suggestion needed for my jumping wrasse(s)

[thirty6]

my current set up has one corner overflow. the tank is covered with a diy screen top that sits on top of tank frame.

i have three wrasse in the tank: orange sided, rosy scale, and lubbocks

all three have spent some time in the overflow and one managed ontop of the net cover. the rosy scale enjoys the overflow more than the rest of the tank. It is now in the overflow for the fourth time in just over a month. any suggestions on what if anything i can put in this area of the tank to prevent the fish from jumping in.... some initial aggression between the orange sided and lubbocks but its been several months and no recent issues that i have noticed. the rosy kind of does its own thing and pays no mind to the other two, but is pretty fierce come feeding despite being one of the smaller fish in the tank and holds its own easily. the other fish are two angels, foxface, bangaii cardinal, hippo tang, pair of clowns, and i might be missing something
i dont want to cover the opening on the overflow because the fish will dry up and die if im not home if and when it makes the leap!

 

[Buck0land]

Post a photo of your over flow area so we can see the gaps.

 

[Geraud]

for my own overflow I have built a vertical wall (plexiglas) that goes around it, with holes matching with the holes of the overflow. That way it is exposed to air, but no fish can ever get in there.

 

[KathyC]

I have a decent sized rock sitting on the netting over my overflow to keep the mesh 'even' with the edges so a fish cannot jump in there.


I do also have a piece of gutter guard that sits inside the edge of the overflow that fills the gap between to overflow and the mesh top - and that works very well (much better if I put it back in there! lol)

 

[thirty6]

ill try to post pics in morning of the gap

 

[thirty6]

for my own overflow I have built a vertical wall (plexiglas) that goes around it, with holes matching with the holes of the overflow. That way it is exposed to air, but no fish can ever get in there.

silicone the " wall" in place or something else?

 

[jackson6745]

I built my cover around the overflow box. There are no gaps. I'm sure you can reconstruct your cover to eliminate the gaps.

IMG_7549 by rich.colombo, on Flickr

 

[Geraud]

In my case the wall is glued to a bigger piece that takes all the back of the aquarium, but yes, that is siliconed in place to the glass. It provides enough "bite" that it will not fall, yet it is possible to remove it without damaging the tank.

I use 2mm black plexiglas, same color as my overflow.

silicone the " wall" in place or something else?

 

[thirty6]

Great, I'll try "fishing him out again, then make a plexi wall

 

[ctcorals]

YES,I WILL customize a vertical wall (acylic) that goes around the overflow box with maching holes