[devilduck]

My gbr's do not jump. What else is in the tank?

 

[n25philly]

I have a ram in my tank which doesn't have a top. It's rare to see him anywhere near the top of the tank. He sticks mainly to the bottom. I've never had a fish try to jump, but I also have a lot of floating plants.

 

[Charlest]

I've never seen a ram jump.

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[ROWEBLAST]

I had a ram jump on me once. It was because I got home in the middle of the night and flipped on all the lights at once. Fortunately I saw him flopping on the floor and got him back in the tank safely. That was on a rimless tank with the water at the very lip too.

With that being the only occurrence; I wouldn't worry much.

 

[IDR]

Ram's generally hang out at the bottom of the tank, and are much more graceful swimmers than a lot of other fish who "dart" across tanks and up and down the water column.

I seriously doubt you'd ever have issue with an open top tank. I don't, and I have two Ram's and an open top tank as well.

 

[vanish]

My Bolivian rams rarely go above 6" from the bottom.

 

[thelub]

I have both bolivians and golds in an open top tank and have not had an issue with them jumping.

 

[AquaAurora]

I'm glad to hear others keep rams in topless tanks without issue! I will be getting one soon myself. Tank has a riparium on top that's ever evolving so there's no option for a hood.

 

[sma]

My ram never goes near the top. Won't even go up to eat, he just waits until the food comes down

 

[lamiskool]

yep never seen my GBR jump, they mostly stay at the bottom/mid level and only come up during feeding time, even then rarely do they break the surface

 

[adive]

Thanks everyone