Escapee!

[lutz123]

So I moved the young clown pair from their pico "quarantine" tank to their Nuvo 16 yesterday so that I could put the new little yellow clown goby in the pico (need a new quarantine tank). Everyone seemed settled in nicely...or so I thought.

 

I got my coffee this morning and walked over to check on my fish tanks (they live in my home office) and notice the little goby is out from behind the rocks (Yay!) but only see one clownfish. Coral is where she should, be but Marlin is MIA. "She must be sleeping" says my 4 year old. (Yeah, sleeping.). I peek behind the rocks knowing I probably won't like what I find, but he isn't there. Then I glance down at the floor and spot movement out of the corner of my eye. Marlin is happily swimming in a 5 gallon bucket that had an inch of fresh saltwater left in it! Thank goodness for laziness after a water change! If I didn't keep the tanks in my office those buckets would never have been there.

 

To add to his luck, the office is also where the cats like to hang out. I likely would never have found him if he had hit the floor. I had hoped that by using the glass Nuvo lid I would avoid jumping being an issue, but of course they will always find the half inch gap.

 

Now I can sit down and relax - and plan coral stocking and a bigger tank to add...

[smallreef]

Lol...atleast you found him quickly...

I looked for my 3inch angel for over a hour one day and found him in my overflow..and mind you the water in my overflow is only 2 inches high and sucked down rapidly...I'm glad he jumped in there vice behind the tank cuz I never could have gotten him from behind there but just so odd!

[Coral Hind]

Wow, that was lucky. I guess after that long freshwater bath it is now free of any external parasites.

[steveoutlaw]

What a lucky shot!  I had one of my clowns jump and found it flopping around behind the sump in a bunch of salt creep.  It took me a good five minutes to find it, but I dropped it back in the tank and it was like nothing happened.  Resilient little guys.

[Djplus1]

That's nothing. Last week I just WATCHED my yellow wrasse jump for the THIRD time. I have literally saved his yellow azz from drying up THREE times because I happened to be in the room the same time as the "escape" attempt.

[Orion]

You can easily make your own screen top for your Nuvo 16 to prevent this from happening again.  I made one for a Nuvo 30, and have extra BRS white netting if you need it.  It's the  1/4" netting too, so even the tiny fish won't get out.  PM me if interested, just pay for shipping