Phantom Posted July 29, 2009 Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 I was browsing thinkgeek.com this morning and came across a fish training school kit. It allows you to train up your goldfish to do tricks. Has anyone tried doing anything like this? Has anyone done it with fish other than goldfish? Thinkgeek page: http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/science/adca/ Youtube video: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oeminx Posted July 29, 2009 Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 I had trained a female blue ram to swim through a hoop and she was starting to get pretty good at it then she died . I also had a pair of paradise fish jumping out of the water for food but never took that much further. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikBok Posted July 29, 2009 Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 lol..how coincidental.. my girl asked me today if she could train her betta to do tricks.. I have no idea if that's possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkfur Posted July 29, 2009 Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 seen it done on Mythbusters with goldfish similar to this When I was a kid I had a goldfish called Pete who could tell you when he was hungry by spitting stones on to the side of the tank to make a plinking noise. He kind of came up with that by himself though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zev Posted July 30, 2009 Report Share Posted July 30, 2009 That's because he has you trained, not the other way around! There was a cartoon around a few years ago with two lab rats in a cage and a scientist looking into the cage, one rat says to the other 'Look, when I push this button the guy runs into the other room and gets the other guy to come in here and look at us". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morcs Posted July 30, 2009 Report Share Posted July 30, 2009 Im picking up an juve Oscar today. Cant wait to teach him to smash ping-pong balls around Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whetu Posted July 30, 2009 Report Share Posted July 30, 2009 That was an excellent video! I must go and teach my fish to do some things... I wonder how long it would take for them to learn to vacuum and dust? :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_r Posted July 30, 2009 Report Share Posted July 30, 2009 I wonder how long it would take for them to learn to vacuum and dust? If its a female it should come naturally, if its a male i think you should give up now :lol: hehe just kiddn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whetu Posted July 30, 2009 Report Share Posted July 30, 2009 If its a female it should come naturally, if its a male i think you should give up now :lol: hehe just kiddn Well I'm a female and vacuuming and dusting certainly doesn't come naturally to me... hence the need for a trained fish to do it! :roll: Hmmm... I could spend a couple of hours doing housework or a couple of hundred hours training my fish to do it... Yep - the fish training definitely wins! :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 30, 2009 Report Share Posted July 30, 2009 I use to have a female fighter that would jump for food. I could get her to jump pretty high but then she died . If you're trying to get a fighter to jump for food I'd use the females as the males fins drag them down a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamH Posted July 30, 2009 Report Share Posted July 30, 2009 I thought about this, but it seems too hard and fish should just be fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikBok Posted July 30, 2009 Report Share Posted July 30, 2009 yes my female fighter will jump for food. Gave me heck of a fright the first time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkfur Posted July 30, 2009 Report Share Posted July 30, 2009 I thought about this, but it seems too hard and fish should just be fish. isn't it a pretty natural behaviour? I imagine they go after little flies and things in the wild Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsmith Posted July 30, 2009 Report Share Posted July 30, 2009 My puffers are kinda trained. They swim through hoops, and I've trained them to swim into containers in the tank so I can move them with minimal stress. They come to the front when I tap twice on the glass, and when I tap once, they go to their sleeping slots. I've also taught them to handfeed, which sounds easy, but it's actually time consuming. They also let me pet their heads. I don't want to teach them to jump because I don't want them to accidently jump out of the tank. By all means, train your fish. They enjoy it. It gives them something to do, and keeps them mentally interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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