Wrasse Jumping question

I had a fairy wrasse jump 8 inches into my eel's tank from my reef tank. he jumped 5 times before he finally died. My cat was always the one to let me know because he would come get me and lead me back to him. Any wrasse i would have SOMETHING over the tank

 

might just go get a piece of acrylic and drill a hole bunch of 1/4 to 1/2 inch holes in it. that will give you air flow and not block much light?

 

Window screen blocks a lot of light. Eggcrate doesn't block nearly as much since it has larger holes and is white so it reflects the light instead of absorbing it. Removing the eggcrate won't make that much of a difference and the little bit of light it does block is not worth the risk IMO.

 

yea i really didint noticed the difference before with it on, i kind of got used to it but now with it off HUGE differene i hope my corals will like it, and hope i get more growth on all my corals except my birdsnest, that thing seriously needs to stop growing

 

i like the acrylic idea but it would be very hard to do with the bow and hob equipment

i may have to do that oen of these days lol

 

Hey puffer, two words: Dremel tool! I dunno, it would be a bit of work, im gonna make an acrylic tank divider for a little mini fuge on my 55 unless I grow up and build a sump ;-)

 

guess it wold be worth a try

 

Start fragging it then... You can make money

 

im coming very close to fragging im a bit hesitant because it would be my first but from the sounds of it birdsnest seem pretty easy

 

well I will say....a fish CAN jump through the egg crate. I had a blue spot jaw go carpet diving once. So it can be done. I had every crook and cranny of the top of the tank covered wiht egg crate and it got out still. Made the "perfect" fatal jump!

I have glass tops on my tank and everything is fine. I have a mystery wrasse and would not fathom risking it to jump.