How to stop Aimara wolf fish hitting lid

[MarkTheFish]

Egg crate is really lousy as a tank cover. It does nothing to slow down evaporation; it's also much more abrasive than a smooth glass or poly top, especially if it has any cut edges exposed to the fish.

I've seen some folks stretch netting across the top of ponds, securing it around the edges so that if a fish jumps the net just stretches and then rebounds. It's soft so will probably cause the least damage possible. Like eggcrate, it won't help with evaporation, but will be much easier on the fish.

So what do you recommend egg crate or no

 

[bettapatua]

My Aimara wolf fish keeps hitting the lid how do I make sure he doesn’t get hurt

In my experience with my wolves:
1. Try check your water parameter
2. Regular water change
3. Dim light also makes them calm
4. Use lids from PVC board or corrugated plastic board (i always use them), cause they're strong and soft

 

[HarleyK]

My Aimara wolf fish keeps hitting the lid how do I make sure he doesn’t get hurt

How long have you had it for?
If it’sa fairly new fish you could consider lowering the water level until the fish has acclimated and then slowly refill the tank over the next several weeks.

 

[MarkTheFish]

How long have you had it for?
If it’sa fairly new fish you could consider lowering the water level until the fish has acclimated and then slowly refill the tank over the next several weeks.

Will have him for 2 weeks on Thursday

 

[MarkTheFish]

Just adding something he is eating now for the first time

 

[jelly]

Mine which unfortunately I lost about 6 months ago we just over 2 ' would regularly hit the top if I put my hands above it or sometimes when grabbing food so you need to make sure you use a cover that won't do damage, they hit it very hard at that size. I would think egg crate would be bad at the level of impact I had. I used Poly carbonate twin wall with nothing holding it down so there is a bit of movement