How Do I Keep My Royal Gramma From Jumping Out? - 01/11/06
Happy new year to all.
<<And to you>>
I purchased a Royal Gramma
<<Wonderful little fish!>>
for my lightly stocked 55gal. (Lightly stocked being two Ocellaris Clowns, a Flame Angel and a 2 in. Yellow Tang <<Mmm...>>... and now the Gramma).  I'm not concerned at all about him being
bullied because when I purchased him from the LFS he would hardly come out of hiding,
<<This doesn't keep a fish from being "bullied.">>
problem because he was in a tank all alone, and it was the same
deal in my QT.  Now that he's in my display, (55 gal. CORNER bow front) he's out all the time.
<<Super!>>
He'll either be staring at me normal, or on his side or facing down, you know .. just typical Gramma stuff.  He started
eating right away and nobody in the tank has paid him any attention, and he's always out hanging out, being a fish (well except the flame angel will stare him down and that's only when the Gramma gets near "his" live rock).
<<All sounds good/normal thus far.>>
I've got plenty of hiding places provided by 30 lbs of live rock.
My concern is that if he does by chance get spooked he'll go flying out of the back corner of the tank which is not covered.  Do you think that I should worry about it at all,
<<I've kept these great little fish for years and never has one taken "the leap."  Doesn't mean it couldn't happen though.>>
and if so do you have any suggestions of how I could cover that back corner?
<<A piece of "eggcrate" plastic light diffuser from the hardware/home store placed over the opening should give you the comfort you seek.>>
Thanks for the input.. Have a Nice day.
-Heather
<<You're welcome...Regards, EricR>>