Member. Guest. I came home to find that one of my guppies had jumped out! Any idea why they like to jump out so much? I had just bought this guppy along with two others and put them in my 5.5 gallon tank. I have noticed when filling my tanks after a drop and top the guppies and endlers love playing in the strong current. Check behind the actual tank on the floor, you may find it there if it has jumped out. I tested my water and found minimal nitrate levels, and a slightly basic pH (8). Went to work this morning and had all 4. My Guppy has lost a but of tail colour and has been has been sitting on the bottom of the tank. Guppy jumped out of tank with lid. I bought 4 guppies and placed them in the tank Saturday. I have a 8 gallon tank with two guppies and 1 ghost shrimp. When a guppy jumped out of a laboratory tank and nearly landed in her cup of tea, Daphne Soares couldn’t resist putting her current research on hold to investigate this strange leaping behavior. "Fortunately it was iced chai and it had a lid on, so he stayed alive," Soares said. This is my first aquarium. This time I quickly put it back in, now it seems alright. I used media to cycle the tank and made sure the water conditions were right. ... all of the fish died apart form the babies and one swelled up and it was a male and the other seemed to have a … There is only a small opening where the filter water falls into the tank. What I can't figure is how he got out. In this light, your pet guppy's seemingly suicidal leaps from its tank aren't so stupid after all. My guppy … During that 2011 project, a guppy jumped out of a laboratory tank and into Soares' cup of chai. My temperature has remained constant at about 24. This tank … During that 2011 project, a guppy jumped out of a laboratory tank and into Soares' cup of chai. reply #12. Could this be why my guppy jumped out? I added some pH down to remedy this. Kept looking and looking. "Fortunately it was iced chai and it had a lid on, so he stayed alive," Soares said. I had lost a Rasbora couple months back cause it was too late when I found it jumped out of the tank. It looks like lack of oxygen, but there were only three fish in the tank and the HOB filter (Aqueon filter) was on the whole time. I wonder if yours jumping could be because of a strong tank current tricking the endlers into thinking there has been an influx of rain water to their "water way" and thus are trying to jump up stream to … He would have had to swim against the current and then jumped OVER … Today I saw another one jumped out! Then the next day we couldn't find out. Came home and found one on … Whilst some fish naturally jump, you'll always want to check your water parameters after something like this happens anyway to ensure there are no problems because jumping out of a tank is behaviour fish can exhibit if the conditions are poor. ... now both of my guppies died one bled to death whilst giving birth and the other jumped out of the tank! I have a 5 gal tank with a heater, filter, air stone, plants, gravel and decorations (for hiding). Not happening to the rest of the neon tetras, blue / red platies, guppy. Jun 13, 2016. lfabb. Finally discovered that he somehow jumped out of the tank and landed behind it and died.