortunately. My tank is 90cm, 200 liters. I’m a beginner. In the tank there is a Betta, really not aggressive, two caridine and 10 petitelle (now I added 15 neon). I started living a little light on at night, not to stress them in case somebody turns on the general lights. But still, yesterday morning one of jumped out. Is this known about petitelle?
I actually just recently installed an acrylic lid with big center hole and edges laser cut to fit equipment and hardscape. Really effective at keeping them in cuz when they do jump from the middle they land right back into the water and when they do end up swimming to the tank walls and upwards all the way to the surface they are blocked by ang invisible sheet of acrylic (talking about typical planted tank fish here not sure about larger then 8” fish). Also it just lets light enter flawlessly into the tank and its see through so i can feed, clean and feed my aquarium through the hole
@@brian8773 nah sounds very unlikely to me, they can even survive jumping out of the tank all the way down hitting the ground. But theyll die of suffocation.
Sigh- fish will not suffocate if there's a lid over the tank. The lids still allow circulation of air over tank and minimize evaporation. The trick would be to NOT have air over the tank due to the use of a lid. Fish "learn" quickly- like they learn the limits of their tank sides. And fine mesh screen works too. It's ridiculous that fish keepers try to maintain a showroom aesthetic with their tanks. All organisms in ecosystem need equal care and attention- not just the plants. (Stepping off my soapbox )
Fish are more often startled by lights that suddenly turn off, rather than when lights turn on. This triggers a reflex, because sudden shadows mean there might be a large predator nearby.
I know my fish got spooked by the light turning on everyday so i decided to move the tank to a place where i only have morning sun coming in through the windows. So the sun wakes them up and more aware of the light and now they don't get scared or jump anymore :D
I had the problem with Hyphessobrycon erythrostigma..i had a group of 10 and they were just super scared...every time the light turned on or off they freaked out..even walking past the tank was enough to cause massive stress for the fish. At some point i was almost sneaking past the tank just trying to not disturb them. They had enough places to hide but they decided to jump..sadly there is only one left today. I guess they were caught wild and the surviving reflex was just to strong...
An easy fix to fish jumping when the lights go on is to put a DIY lid or condensation guard over the tank at night. As long as you remove it once the lights are already on you can enjoy an open top aquascape with much less risk of losing the fish
One thing you possibly forgot to mention is CO2 and pH fluctuation. Normally CO2 injection is switched off an hour before the light turns off. Since the pH value is logarithmic, if the difference between daytime and nighttime pH value exceeds 0.05 level, fish get stressed and try their best to get out of the "bad water". Hence they jump out. Solution: 1) adjust the CO2 level and check the pH level - 2 hours before CO2 injection starts - 1 hour after CO2 injection start - halftime of the light period - 2 hours before light turns off - 2 hours after the light turned off 2) inject CO2 0-24 daily and adjust the bubble/sec to the required pH level
Another tip: When the fish are scared, they try to mainly move in the X/Z direction, not necessarily up or down. So they first hit the glass, then try to swim along the glass to a safer area (works kind of like a funnel), but hit a corner. Now the only way they can go is up or down, if they choose down they'll go towards the ground, so that's not a problem. However if they choose to go upwards they'll jump out. So If you put some kind of lid at the corners, you already prevent ~90% of escape attempts.
top level tips always with our legend team.. lucky to know green aqua. i learn so much from you all. my main source of inspiration is green aqua. i never can forget balazs and tommy legend tips. this video is so useful for us, so many ask me about this , now i have video to refer . perfect point cover in this video. thanks legend. love from deep heart
It's an interesting topic, I also thought it is not common topic. I used to have many cardinal tetra commit suicide until I turn on a tiny white led (1w) light during night time/dark. I also agreed the strong water flow and high water level. If the plants grow too high and water level also high, fishes and shrimps swimming on top, more chances they will jump out when they are scared.
Lost two of my halfbeaks to jumping and I’m really heartbroken about it. Learned my lesson, now all of my tanks will have glass covers. It’s not worth risking the fish’s life when they are just behaving as they would in the wild (and I have purposefully made their habitat as “wild” as possible)! Thanks as always for more great content.
Before i was watching this video, my Wife screams in the living room about one Green Barbo jumps out of the fish tank... This video comes handy. Thanks
In 6 months period, I had 22 fish jumping out of my 64L tank. Mostly tetras and rasboras. Mostly jumping out at night time. Now, I only keep amanos, bloody Mary's and some otocinclus.
I've had my share of 'somersaulters' and suicide squad when I started out. I had to do a fish count each morning when i got out of bed. At the rate I was going, I could start a fish cemetery. It finally dawn on me acclimatizing, types of fish (suitability for community living), water conditions. overcrowding, lighting and any form of shock therapy are some of the factors that can cause discomfort and stress level of fishes. The biggest I lost was a baby shark I kept years ago. If its not in the tank, its probably on the floor. Sigh.....
For GOLD FISH KEEPERS: I lost 2 Gold Fishes. Usually they don't jump but when they are scared they get so hyper and energetic and they just jump out. So if you have gold fishes cover your tank or keep water level low.
Hey Balazes remember me telling you about setting up a Stock Tub,useing Green Aqua scape style?I have it set up with White Clouds.Every once in awhile weaker fish will be found floating,try keeping more females themn males.I will take pictures on my Metro PCs Carrier.Do you have a Face Bookj page?
I think they covered that in one of their videos about the best algae cleaners. I think what they said is that once theyre introduced is to put cling film on the edges of the tank and about a weeks time. Once they've settled, you can remove then cling film
Amano shrimp are moving from pond-to-pond in nature, so that's why they get out... If they find plenty of food though they'll stay in the tank. At least, that's what we found.
Somehow i feel the tone or maybe the lighting of this video is darker than previous videos2. And sir Balazs was using black clothes as well. Halloween theme? I mean, it's halloween --> something scary --> fish get scared sometimes --> they jump out of the tank. Hence this video 🤔 well, just my guess 😅
I love the look of an open top tank. I really enjoy viewing them from overhead . But I think I'd need to cover it - at least when I wasn't around - because I'd worry about jumpers. I mean, they didn't ask to be there so I'd want to do the best for them 🙂
i found it was my corys which was the cause of fish being ejected from my tank whenever plants start to overtake the top surface, my top breathers would get in the way of them
@@GreenAquaShop it's what i like to call "the eject'o fish'o" I'm sure other species with a savage tail whip will have this capability. It's definitely been the main cause for me, it only ever happens for me when the open top water surface becomes restricted and congested. i've only ever witnessed the cories fleeing the scene of the crime after i've heard it happen but it's happened a few times and its always the same scenario, same suspects swimming back down away from the splash zone with a different victim species on the floor, some known for jumping but others not so. all considered i believe "the eject'o fish'o" is a plausible cause for Fish on Floor
Amano shrimp live in Nature in places where they crawl from one pond to another, so for them it's quite natural, it's only they can't go back into the tank once they're out. Water level and not having hardscape that leans against the glass help.
Anyone else has problems with Amano shrimps jumping out? It seems to happen at night, most of the times.. I prevented it by putting foil along side the top of the aquarium for the first few days, because I read that whenn they are in a new enviroment they will jump out faster. So it has been a week now, I removed the foil yesterday. And today I found 2 on the floor ): Btw, they do get far..! I found one downstairs almost at the backdoor lol
Amano shrimp live in Nature in places where they crawl from one pond to another, so for them it's quite natural, it's only they can't go back into the tank once they're out. Water level and not having hardscape that leans against the glass help.
greetings from Bangladesh ,Can you please create a planted jar aqurium video.I do not found any kind of Video which is related about planted jar Aqurium in your youtube channel.
Haha true.. siamese eater😂😂 I put siamese eaters and next day morning they ran out of the tank and don't know where they went ! Lol nothing left in it 😁
All of my fish never jump. But they always disappear. Iwagumi scape so you can see if there are any dead fish. Turns out for some reason my fishies go at the hose while draining water
My tank hás a Black border 10 cm on front and left and right, behind it not háve anything, I put 5 cm of a Glass cover near The water, to prevent otocinclus to jump. Because they go near the glass and jump, I lose one, other I saved three times, now anyone jump anymore.
@@GreenAquaShop I went through all the green aqua videos several times by now. Still can't find it.:( I saw one of the video is a 'private' video. Is it this one?? The original scape was one of my all time favourite scape, the thumbnail was a half filled muddy tank if I remember it right.
We used to have them before, and will probably have them again, so no reason. :) They prefer a bit warmer water though, maybe that's why we don't use them that often.
"welcome to the beautifull world of aquascaping" has became for me a relaxing sentence.
Good to hear! Cheers.
@@GreenAquaShop Please make it a t-shirt!
👍❤️😁
Not a bad idea, will do!
Thanks to Balazs and GreenAqua to bring this specific topic to the light. After many years in the hobby, no one has spoken about this specific topic the same way you do it. Thumbs-up as I continue learning with every single one of your videos. Thanks !!
You are welcome, thanks for the kind support!
Thank you Balazs for adding this important topic. Although many people might have thought "aah, simple subject; we know it" and might skip this video, I should tell those guys, there were many points that are "New and valuable" piece of information for many hobbyists, esp. beginners. Thank you once again to Team Green Aqua for their continuous efforts to inspire and share knowledge to people. Please keep on inspiring!
6:43 it is, Balazs. It is and I totally feel you.
Oh and also, corydoras are capable of something called aerial respiration, which means they are capable to breathe air and use their posterior intestine to extract the oxygen from the air into their blood. In the nature they have to be really quick about it so no fish could snag them up while swimming up and back down and some jumping cories are just a little too passionate about it and accidentally jump out.
Something I learned is overcrowding leads to jumping. You mentioned this in the video. But will also add that certain fish that spar with one another and develop a hierarchy are prone to jumping. The males who lose out sometimes get kicked out, chased, fin-nipped, and the only way for them to get away is by jumping. Several types of tetras do this, in my experience, especially those in the Hyphessobrycon genus. Also many barbs (like tiger barb is biggest offender) and danios. Another solution if you are very against adding a lid is to utilize floating plants, which act as a natural lid and help make skittish fish feel more comfortable. Great topic of video. I would add a lid whenever you're not near your tank and remove it when you're enjoying the tank because fish safety should be a priority but everyone has to make their own decisions. Thank you for the video and the beautiful shots of the underwater worlds, Green Aqua team.
Good tips and TOP quality always. You are the best Green Aqua team!
Great video Balazs! I learned a lot from previous Green Aqua videos when I first started in Aquascaping about the problem with fish jumping out and invested in a led dimmable light and a glass top. Has worked great so far! Always good to have a refresher course lol! Thanks again!
Hey bro..I like your aquascapeing.. from Bangladesh.
🙏🇮🇳🐠💚
Ez valóban hasznos volt, lehetne több ilyen jellegű videó is a csatornán
Igyekszünk, ha van ötleted témákra, akkor szívesen várjuk! Üdv!
I have a very interesting experience with the point about flow! I kept finding fish at the same spot on the floor so I set a camera and witnessed my smaller fish (Boraras, Pseudomugil) leading their shoal INTO my 'spin' type lily pipe outflow. They spun around inside the ring then shot out like a rocket! Later I even saw it happen when I was sitting near my tank. I changed my lily pipe after that! haha
I really shouldn't find it funny but I can't stop laughing over the thought of someone having an accidental fish cannon in their house.
🤣🤣 I’ve seen it happen underwater
When one of my nano fish went over the sponge filter he learned to avoid that area lmao
I have never had a fish jump out of a tank. I've had my turtles climb out, I've had snails escape, but never fish. I don't use lids. Basically, as you mention in your video about selecting species, you decide on the species you want and build the tank around that. Let fish live as fish do.
I have 5 species in my community tank. I did a lot of research about their behavior before getting them. Talk to people who have had the species you are interested in, especially those who have had them for many years and have observed them closely.
For a community tank, choose fish who have similar behaviors, breedings habits, and sizes. A little size difference is okay. Big size difference can be disastrous depending on the temperament of the species. Make sure to learn how each species can and will behave toward other species. Hiding places are a must, as well as moderately thick plant coverage to help fish feel secure. Long story short, I have four peaceful schooling species, three of which are egg scatterers, one of which just loves to eat algae and biofilm all day, and my female bettas are the sweetest little ladies.
(My community tank houses 2 female crowntail bettas, 2 orange zebra otocinclus, 6 ember tetras, 6 celestial pearl danios, and 10 chili rasboras. Also, 1 purple mystery snail, and several brown ramshorn snails, an unknown number of limpets and bladder snails).
Thank you for this amazing video. In my tanks the most popular reason for the fish to jump out is being scared by another fish. So we need to chose fish responsibly
This tip applies to smaller tanks . I have found the only time I have a fish jump is within 24 hours of a water change (I keep endlers.) I now cover the tank for that period --24 hours--and since doing that have had 0 problems.
Fantastic video topic guys. Finally you guys are covering this topic. I totally have the same experiences with the SAE or the silver flying fox. They tend to be are also very big jumpers whether they are small or large. For me, the main cause is light/shadows as people move around in front of the tank when the light is off or on + vibrations from hardwood floors. I also found that fish in lightly stocked tanks tend to jump less....or maybe that is an effect after all the jumpers already jumped/were gone.
Cheers, glad you liked the topics.
Enjoying the series about fish. Thanks.👍
You're welcome, cheers!
Balázs csinálhatnál meditácios videókat a làgy hangoddal, most biztos el hipnotizáltad a nézöket. 😉😄👌 másképp a téma szuper mert tényleg mindenkinél elöfordul hogy ki ugrálnak a halak. Nálam a törpe szivárványhal volt a leg félösebb, mindentöl ijedeztek.
Kivánok szép hetet nektek. ☺️🤗
Igen,sajnos ők elég félősek és kiugrálni is szeretnek. :/
Köszönjük szépen, viszont kívánom. :)
Great video, thanks for addressing this!
Glad it was helpful!
Hello,
I have a question.
I have dimmable lighting so this is great news for my fish :-)
Now the question is, how long to gradually increase the intensity of the light?
And for plants, how to calculate the time or the light gradually increases? From what intensity do we start counting the daily lighting time of plants?
I don't know if I was clear, but I don't know how else to explain it :-)
Swordtails, especially males are very good jumpers, but even sluggish goldfish can leap, often for a passing midge. As said in the video, from experience I can confer that a 5 cm gap between surface and tank rim, flow control and gradual lighting ref. power up and down definitely help. Great video.
Thanks William, yeah, they find the smallest hole.
tres bonne video , tres instructive ! des choses simples a faire auxquelles on ne pense pas souvent . bravo !
I've had rummynose in a 120cm tank and after 4 months only 5 are left lol. I can prevent them from jumping by having the corners covered but it really is not visually pleasing. I noticed they like to jump when the lights are off, most of them go to the corners and jump. Can also prevent them from jumping if you don't fill up the water almost to the rim, like leave 3cm gap, but again it doesn't look good on a nicely planted tank design. Oh well!
I'm lucky in this regard.🤗
Because there are no fish in my tanks, only shrimps and snails.😌
But snails sometimes come out of the tank.🧐🥴☹️
Thanks for the Video ♥️❣️✌🏻🙂
I’ve had shrimp climb out too!
Amano shrimp are moving from pond-to-pond in nature, so that's why they get out... If they find plenty of food though they'll stay in the tank. At least, that's what we found.
Hey guys! Long-time lurker here. Thanks for the amazing and informative video! I know that there are at least 30 videos on maintenance, but could you possibly upload a video on how to maintain a tank where you had an unplanned shrimp baby boom?
I'm asking because we've started with 20+ CRS shrimps in a 60l tank back at the beginning of this summer then fast forward to today, we have at least 3 shrimp full of eggs at any given time and new shrimplets are popping up day-to-day.
I'm finding it harder and harder to maintain the tank without scooping out half the shrimplet population... :(
Agree
I’m so frustrated that 3 of my furcata and one Chile rasbora jumped out. I put up foil barriers and now my tank looks silly. I will try to move my lily pipes to the center. Love Green Aqua!! Greetings from Boston!
Let's not forget Discus (and maybe other large cichlids?),
these guys will get startled easily and death reason nr.1 for new owners is actually jumpers. The fish is relatively heavy but has very soft skull so usually a fall means almost certain death...
Nice and instructive video, Balazs. Thanks.
P.S: I mentioned in a past video that GreenAqua channel was providing me some minutes of relief from my father's illness (Stroke, head trauma etc.). Unfortunatelly, he passed away in 8th October.
My condolences to you and the family! :(
Welcome to the no so cool world of aqua escaping...
Yes.
Very helpful. Thank you!
That flow thing is probably why my neons jump out. I have a powerhead at it's lowest setting in my 75 gallon to help push the water around and I can see where if they go to the top that pushes them to jump. Thanks for the tip, never understood why they would jump out of such a large tank.
Hope you'll sort it out. Good luck!
Thank you for the video. I have this problem with my petitelle behleri. I lost several of unfortunately. My tank is 90cm, 200 liters. I’m a beginner. In the tank there is a Betta, really not aggressive, two caridine and 10 petitelle (now I added 15 neon). I started living a little light on at night, not to stress them in case somebody turns on the general lights. But still, yesterday morning one of jumped out. Is this known about petitelle?
I actually just recently installed an acrylic lid with big center hole and edges laser cut to fit equipment and hardscape. Really effective at keeping them in cuz when they do jump from the middle they land right back into the water and when they do end up swimming to the tank walls and upwards all the way to the surface they are blocked by ang invisible sheet of acrylic (talking about typical planted tank fish here not sure about larger then 8” fish). Also it just lets light enter flawlessly into the tank and its see through so i can feed, clean and feed my aquarium through the hole
Good solution!
Just put an acrylic lid over tank. Or fine mesh netting.
Yes, good idea.
will the fish die from headbutting the acrylic lid?
@@brian8773 nah sounds very unlikely to me, they can even survive jumping out of the tank all the way down hitting the ground. But theyll die of suffocation.
Sigh- fish will not suffocate if there's a lid over the tank. The lids still allow circulation of air over tank and minimize evaporation. The trick would be to NOT have air over the tank due to the use of a lid. Fish "learn" quickly- like they learn the limits of their tank sides. And fine mesh screen works too. It's ridiculous that fish keepers try to maintain a showroom aesthetic with their tanks. All organisms in ecosystem need equal care and attention- not just the plants. (Stepping off my soapbox )
@@brian8773 Not in my experience.
Fish are more often startled by lights that suddenly turn off, rather than when lights turn on. This triggers a reflex, because sudden shadows mean there might be a large predator nearby.
Yeah, that too!
I know my fish got spooked by the light turning on everyday so i decided to move the tank to a place where i only have morning sun coming in through the windows. So the sun wakes them up and more aware of the light and now they don't get scared or jump anymore :D
Watch out for algae blooms
Big jumpers: Odessa Barb, moustachio danio, cotchu blue tetra, emperor blue tetra, pearl danio, glow light danio, Armano shrimp.
Are zebra danios safe?
The picture at the beginning was very funny 😂😂 "Oh my gosh, the fish has jumped out"
LOL
I had the problem with Hyphessobrycon erythrostigma..i had a group of 10 and they were just super scared...every time the light turned on or off they freaked out..even walking past the tank was enough to cause massive stress for the fish. At some point i was almost sneaking past the tank just trying to not disturb them. They had enough places to hide but they decided to jump..sadly there is only one left today. I guess they were caught wild and the surviving reflex was just to strong...
An easy fix to fish jumping when the lights go on is to put a DIY lid or condensation guard over the tank at night. As long as you remove it once the lights are already on you can enjoy an open top aquascape with much less risk of losing the fish
Thanks so much, good idea!
One thing you possibly forgot to mention is CO2 and pH fluctuation. Normally CO2 injection is switched off an hour before the light turns off. Since the pH value is logarithmic, if the difference between daytime and nighttime pH value exceeds 0.05 level, fish get stressed and try their best to get out of the "bad water". Hence they jump out.
Solution:
1) adjust the CO2 level and check the pH level
- 2 hours before CO2 injection starts
- 1 hour after CO2 injection start
- halftime of the light period
- 2 hours before light turns off
- 2 hours after the light turned off
2) inject CO2 0-24 daily and adjust the bubble/sec to the required pH level
Yes, you are right Mary, as always, thanks so much for the add-on!
Great informations Balazs. I try use my light as moonlight %1 during the night time to prevent jumping fish. I hope it can help me
Hope it will help!
Siamese Algae Eaters! I lost two that jumped out over the years. The worst was when I didn’t see and stepped on one ☹️
What about floating plants? They are a natural lid so to speak. A top covered with salvinia in a nano is pretty much impenetrable for the tiny fish.
The flow point is a good one. If you have 5x or 10x filtration the water flow is basically too strong for fish.
Especially if it's a jet-like flow.
Another tip:
When the fish are scared, they try to mainly move in the X/Z direction, not necessarily up or down. So they first hit the glass, then try to swim along the glass to a safer area (works kind of like a funnel), but hit a corner. Now the only way they can go is up or down, if they choose down they'll go towards the ground, so that's not a problem. However if they choose to go upwards they'll jump out. So If you put some kind of lid at the corners, you already prevent ~90% of escape attempts.
Thanks, I have to try it!
Good point there!
top level tips always with our legend team.. lucky to know green aqua. i learn so much from you all. my main source of inspiration is green aqua. i never can forget balazs and tommy legend tips. this video is so useful for us, so many ask me about this , now i have video to refer . perfect point cover in this video. thanks legend. love from deep heart
Thanks for the kind support, as always! Cheers brother.
It's an interesting topic, I also thought it is not common topic. I used to have many cardinal tetra commit suicide until I turn on a tiny white led (1w) light during night time/dark. I also agreed the strong water flow and high water level.
If the plants grow too high and water level also high, fishes and shrimps swimming on top, more chances they will jump out when they are scared.
Thanks for that info, good to have that!
@@GreenAquaShop is the whole gallery where all the tanks are completely dark after a day business?
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Lost two of my halfbeaks to jumping and I’m really heartbroken about it. Learned my lesson, now all of my tanks will have glass covers. It’s not worth risking the fish’s life when they are just behaving as they would in the wild (and I have purposefully made their habitat as “wild” as possible)! Thanks as always for more great content.
6:49 Bad joke jar Balazs. Cheers man!
LOL Cheers Luis.
Before i was watching this video, my Wife screams in the living room about one Green Barbo jumps out of the fish tank... This video comes handy. Thanks
Oh, hang tight. :) No wife should scream at us. Especially not because our hobby. LOL
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Good and interesting video
Cheers, glad you found this useful.
Good tips!
Thanks HeRo. :)
good advice as always
Thanks, glad you found this useful! Cheers Jean.
It's amazing
In 6 months period, I had 22 fish jumping out of my 64L tank. Mostly tetras and rasboras. Mostly jumping out at night time.
Now, I only keep amanos, bloody Mary's and some otocinclus.
Sorry to hear that Patrick. Thanks for watching though, hope you'll find this useful.
My first week with a planted tank, i now have two zebras missing, nowhere to be seen. 😂
Очень нужная тема!!!
Thank u...so much for this video
You're welcome!
I've had my share of 'somersaulters' and suicide squad when I started out. I had to do a fish count each morning when i got out of bed. At the rate I was going, I could start a fish cemetery. It finally dawn on me acclimatizing, types of fish (suitability for community living), water conditions. overcrowding, lighting and any form of shock therapy are some of the factors that can cause discomfort and stress level of fishes.
The biggest I lost was a baby shark I kept years ago. If its not in the tank, its probably on the floor. Sigh.....
For GOLD FISH KEEPERS:
I lost 2 Gold Fishes.
Usually they don't jump but when they are scared they get so hyper and energetic and they just jump out. So if you have gold fishes cover your tank or keep water level low.
Nice
Hey Balazes remember me telling you about setting up a Stock Tub,useing Green Aqua scape style?I have it set up with White Clouds.Every once in awhile weaker fish will be found floating,try keeping more females themn males.I will take pictures on my Metro PCs Carrier.Do you have a Face Bookj page?
Sorry, my FB is private.
you forgot to mention the masters of jumpers - the killifsh family :)
What about amano shrimps? This is most common in my case 🥲 I appreciate the additional video 👌
I think they covered that in one of their videos about the best algae cleaners. I think what they said is that once theyre introduced is to put cling film on the edges of the tank and about a weeks time. Once they've settled, you can remove then cling film
Amano shrimp are moving from pond-to-pond in nature, so that's why they get out... If they find plenty of food though they'll stay in the tank. At least, that's what we found.
Somehow i feel the tone or maybe the lighting of this video is darker than previous videos2. And sir Balazs was using black clothes as well. Halloween theme? I mean, it's halloween --> something scary --> fish get scared sometimes --> they jump out of the tank. Hence this video 🤔 well, just my guess 😅
I love the look of an open top tank. I really enjoy viewing them from overhead . But I think I'd need to cover it - at least when I wasn't around - because I'd worry about jumpers. I mean, they didn't ask to be there so I'd want to do the best for them 🙂
Just a question: are aquarium lips helpful? They are those glass pieces that dont cover all of the water but maybe 2-3inches of lid
They are helpful from the jumping out regard, yes. But they are a pain with maintenance and the general view.
@@GreenAquaShop i wish i knew how good they are at stopping fish from jumping. Anything can help me at this point!!
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I bought 10 tetra neon and now I have 3 left. 20cm cube planted tank low tech. Some of them went into the filter and some jump out.
I just lost my Siamese algae eater
It had jumped out last night, it was with me for a quite longer time 😞
To me, I'd rather forgo some beauty to make it fish friendly. After all living beings are more important..
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Thank You :)
Thanks for the thanks. LOL
I use the jump gard from red sea, no more jumping out of the tank
Good! Cheers!
For those who really love open top tank, it's hard to fill up the water and left 5cm empty, i always left 0.5 - 1cm max🤣
it doesnt look good if it is 5cm empty :(
Agreed
Looks like a monologue from a Vincent Price movie :)
LOL
i found it was my corys which was the cause of fish being ejected from my tank whenever plants start to overtake the top surface, my top breathers would get in the way of them
Yeah! Good observation.
@@GreenAquaShop it's what i like to call "the eject'o fish'o" I'm sure other species with a savage tail whip will have this capability. It's definitely been the main cause for me, it only ever happens for me when the open top water surface becomes restricted and congested. i've only ever witnessed the cories fleeing the scene of the crime after i've heard it happen but it's happened a few times and its always the same scenario, same suspects swimming back down away from the splash zone with a different victim species on the floor, some known for jumping but others not so. all considered i believe "the eject'o fish'o" is a plausible cause for Fish on Floor
My first planted tank fish SAE just jumped from tank in just 24 hour and till now didn’t bought any kind of fish.
May I ask what fish is 4:10?
Last night my bosmania jumped out of aquarium 😵💫
What about shrimps jumping out of the tank and how to prevent it?
Amano shrimp live in Nature in places where they crawl from one pond to another, so for them it's quite natural, it's only they can't go back into the tank once they're out. Water level and not having hardscape that leans against the glass help.
What kind of fish at 1:40? Absolutely stunning
They've been listed in one of the previous videos. Cheers.
Anyone else has problems with Amano shrimps jumping out?
It seems to happen at night, most of the times..
I prevented it by putting foil along side the top of the aquarium for the first few days, because I read that whenn they are in a new enviroment they will jump out faster.
So it has been a week now, I removed the foil yesterday. And today I found 2 on the floor ):
Btw, they do get far..! I found one downstairs almost at the backdoor lol
Amano shrimp live in Nature in places where they crawl from one pond to another, so for them it's quite natural, it's only they can't go back into the tank once they're out. Water level and not having hardscape that leans against the glass help.
How about a tiny lamp at night? Sort of lightning point?
Not a bad idea indeed.
greetings from Bangladesh ,Can you please create a planted jar aqurium video.I do not found any kind of Video which is related about planted jar Aqurium in your youtube channel.
would love if u could come to singapore!
Would love to visit too! It's on my bucket list for sure. Like it's number 1 actually.
SAE is on the top of the list for me as jumper fish, even though they are bottom feeder 🙄
They can be very stressed, yeah. :(
"Welcome to the beatifull world of aquascaping"
" a lit"
"See you guys in the next video"
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LOL, you're funny!
@@GreenAquaShop thanks ! But Balasz remains King of Bad jokes.
I am no match ! 😘
How to prevent bacteria bloom?
Haha true.. siamese eater😂😂 I put siamese eaters and next day morning they ran out of the tank and don't know where they went ! Lol nothing left in it 😁
Green aqua reply team : Cheers John. Glad that you have gained knowledge about it
My biggest issue isn't the fish jumping out but the shrimp. Often i find a dried out shrimp on the floor.
When I had a similar problem in my home tank, airing at night helped.
All of my fish never jump. But they always disappear. Iwagumi scape so you can see if there are any dead fish. Turns out for some reason my fishies go at the hose while draining water
My tank hás a Black border 10 cm on front and left and right, behind it not háve anything, I put 5 cm of a Glass cover near The water, to prevent otocinclus to jump. Because they go near the glass and jump, I lose one, other I saved three times, now anyone jump anymore.
I got some big japan goldfish and sometimes they jumpe over my tank
Sometimes they jump because of bad water parameters, specially shrimps.
Killifish, Rasbora maculatus, siamese algae eater also jumper..i lost some of them
Yeah. :( they are.
Looking at my dried up guppy as I am watching this vid.
Oh, sorry to hear that. :(
Guppies are jumpers too. I don’t keep them in open tanks now. But even if my denrelle tank with a hole in the top, they’ve found a way.
Did green aqua take down the client tank re-scape video?? The one at 3:26.
No, we did not. :) It's there, find it. :)
@@GreenAquaShop I went through all the green aqua videos several times by now. Still can't find it.:(
I saw one of the video is a 'private' video. Is it this one??
The original scape was one of my all time favourite scape, the thumbnail was a half filled muddy tank if I remember it right.
hello green aqua can you do a new betta tank or nano tank for a betta fish i buy one and i dont know how to plant the grass
We have two such videos on the channel, maybe check them out!
Is that any reason your tanks do not have cardinal tetra?
We used to have them before, and will probably have them again, so no reason. :) They prefer a bit warmer water though, maybe that's why we don't use them that often.
@@GreenAquaShop oh I see, mine is 25 Celsius ( if too low, glass will frost). I heard cardinal tetra is not easy to keep, vs neon tetra.
How bout snails? Why do they crawl out of the tank? I often see dried out snail on the floor.
Yeah, that's a problem too, it has to do a lot with the water quality and water temperature too.
amano shrimps allways jump,, for me in my small ada45p
Yeah, that is a problem for us too. These shrimp actually commute between ponds in the nature, so they are not afraid of air.
@@GreenAquaShop unlucky. Best workers out there😒