JeffM Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 I am seeing that the Waterbox style rimless aquariums are all the rage in Europe. I am also noticing that they seldom use a lid. I would be worried about jumpers, but it does not seem to be a concern with them. What are your thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 The reason they are not concerned mostly has to do with plants. I have swordtails which are notorious jumpers in several aquariums without lids, but all of these aquariums have a fair amount of plants at the top. The only swordtail I have lost to jumping this year jumped out of pond and dried up on the lawn. I did lose a Vallisneria from one of my uncovered aquariums though. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shkote Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 Most of my uncovered tanks are stocked with not particularly jumpy fish. I have never had a fish jump out. I keep Endlers in uncovered tanks with floating plants. I'm guessing the floating plants help discourage jumping as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Ed's Aquatics Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 12 minutes ago, JeffM said: I am seeing that the Waterbox style rimless aquariums are all the rage in Europe. I am also noticing that they seldom use a lid. I would be worried about jumpers, but it does not seem to be a concern with them. What are your thoughts? If you look in the corners, many of the rimless tanks have little blocks to support a different style of lid. Lots of the EU fish keepers are using lids, and they almost always remove them for pictures. Lol 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shkote Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 17 minutes ago, Daniel said: I did lose a Vallisneria from one of my uncovered aquariums though. 😆 The closest thing I've had to plants jumping out of my tank is finding duckweed in my coffee, on my pants, the back of my phone, and once on a doorknob. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishyJames Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 My 55 gallon doesn't have a lid. I lose about 1 fish a year due to jumping. I lose about 1/2 gallon of evaporation each day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian P Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 The lids provide my cats a platform to drink the water from the hob filter, otherwise they would fall in and they can’t swim. Function over form. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisD Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 I've had a couple of open-top aquariums over the years and only lost two fish to jumping. One, a clown killifish, happened to be found in a squashed flat stepped-on state by my kid just this morning. He seemed a bit despondent lately - the holiday season can be tough for some creatures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrozenFins Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 I perfer the look of topless tanks. All though I guess it depends on the fish you plan on stocking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh world Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 I would just be careful with the stocking and not put particular species of fish that jump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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