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  • Fishing Jumping in OverFlow Boxl

    I have had my aquarium with internal overflow box for about 8 weeks. In this time I have had 3 occurences of fish jumping into the overflow drain box. I had a saddle puffer do it twice and a lawnmower blenny once. This is a 100G aquarium with wet/dry sump below. The water level in the aquarium is slightly below the plastic drain grate at the top of the overflow box.

    Anyway, I was considering putting something over the top of the drain box at an angle so a fish would fall back in the aquarium. I figure I'm not the only one this has every happened to so there must be some good ideas out there. thank you

  • #2
    use to have this problem with my tetras and shrimp in my discus tank. I picked up some gutter guard from lowes. plastic roll of mesh. but it in the overflow box to keep unwanted out.
    Fishtafarian- Fish are more than just a hobby, they are an obsession.

    110 gal Tall (Angel Community)
    29 gal (Planted Puffer)
    10 gal (snails and small planted)
    5 gal Hex (shrimp)

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    • #3
      Yup. I did the same. In my case, to stop fry from being sucked up.
      I ate my fish that died.

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      • #4
        You know that if a fish can jump into an overflow box, it can easily jump out and onto the floor, right?

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        • #5
          I bought some gutter guard and fitted it around the drain box and it looks good. Great idea since a 20 foot roll was less than $5. This should definitely help - thanks for the tip.

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