Locking down a tank lid?

[DeathStalker]

Ok, I've now had my 3' Tire Track Eel jump out of my tank twice Not sure she's going to survive this second time (she must have been out for over an hour and a half! - I was certain she was dead when I found her). There is nothing wrong with the water conditions. I'm not sure if she's just been startled or what. Has anyone else experienced this? I'm trying to think of a way to lock down the glass top (thinking maybe a flat curtain rod, and use the brackets to secure it on the tank edges). This is a 125gal tank. It is, however, shorter than the 90gal tall she used to be in.
Thanks!

 

[kno4te]

Think child safety locks might work.

Robot or human?

 

[tlindsey]

Velcro Straps may be another option.https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/threads/first-arowana.721996/page-3#post-8157718

 

[DeathStalker]

oh cool! Thanks so much! I hadn't thought of either of those

Has anyone else had their monster fish try to jump out?

 

[tlindsey]

oh cool! Thanks so much! I hadn't thought of either of those

Has anyone else had their monster fish try to jump out?

Had a Florida Gar, Silver Arowana jump out. Assumed the lids were heavy enough.

 

[kno4te]

oh cool! Thanks so much! I hadn't thought of either of those

Has anyone else had their monster fish try to jump out?

My polys, hoplias, erythrinus and black spotted eel.

 

[DeathStalker]

ok, I don't feel so bad now.

 

[flukeone]

Think child safety locks might work.

Robot or human?

 

[kno4te]

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Nice. Keep the fish and kids out of the tank.

 

[Nick Park]

I had a 14" black shark catfish that committed suicide by jumping out of the tank, somehow displacing a heavy lid, and the lid fell back into its precise position as if set there by hand. No-one at home at the time, my daughter arrived home to find a dead fish on the floor, the lid still on the tank, and couldn't work out how it got there.