My SAE killed itself - Leslie Cheong style!

[anakin]

OK, sorry but no offence meant for Leslie Cheong's fans out there. But this afternoon I came home to find one of my 3-inch long SAE in front of my TV console - about a m away from my tank - rigor mortis has long set in, some scales were found nearby. The poor chap must have jumped out, landed HARD 1.5m on the grond and thereafter struggled like mad to stay alive. [] I feel so sorry, really like the 4 SAEs in my tank. The one that died is smallest of the 4.

Quesion is: has this happen to anyone's SAE before? I know SAEs are an active bunch - would they usually jump?

[dinosaur]

Mine grown too big for my 2ft tank. Decide to give someone.
It must have overheard me. The day before the collection, it jumped to its death. []

[anakin]

Hey dinosaur, I just PMed you! Anyway, I dun mind it eating flakes meant for the other fishes, just worried that it's bullied by its peers.

[Cardinal Tetra]

anakin! wrong forum lah. []

[CK Yeo]

My SAEs always pull this kind of stunt, especially since my tanks are not covered... so much so that everytime I come home, will alway look at the floor first for dried SAEs.

ck

[robin]

no my SAE are fine but my clown loach pulled this stunt before luck I at home and put it back into the tank

[vinz]

One of my SAEs did it before... most likely while trying to escape the arowana.

[anakin]

speaking of fish jumping out of the tank - I had this female betta which was very interested in the male in the next tank, even blew her own nest and laid her eyes in there [:0]

So one day, it must have jumped out of the tank onto the floor. I found it about an hour later, still alive! must the labyrinth organ sustaining its life - otherwise, its eyes were clouded over and body almost hard and dried. I poured away most of the water so it can still breathe air i it needs and placed it back into its tank. It recovered just slightly - able to move its body slightly. It did struggled for a few hours against death, but the latter won the battle. []

Really detest it when fish jumps - just makes me feel guilty for not being there when it happens [] sheez!

[checkerboard]

argh.... my cardinal did a leslie cheong yesterday too...

1st time it happened!!! previously hatchet fish does it... hence i gave it up... my tank open top and water level is high maybe... but usually cardinal dun jump one!!! argh...

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[vinz]

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On 4/13/2003 11:25:58 PM

Really detest it when fish jumps - just makes me feel guilty for not being there when it happens [] sheez!
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It feels even worse when you have long-life ones like arowanas, large cichlids, etc. Really sim-tiah (heart-pain) when they die, in whatever way.

[bclee]

I have had 5 SAEs. 3 of them jumped. 2 of them accidently gassed by me using CO2.

My conclusion: SAE is fast swimmer. My tank is small. So when they make a dash and do a "cornering" next to wall, there is a chance that the SAE fly out of the tank.

On a side note, personally I am not a fan of Leslie Cheong. But it hurt me very much when I hear of someone committing suicide. I hope that his death is not taken frivolously. I hope that we can exercise some respect/compassion for someone who has died.

BC

[ek]

My yamatoe did that once too. But luckily it survive the fall and I did not step on it when I found it on the floor in the morning.

[Little Mike]

Mine also did the same and is now probably in a small peaceful pond of buddies in heaven. It happened on the same black day and just after the news report, believe it or not![]

[pipsqueak]

Crud, I just found a dried up sae on the carpet.