Wrasse Jumped into Overflow

Charlie97L · 04-16-2006, 04:02 PM

hey, my sixline jumped into my overflow last night... could that be because i added a clownfish yesterday? it's a tank bred clarkii. i also tore up the tank to get my shrimp into a holding tank, after he was mercilessly going after the clown. the radical new rockwork might have freaked him out too, which do you think is more likely?

thanks!

Kensn · 04-16-2006, 04:42 PM

I vote for he got spooked from the fish.......

Woodstock · 04-16-2006, 05:05 PM

Your shrimp was chasing your clown? What type of shrimp?

Kensn · 04-16-2006, 05:43 PM

I took for granted it was a cleaner just trying to do his job.....

Charlie97L · 04-16-2006, 05:51 PM

haha no, it was my psycho CBS. i think the wrasse jumped because of all the commotion... the last time i moved rock around he hid for 2 days.

i'm making a lid out of the grid lighting stuff now... and hopefully i'll be able to easily get him out of the overflow.

Charlie97L · 04-16-2006, 07:21 PM

ooookay, that wasn't easy at all! what a pita. got him out, he's back in the main tank, looking like an adrenaline junkie from his adventure, and i made a lid for the tank from 3 pieces of lighting grid. whoohoo!

Woodstock · 04-16-2006, 07:28 PM

Good job!

Is the shrimp still chasing him?

Kensn · 04-16-2006, 07:35 PM

It's all fun and games until someone gets hurt.....

Charlie97L · 04-16-2006, 07:41 PM

well the shrimp was chasing the new clarkii. not the wrasse. and the wrasse was the jumper, i think just from the commotion. the clarkii was dazed when i put him in the tank, and i had to fend the CBS off, but he wouldn't let it go, and almost got the clarkii, so i took him out, and a friend at the LFS is holding him until my CBS reef is setup.

so no, the shrimp isn't chasing him anymore. stupid CBS... he's really trying my patience. we compared, and mine was at least twice the size of all the other cbs at the store... even the older one in the show tank. the owner was flabbergasted.

oldsaint · 04-16-2006, 08:38 PM

Wrasse are known for jumping. My Scott's Fairy wrasse took 3 rides in the overflow. Two of them were thru the U tube and into the sump. I finally had to get some cutter guard and cover all the overflows.

billyr98 · 04-17-2006, 09:35 PM

yea wrasses are known for jumping, i have a carpenter wrasse who goes in my overflow daily!! He goes in and then comes out..

04-16-2006, 04:02 PM	#1 (permalink)
Charlie97L Reef Lobster Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: North Bethesda, MD Posts: 1,288 View Gallery Karma Komment	Wrasse Jumped into Overflow hey, my sixline jumped into my overflow last night... could that be because i added a clownfish yesterday? it's a tank bred clarkii. i also tore up the tank to get my shrimp into a holding tank, after he was mercilessly going after the clown. the radical new rockwork might have freaked him out too, which do you think is more likely? thanks! __________________ 40 Breeder, 20H Frag Aquactinics T5s, CPR Fuge, Deltec AP600, AC Jr, WavySea

04-16-2006, 04:42 PM	#2 (permalink)
Kensn Reef Lobster Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Auburn Wa. Posts: 1,252 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Wrasse Jumped into Overflow I vote for he got spooked from the fish....... __________________ Ken When the ebbing tide retreats Along the rocky shoreline It leaves a trail of tidal pools In a short-lived galaxy Rush

04-16-2006, 05:05 PM	#3 (permalink)
Woodstock The Wand Geek was here. ;) Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 24,155 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Wrasse Jumped into Overflow Your shrimp was chasing your clown? What type of shrimp? __________________ ~Doni Marie~ *GOT ICH???* *My Victorious Battle with ICH* 120 Reef Chronicle ~ *Breeding Picasso Clownfish~* *Massive 300 gal growout~* *My Anemone & Picasso Tank ~* *Picasso & Snowcasso for sale~* "Energy and persistence conquer all things." Benjamin Franklin __________________________________________________ ______________________________________________

04-16-2006, 05:43 PM	#4 (permalink)
Kensn Reef Lobster Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Auburn Wa. Posts: 1,252 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Wrasse Jumped into Overflow I took for granted it was a cleaner just trying to do his job..... __________________ Ken When the ebbing tide retreats Along the rocky shoreline It leaves a trail of tidal pools In a short-lived galaxy Rush

04-16-2006, 05:51 PM	#5 (permalink)
Charlie97L Reef Lobster Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: North Bethesda, MD Posts: 1,288 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Wrasse Jumped into Overflow haha no, it was my psycho CBS. i think the wrasse jumped because of all the commotion... the last time i moved rock around he hid for 2 days. i'm making a lid out of the grid lighting stuff now... and hopefully i'll be able to easily get him out of the overflow. __________________ 40 Breeder, 20H Frag Aquactinics T5s, CPR Fuge, Deltec AP600, AC Jr, WavySea

04-16-2006, 07:21 PM	#6 (permalink)
Charlie97L Reef Lobster Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: North Bethesda, MD Posts: 1,288 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Wrasse Jumped into Overflow ooookay, that wasn't easy at all! what a pita. got him out, he's back in the main tank, looking like an adrenaline junkie from his adventure, and i made a lid for the tank from 3 pieces of lighting grid. whoohoo! __________________ 40 Breeder, 20H Frag Aquactinics T5s, CPR Fuge, Deltec AP600, AC Jr, WavySea

04-16-2006, 07:28 PM	#7 (permalink)
Woodstock The Wand Geek was here. ;) Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 24,155 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Wrasse Jumped into Overflow Good job! Is the shrimp still chasing him? __________________ ~Doni Marie~ *GOT ICH???* *My Victorious Battle with ICH* 120 Reef Chronicle ~ *Breeding Picasso Clownfish~* *Massive 300 gal growout~* *My Anemone & Picasso Tank ~* *Picasso & Snowcasso for sale~* "Energy and persistence conquer all things." Benjamin Franklin __________________________________________________ ______________________________________________

04-16-2006, 07:35 PM	#8 (permalink)
Kensn Reef Lobster Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Auburn Wa. Posts: 1,252 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Wrasse Jumped into Overflow It's all fun and games until someone gets hurt..... __________________ Ken When the ebbing tide retreats Along the rocky shoreline It leaves a trail of tidal pools In a short-lived galaxy Rush

04-16-2006, 07:41 PM	#9 (permalink)
Charlie97L Reef Lobster Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: North Bethesda, MD Posts: 1,288 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Wrasse Jumped into Overflow well the shrimp was chasing the new clarkii. not the wrasse. and the wrasse was the jumper, i think just from the commotion. the clarkii was dazed when i put him in the tank, and i had to fend the CBS off, but he wouldn't let it go, and almost got the clarkii, so i took him out, and a friend at the LFS is holding him until my CBS reef is setup. so no, the shrimp isn't chasing him anymore. stupid CBS... he's really trying my patience. we compared, and mine was at least twice the size of all the other cbs at the store... even the older one in the show tank. the owner was flabbergasted. __________________ 40 Breeder, 20H Frag Aquactinics T5s, CPR Fuge, Deltec AP600, AC Jr, WavySea

04-16-2006, 08:38 PM	#10 (permalink)
oldsaint Ricordea Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Brandon, Fl Posts: 196 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Wrasse Jumped into Overflow Wrasse are known for jumping. My Scott's Fairy wrasse took 3 rides in the overflow. Two of them were thru the U tube and into the sump. I finally had to get some cutter guard and cover all the overflows. __________________ 180 rebuilding, 260 Mixed Reef, 55 & 29 QT. Always looking for volunteers on water change day Wisdom and knowledge is your's to fish

04-17-2006, 09:35 PM	#11 (permalink)
billyr98 Reefing Addict Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Cherry Hill, NJ Posts: 5,400 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Wrasse Jumped into Overflow yea wrasses are known for jumping, i have a carpenter wrasse who goes in my overflow daily!! He goes in and then comes out.. __________________ Billyr98 -=NJRC Treasurer=- My 450g Reef Tank ~~~ Its HERE!!!

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