observations of fish jumping

[flame9]

Do any of the following fish jump...

- Banana Wrasse (copterchoeres chrysus)
- Red Sea Cleaner Wrasse (Larabicus quadrilineatus)
- Regal Tang (Paracanthurus hepatus)
- Atlantic Blue Tang (Acanthurus coeruleus)
- Fridmani Dottyback (Pseudochromis fridmani)
- Blue Star Leopard Wrasse (Mcorapharyngodon bipartitus)
- Bartlett's Anthias (Pseudanthias bartlettorum)
- Coflake Beauty (Centropyge bispinosus)
- Lamarck's angel (Genicanthus lamarck)

Cheers
Matt

[flame9]

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[fleeton]

Wrases and anthias are jumpers, keep that in mind. What's the setup, FOWLR or FO tank? Some of those fish are known coflake nippers too.

[flame9]

No, it's a reef tank. I'm aware some of the wrasses can be nippers, but mine are still pretty young, so that's not an issue for now. Are the wrasses the only ones I need to worry about, or are there other nippers in the list?

[fleeton]

the banana wrasse will definitely nip as it gets older, coflake beauty might develop nipping habits too, and lamarck's angel is likely to nip as well

[flame9]

Cheers mate, thanks for the info

[FoxRise]

Lost a Banana Wrasse during the transfer to my new tank, jumped clean out while I was moving stock. Thought it was just hiding in the sand, didn't even notice it was gone at first. Had a similar scare with a male Bluethroat Trigger, but I was lucky enough to catch him mid-air and scoop him back in. Luckily, my friendly Cleaner Wrasse was on hand to give him a good clean and he's fine now, no harm done.

[zenoxa]

Wrases and anthias are jumpers, keep that in mind. What's the setup, FOWLR or FO tank? Some of those fish are known coflake nippers too.

You're close, but I think there's a bit more to it. I mean, did you actually read that article or just skim through it?

From what I've gathered, Genicanthus, like Lamarck's Angel, are pretty reef-safe - they feed on the same stuff as Anthias and might occasionally sample coflake mucous. Coflake Beauty, on the other hand, is a 50-50 shot. But Banana Wrasse? No way, they're not into coflake, though the big ones might knock over some frags and mess with the crustacean population.

The Red Sea Cleaner, though, that's a different story. It might start eating SPS eventually, and that's definitely something to consider, especially since these fish are getting popular.

[dopestorm]

Honestly, I gotta disagree with the Lamarck's being nippers, they're Genicanthus angels, planktivores, and coflake-safe. But let me tell you, they're definitely jumpers - I've got firsthand experience. I had my Lamarck's angel for over six months, and it was one of my favorites. Then summer rolled around, and I had to take the glass tops off my tank 'cause it was getting ridiculously hot. One week later, I came home from work to find my poor Lamarck's dried out on the carpet in my room. That was a real bummer, 'cause I really loved that fish.