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Thanks everyone. These three "jumps" occurred over a six month time span. I'm OCD about my tank and am constantly monitoring conditions. I have a pH monitor and check calcium, magnesium, SG, and alk weekly as well as the pH and alk of my calcium reactor effluent; my params are fine. Can you say "out of control"

There's no reason I would have had any ammonia or nitrite spikes around the times she jumped. The first and last time she jumped, she ended up on the floor, but the second time in the overflow. All three times she jumped in the overflow area and I suspect she might have been playing in the current from the return. She played in the current from a powerhead in the tank I had her in previously. The first time I was napping on the couch in front of the tank and woke up because something sounded different. I think what I heard was her in the water stream from the return.

It's amazing that she actually gets out, as my tank has a canopy with the only opening in the back (about 7' high), and the back of the tank is covered by 3 vho bulbs. I'm guessing she's made many "jumps" but only ended up out of the tank those times.

semigodd154 said

Hopefully it will be your fish was stubborn and just couldn't get along with your male

Interesting, because actually I think she never liked him. They never displayed any mating behavior or spawned, even when they were the only fish in the tank. I've never heard anyone talk about clowns accepting each other, but not actually mating. I guess it happens?

I'd like to give him a chance to be the boss ('cause he got such a bad deal the first time ) so maybe I'll wait awhile and then find a small clown to add.