Keeping Your Fish In the Tank...Not Out!

We all know that fishes live in water. Therefore, for fish keepers, the normal tank to keep them in would be an aquarium or a pond. These tanks hold water where the fishes can live properly, and these enclosures let us enjoy them.

- Angel L. Ampil

Unfortunately, on some occasions, some fish manage to get out of their tanks and die. Finding your fish dead on the floor is a nightmare each fishkeeper dreads waking up to. Thus, it is very important that we keep the fish in their tanks and prevent them from getting out.

 

Surely no fishkeeper would wish this kind of tragedy to happen to the beloved fish they are caring for. But accidents do happen and this is part of the fishkeeping hobby. As responsible fishkeepers, it is our duty to prevent accidents such as these from happening.

Through my many years of fishkeeping, I can only think of three ways a fish can escape a tank: jumping, slithering, or breaking out. By creatively figuring out ways to address these three causes of escape, a fishkeeper can prevent disaster. Additionally, knowing what kind of fish you have will help you make your tank escape-proof.

JUMPING FISH

This is the number one method for fish to escape from a tank. I am sure we have all had a fish jump out from our tanks, with tragic consequences. You may find it dead on the floor, or if you’re lucky, you’ll find it still alive, but will not recover from the injuries it sustained and will eventually die later.

Maybe not all, but fish do jump. As fishkeepers, it is better to assume that whatever fish we have will jump. There are many ways of preventing them from jumping out of the tank.