Goldfish Jumping out of bowl.

[gahh]

Anyone experienced a problem like this? My goldfish jump out of the bowl sometimes. I don't know when it happens but everytime I notice, it is already dead. I have already replaced around 4 fish. :( My bowl is not covered but I don't want to get a new one. Anyone got any ideas?

[Brandon_7]

Get a tank with a lid, or put some sort of cover over the bowl. No matter what you decide to do, stop killing fish! :shame:

 

 

 

(Just kidding.)

[Led-Zeppelin]

Put some mesh over the top.

[gahh]

Ok, I will try mesh over the bowl. Thanks for the idea.

[StrOwez]

put a chain around the goldfishes neck, build a little house at the bottom of the fish tank and tie the goldfish to the house- Problem solved.

[gahh]

put a chain around the goldfishes neck, build a little house at the bottom of the fish tank and tie the goldfish to the house- Problem solved.

 

 

 

What if the fish chokes? :(

[StrOwez]

put a chain around the goldfishes neck, build a little house at the bottom of the fish tank and tie the goldfish to the house- Problem solved.

 

 

 

What if the fish chokes? :(

It shouldn't, don't tie it too hard, also use some Sehat Perkasa Ultimate on it's neck before putting it on.

[gahh]

Ok. I'll try that too.

 

Kidding

[kelem_ryu]

The fish tries to overcome the barrier that prevents him from swimming any further by jumping over it. Maybe the bowl is too small.

[Biabf]

The fish tries to overcome the barrier that prevents him from swimming any further by jumping over it. Maybe the bowl is too small.

Sounds sensible. Try getting a bigger tank with a lid.

[ltb2006]

And maybe not fill the water so high?

[trollman118]

i had a similar problem but not exactly the same. My fish(still alive 5 years old at least) stays at bottom of bowl then has what looks like a epileptic fit and splashes water everywhere. Then after half an hour it stops and lies at bottom:S

[Emofury]

My advice. plug a toaster in. put it on the fish bowl. tape a note saying " you jump you die NUB "

[xSxqPowerx]

Just cover it lol

 

 

 

Or put less water in

[Adam007]

I had goldfish that would do that. They'd always land back in the bowl though. Mesh might be a little too rough if it flies into it. Why not just keep replacing a tissue over the top and rubber band it tight? Water might evaporate into it though and make it just fall apart but give it a try anyway.

[megakiller32]

Sit there with a gun.

 

Problem solved.

 

 

 

Shuddup! I know i'm not funny :cry:

[TotalTalker]

When we used to have our pond, we had a mesh cover over the top that you can lift off, but I think we had that to protect the fish from preditors, but im sure using mesh will help you keep your fish in their bowl.

[Lenin64]

My advice. plug a toaster in. put it on the fish bowl. tape a note saying " you jump you die NUB "

 

Super Siggied :thumbsup:

[wizarthas460]

put other bowls around it? so it can jump from bowl to bowl? :

[indy500fan]

When we used to have our pond, we had a mesh cover over the top that you can lift off, but I think we had that to protect the fish from preditors, but im sure using mesh will help you keep your fish in their bowl.

 

 

 

I'm going to be using a mesh on my garden pond just to keep the leaves out. Have had it since last summer, and no fish have been eaten.

[ewan]

DUDE JUST DON'T BUY MORE fish........

[meol]

I think your fishbowl might just be too small for the fish, try getting a bigger one, or smaller fishies.

[dark_blob]

As lots of other people said, put a cover on top or get a bigger fish tank. You might also try getting a different species of fish that isn't known to jump much.

[warren211]

4 goldfish jumped out of the bowl?

 

 

 

 

 

what do you do to the poor things?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I think you should just put some kind of mesh or something on top of it.

[gahh]

I just got another fishy today. Its smaller though. I think I need a new tank because I heard somewhere a fish needs 1L of water for every cm it is. Does anyone know if this is true?