She jumped out...

[Calmwaters]

Well as some of you may have read I got a tank for the sick fish I got at Petsmart its one of the 2.5 gal retagular ones with a glass top. Well when I left work yesterday I left the glass top open just a little bit not even a half inch to let in air and this morning when I came in I looked in the tank and she was not in there so I looked in the floor and sure enough she had jumped out and died sometime last night. I had been keeping her in a five gallon bucket and she did not even try to jump out so I did not think anything like this would happen. I feel awful. I relize now she probably did not jump out of the bucket because the water level was not near the top. I just did not think about her being able to jump out of such a small opening.

[ElmoFish]

Aww.. poor girl, RIP little girly..

[AlexXx]

Ahhh im so sorry! Ive read to many of these stories. So i always leave about 2 inchs of glass so its nearly impossible for my lil guys to take the leap of death.

[Jupiter]

Sorry to hear that! You may want to lower the water level for the next one. I don't have a hood, so I always have to keep the water level a little lower.

[dramaqueen]

Oh, no! I'm so sorry about your female!!

[Calmwaters]

Thanks you guys. The glass lid has no holes in it but the cord for the heater raises it about 1/4 inch do you guys think that would be enough to let air in for the next fish I get?

[Kim]

A quarter inch should be fine. I'm so sorry about your girl :(

[Calmwaters]

Thank you. I wish I could have saved her.

[Lady Ivy]

So sad :( bt yep always cover the top they re knwn to jump so sorry abt ur little one.

[Calmwaters]

Thank you.