Fish jumping from the surface ..

[Lord-Data]

I know its fairly common for this to happen occasionally, but does anyone
know what actually inspires the fish to do this?

A few weeks ago, one of my gf's sisters goldfish (about 6 in a fairly large
tank), decided to swim from the bottom of the tank, upwards at great speed,
jump out of the water, and hit its head on the wooden cover over the tank.
It then proceeded to do this about 6 times, before just resuming swimming as
per normal. Havn't seen it do it since.

One of my fish (white goldfish) decided to do it last night. Glass tank with
a glass lid, swam upwards at a high rate of speed, and hit itself against
the glass, hard enough to make it move and make a noise. It then repeated
this about 4 times, before going back to normal again ..

Also some of the previous fish kept before have been found on the ground
next to the tank, obviously having jumped out during the night.

Anyone know what causes them to decide to do this?

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[Donald Kerns]

Lord-Data wrote:

> A few weeks ago, one of my gf's sisters goldfish (about 6 in a fairly
> large tank), decided to swim from the bottom of the tank, upwards at
> great speed, jump out of the water, and hit its head on the wooden
> cover over the tank. It then proceeded to do this about 6 times,
> before just resuming swimming as per normal. Havn't seen it do it
> since.

Your neighbors were playing heavy metal rock that the fish could hear
and you couldn't? ;-)

But seriously, while I don't KNOW, I would suspect a water condition
problem. In each group their is going to be a fish that is the most
sensitive...

If this happens frequently, I'd do a 50% water change with treated
temperature matched water and see if that mellows them out.

-D
--
"Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving
that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the
proof." -Galbraith's Law

[Mel]

Fish often do this because of poor water quality. What is your maintenance
schedule? You need to test for ammonia, nitrite and nitrates, as well as
monitoring your PH to check that it isn't fluctuating at all. I suspect that
this is probably what's wrong, but if you test and your water is fine, then
there could be parasitic problem.

Mel.

"Donald Kerns" > wrote in message
...
> Lord-Data wrote:
>
> > A few weeks ago, one of my gf's sisters goldfish (about 6 in a fairly
> > large tank), decided to swim from the bottom of the tank, upwards at
> > great speed, jump out of the water, and hit its head on the wooden
> > cover over the tank. It then proceeded to do this about 6 times,
> > before just resuming swimming as per normal. Havn't seen it do it
> > since.
>
> Your neighbors were playing heavy metal rock that the fish could hear
> and you couldn't? ;-)
>
> But seriously, while I don't KNOW, I would suspect a water condition
> problem. In each group their is going to be a fish that is the most
> sensitive...
>
> If this happens frequently, I'd do a 50% water change with treated
> temperature matched water and see if that mellows them out.
>
> -D
> --
> "Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving
> that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the
> proof." -Galbraith's Law

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water quality, also infestation with parasites.
Story. DH has a couple common GF that have survived his tank at school. brought
some of em home over vacation. this one was really large. and the tank is very
overstocked. I been yelling at him to clean up the tank which began to smell like a
sewer. he cleaned it up, toooooooo clean. I began telling him to test the water it
looked toxic it was so clean. he didnt and the fish been jumping. well just about a
week ago the biggest jumped out cause he doesnt have a lid on the front. and Mitzie
one of my lil'ol lady Poms with only about 4 teeth left found him and had a very good
meal. I dont know if DH learned from this or not. Ingrid

"Lord-Data" > wrote:

>I know its fairly common for this to happen occasionally, but does anyone
>know what actually inspires the fish to do this?
>
>A few weeks ago, one of my gf's sisters goldfish (about 6 in a fairly large
>tank), decided to swim from the bottom of the tank, upwards at great speed,
>jump out of the water, and hit its head on the wooden cover over the tank.
>It then proceeded to do this about 6 times, before just resuming swimming as
>per normal. Havn't seen it do it since.
>
>One of my fish (white goldfish) decided to do it last night. Glass tank with
>a glass lid, swam upwards at a high rate of speed, and hit itself against
>the glass, hard enough to make it move and make a noise. It then repeated
>this about 4 times, before going back to normal again ..
>
>Also some of the previous fish kept before have been found on the ground
>next to the tank, obviously having jumped out during the night.
>
>Anyone know what causes them to decide to do this?



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[fishbee]

It could be there is not enough air in the tank, the GFs are trying to get
air.

"Lord-Data" > wrote in message
...
> I know its fairly common for this to happen occasionally, but does anyone
> know what actually inspires the fish to do this?
>
> A few weeks ago, one of my gf's sisters goldfish (about 6 in a fairly
large
> tank), decided to swim from the bottom of the tank, upwards at great
speed,
> jump out of the water, and hit its head on the wooden cover over the tank.
> It then proceeded to do this about 6 times, before just resuming swimming
as
> per normal. Havn't seen it do it since.
>
> One of my fish (white goldfish) decided to do it last night. Glass tank
with
> a glass lid, swam upwards at a high rate of speed, and hit itself against
> the glass, hard enough to make it move and make a noise. It then repeated
> this about 4 times, before going back to normal again ..
>
> Also some of the previous fish kept before have been found on the ground
> next to the tank, obviously having jumped out during the night.
>
> Anyone know what causes them to decide to do this?
>
> --
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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> : Michael Saunders (aka, Lord-Data)
> : ICQ: 514055
> : http://www.vidguide.com
>
>

[Zookeeper]

wrote:
> water quality, also infestation with parasites.
> Story. DH has a couple common GF that have survived his tank at school ...
> . . . I been yelling at him to clean up the tank which began to smell like a
> sewer. he cleaned it up, toooooooo clean. I began telling him to test the water it
> looked toxic it was so clean. he didnt and the fish been jumping. well just about a
> week ago the biggest jumped out cause he doesnt have a lid on the front. and Mitzie
> one of my lil'ol lady Poms with only about 4 teeth left found him and had a very good
> meal. I dont know if DH learned from this or not. Ingrid
>
> "Lord-Data" > wrote:
>
>>I know its fairly common for this to happen occasionally, but does anyone
>>know what actually inspires the fish to do this?
>> ...
>>Anyone know what causes them to decide to do this?

SLOMLAP!!!! Ingrid.
Sorry DH -- not really laughing at your expense, ... but ... if living
with the Ingrid hasn't taught you how to care for goldies, there is
really no hope for the rest of us!!!
Ingrid, does Mitzie have that "goldfish" gleam in her eyes now? Bet that
was an enjoyable, healthy snack for her.
--
Zk

[Donald Kerns]

Zookeeper wrote:

> SLOMLAP!!!

Glossary check please?

-D
--
"Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving
that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the
proof." -Galbraith's Law

[Zookeeper]

Donald Kerns wrote:

> Zookeeper wrote:
>>SLOMLAP!!!
> Glossary check please?

This net speak was all or mostly coined on rec.ponds (we have many
budding comedians there). It all started a couple months ago, when
someone asked "what to do with dead animals in pond?" Since some of the
replies were quite irreverent and comic, I almost BEOKAMed or SLOMLAPed
or SOMLOLed my monitor, so I asked for contributions:

"Okay, someone has to invent an online acronym for spraying the computer
monitor with a beverage when reading a particular funny or irreverent
message ..."

John Rutz penned (keyboarded?):
.... BEOKAM beverage ejected on keyboard and monitor ??

Sue added:
....
SLOMLAP = Spraying Liquid On Monitor Laughing At Post

Ingrid noted:
.... well I usually tell people they owe me a new keyboard ...

BV suggested:
.... SLOMLAP actually made me SLOMLAP so I'd have to vote for it. But I
am also a traditionalist and since ROTFLMAO is the most popular, I would
also like to suggest SOMLOL (Spitting On Monitor, Laughing Out Loud).

JD coined:
How about SLOSHAC?
(Sprayed Liquid On Screen; Having a Cow)

Susan said:
On a lot of listservs, it's simply referred to as spew.

Sameer contributed:
.... unix administrators, have had pseudo-command for exactly this
situation. C|N>K It translates to Coffee/Coke sent through the nose
all over the keyboard.

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zookeeper

[Donald Kerns]

Zookeeper wrote:

> "Okay, someone has to invent an online acronym for spraying the
> computer monitor with a beverage when reading a particular funny or
> irreverent message ..."
>

Gotcha. On my favorite humor group it is a "C&C warning"

C&C warning:
Make sure you're not drinking any coffee and have the cat out of your
lap before reading.

-D
--
"Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving
that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the
proof." -Galbraith's Law

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yeah, well I nag him so much about so many things that the fish tank nagging got lost
in the background. you gotta get it in context. our big springer Channie (RIP) saw
our big koi do a 1.5 gainer outta the tank (pre-pond days) and as the koi rolled
around collecting dog hair Channie sat there woofing softly to notify us that the
fish was out. after half hour of woofing we went and checked what she was doing it
for. fish survived. but she didnt just dive right in there and eat it! now we are
keeping the little girls on pretty strict diet, especially Mitzie cause she has heart
murmur, and she does find very inventive ways to supplement her diet. see movie
"cant teach an old dog new tricks?" here
http://puregold.aquaria.net/mutts/mitz/mitzie.html
Ingrid

Zookeeper > wrote:
>SLOMLAP!!!! Ingrid.
>Sorry DH -- not really laughing at your expense, ... but ... if living
>with the Ingrid hasn't taught you how to care for goldies, there is
>really no hope for the rest of us!!!
>Ingrid, does Mitzie have that "goldfish" gleam in her eyes now? Bet that
>was an enjoyable, healthy snack for her.



~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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http://puregold.aquaria.net/
www.drsolo.com
Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
endorsements or recommendations I make.