I had my first experience of a fish jumping out of the tank and onto the floor. Thankfully, the landing was soft (on the rug) and I was there to immediately attend to the situation. One of my Betta, Cora, got so excited during a recent feeding that she jumped right out of the tank, through the little opening that I had made with the lid in order to feed them.
I had read that they will jump out of tanks and even through small holes in the lid. I have been really careful to keep all the opening of the lid for hoses, cords and filters, covered with the same type of needlepoint plastic canvas as I used for the filter corral. I never expected that any of them would jump out at me while feeding them! They do tend to lung at food as though they are after live prey, so I guess it should not have surprised me. But, I was certainly startled when I saw poor little Cora flopping around on the rug! LOL
I gently scooped her up and plopped her back into the tank. She acted as if she was startled, as well. She immediately swam to the bottom of the tank and hunkered down there while the other three finished gobbling up the food. No amount of trying to coax her back to the top did any good. The next day, she was fine during feeding time, but she does seem to be shying away from the edge when going after her food now.
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