Does anyone have fish that exhibit any interesting behaviors when it is time to be fed?

[Zeon]

I have a pair of goldfish that get fed once per day at the same time every day for the last 4 years. It got to the point where they would splash me every morning at that time if I overslept to the point where I had to move the tank away from my bed.
I have another fish who keeps his mouth shut but whenever he is hungry or I miss the time to feed him, opens his mouth menacingly and swim to the front of the aquarium.
Does anyone else have any weird fish feeding behaviors they would like to share?

 

[AquaticQueen]

My just fish get excited like any other fish would whether it is feeding time or not.
I just wonder what they are thinking about me..........

Those goldfish sure must love you. Just kidding if I sounded rude

 

[Sleepyflea]

I have a pair of goldfish that get fed once per day at the same time every day for the last 4 years. It got to the point where they would splash me every morning at that time if I overslept to the point where I had to move the tank away from my bed.
I have another fish who keeps his mouth shut but whenever he is hungry or I miss the time to feed him, opens his mouth menacingly and swim to the front of the aquarium.
Does anyone else have any weird fish feeding behaviors they would like to share?

I tap the top of the glass with the food jar and all of my guppies come swimming to the top ready for dinner time!

 

[Zeon]

My just fish get excited like any other fish would whether it is feeding time or not.
I just wonder what they are thinking about me..........

Those goldfish sure must love you. Just kidding if I sounded rude

Just imagine waking up with a mouthful of tank water. At that point, I was fed up with it.

 

[FinalFins]

The lemon tetras are usually hovering around schooling around the tank then when food is dropped in they are piranhas >

My bolivian ram has a tactic during feeding he calls 'chasing away anyone that gets close to the food'

 

[Addictedtobettas]

I have an angelfish who is such a piggy they will attack the tank mates only when it’s past feeding time. Randomly charging fish they usually care nothing for as I watch them. Pretty sure it’s a ‘hangry’ feed me now!! act.

Female Betta does what I can only describe as a fan dance when it’s time for food. She slinks and dances and wiggles her beautiful fins about.

Panda Garra comes up to front of the tank when it’s time for shrimp pellets and gets super excited when nibbling on them. It’s very cute.

Adf will do yoga at various spots at the front of the tank when it’s time to eat. Maybe it’s more planking...

They do have unique behaviors that’s for sure!

 

[Zeon]

I tap the top of the glass with the food jar and all of my guppies come swimming to the top ready for dinner time!

Aww. This is cute. That is kind of a way to train fish.
I am sure that my fish recognize the big container that holds the smaller food containers because every time I pass with it regardless of what I am doing or whether or not it is feeding time, they all get excited.

 

[UnknownUser]

I like seeing all my fish and doing a count whenever I'm by the tank, so I call them (literally just "come on out guys!") and they come to the front of the tank for food. So now when I call they always come out, even if there's no food. Good way to count the fish if I can't find one!

 

[Cody]

My angelfish tend to start hanging out at the top of the tank a lot when it gets close to feeding time. But really anytime you approach the tank they are pathetically hopeful I will be dropping something in.

 

[bmuckluck]

George (my angelfish) will linger in the corner of the tank closest to the couch and stare at you if you are laying on the couch and he is hungry. He also loves to "flex" on the cat; if she is looking into the tank he swims at her and pulses all his fins and will follow her around... Im starting to wonder who would win in a 1-on-1. Depends on the arena I suppose lol!

 

[Zeon]

I have an angelfish who is such a piggy they will attack the tank mates only when it’s past feeding time. Randomly charging fish they usually care nothing for as I watch them. Pretty sure it’s a ‘hangry’ feed me now!! act.

Female Betta does what I can only describe as a fan dance when it’s time for food. She slinks and dances and wiggles her beautiful fins about.

Panda Garra comes up to front of the tank when it’s time for shrimp pellets and gets super excited when nibbling on them. It’s very cute.

Adf will do yoga at various spots at the front of the tank when it’s time to eat. Maybe it’s more planking...

They do have unique behaviors that’s for sure!

Aww. This is all really cute.
I had a male Betta for about 3 years who would dance for me during feeding time. I forgot about him. I miss him.
I wonder if it is a Betta thing.

 

[bmuckluck]

Aww. This is all really cute.
I had a male Betta for about 3 years who would dance for me during feeding time. I forgot about him. I miss him.
I wonder if it is a Betta thing.

aww yes bettas are full of personality! George will "dance" side to side when you finally get off the couch to feed him

 

[Zeon]

George (my angelfish) will linger in the corner of the tank closest to the couch and stare at you if you are laying on the couch and he is hungry. He also loves to "flex" on the cat; if she is looking into the tank he swims at her and pulses all his fins and will follow her around... Im starting to wonder who would win in a 1-on-1. Depends on the arena I suppose lol!

I had no idea that angelfish follow cats around. That is random. I would expect them to follow who feeds them like my fish do. Interesting.

I like seeing all my fish and doing a count whenever I'm by the tank, so I call them (literally just "come on out guys!") and they come to the front of the tank for food. So now when I call they always come out, even if there's no food. Good way to count the fish if I can't find one!

Hold it. You trained your fish to come to you by voice?
That is amazing. I have heard scientists doing experiments like that but with a specific noise. You did that with a voice command. Wow.

I tap the top of the glass with the food jar and all of my guppies come swimming to the top ready for dinner time!

Cool. A lot of guppies swimming up at once should be really pretty. So your guppies are trained by noise.
I used to tap but I realise there was no need. They recognize the container immediately.

 

[Sleepyflea]

Cool. A lot of guppies swimming up at once should be really pretty. So your guppies are trained by noise.
I used to tap but I realise there was no need. They recognize the container immediately.

Ive noticed that. If i get the food containers out the swimming becomes very fast lol!

 

[flyinGourami]

Feeding time....They are aggressive eaters, all of them. My betta will stare at the pellet, and then lunge at it. When I first got neons, I was afraid about feeding time since apparently they are shy eaters and they ONLY eat in mid section of the tank. My neons proved these people WRONG. They will eat everywhere, I've had a couple who have jumped out of the water to try and get the food lol.

 

[AquaticQueen]

Just imagine waking up with a mouthful of tank water. At that point, I was fed up with it.

I can imagine.

 

[Carbeo]

I have a short-bodied pearled sort-of-a midas cichlid that will "peck" at the top of the water when I walk by to make a loud pop that usually gets my attention. He also hovers at a vertical position and goes cross eyed at his "corner". I try to feel mid-tank, but he seems completely conditioned to be in THAT corner facing the middle so he can prepare to suck up pellets as he streams across the tank.

 

[Daniodude]

My platies will come up to the surface and make a grunting noise.

 

[tuggerlake26]

My discus and angels swim back and forth excitedly when they see me come up to the tank. A few of them love finding food that has gotten stuck in my cabomba, while my blue discus love picking at the gravel.

My firemouths just go crazy and splash water out of the tank

 

[Greenfungaloo]

i have a bell that i ring that lets all my animals know that its food time, but i felt bad for my fish because he isnt able to come over to me, so i got him a little bell, that when he pushes it, it sends a signal to the speaker and it rings (he bumps into it with his mouth). now he rings his little bell whenever it is around feedeing time, or whenever I ring my bell

 

[Zeon]

i have a bell that i ring that lets all my animals know that its food time, but i felt bad for my fish because he isnt able to come over to me, so i got him a little bell, that when he pushes it, it sends a signal to the speaker and it rings (he bumps into it with his mouth). now he rings his little bell whenever it is around feedeing time, or whenever I ring my bell

That is amazing.

My platies will come up to the surface and make a grunting noise.

I have never platies grunt. Like what?

I have a short-bodied pearled sort-of-a midas cichlid that will "peck" at the top of the water when I walk by to make a loud pop that usually gets my attention. He also hovers at a vertical position and goes cross eyed at his "corner". I try to feel mid-tank, but he seems completely conditioned to be in THAT corner facing the middle so he can prepare to suck up pellets as he streams across the tank.

Very interesting. My goldfish also sound like they start "kissing" the water when I bring a container of pellets. It sounds like a continuous stream of popping too.

 

[ImpairedFish]

When I come home from work they all swim to the top of the tank and the last one to come up is the Dwarf Gourami who looks lost at all times. But he starts swimming up and down the tank until the pellets drop. But mainly the platies just try to push everyone out of the way so they can eat like pigs. The rainbows just dart around until the food begins dropping.

 

[Zeon]

When I come home from work they all swim to the top of the tank and the last one to come up is the Dwarf Gourami who looks lost at all times. But he starts swimming up and down the tank until the pellets drop. But mainly the platies just try to push everyone out of the way so they can eat like pigs. The rainbows just dart around until the food begins dropping.

I am seeing a theme of platies being ravenous.

 

[ImpairedFish]

I am seeing a theme of platies being ravenous.

If I would've known this previously I probably would've never got them. Definitely Gluttonous....

 

[saltwater60]

My saltwater clownfish didn’t like my wife. If she fed them when I was out of town for work they would rush the top of the tank and splash water out at her. I didn’t believe her so I had her demonstrate one day. It happened. I was amazed.

 

[Snoopzie]

my betta turns into an absolute spast