Does anyone train their fish?

[Ghostly]

all my bettas are trained to swim though hoops eat from my hand and follow a target stick. what can your fish do?

 

[RosyBlueRam]

I have three aquariums and feed them all differently. Training fish is like training any other animal, using treats or food and repetition. In my 60 gallon they all come up to the left top corner every morning for food. Offer food in one spot every time about the same time every day and they will learn to go to that spot for food. Outside of that, I have not tried to train fish.

 

[86 ssinit]

Well I got them all coming to me at feeding time! Next its fetch the paper! Wish me luck .

 

[bumblinBee]

Trained my betta to expect food wherever I tap the surface of the water. No matter the time of day, no matter the location, if I tap the water and he sees the ripples, he swims right over for food. I can also get him to jump to snatch food out of the water from my hand, but I rarely get him to do that, it's a tad risky

 

[Mightaswell]

all my bettas are trained to swim though hoops eat from my hand and follow a target stick. what can your fish do?

I'd like to see that!! Sounds cool.

 

[Ghostly]

I'd like to see that!! Sounds cool.

I can show a video tomorrow

 

[GlennO]

I have trained my shrimp to swim into the filter intake where they make their way into the filter. They wait for me to empty the filter every Sunday and place them back into the tank where they swim into the filter intake again and wait for the following Sunday.

They were quite easy to train.

 

[Ghostly]

I have trained my shrimp to swim into the filter intake where they make their way into the filter. They wait for me to empty the filter every Sunday and place them back into the tank where they swim into the filter intake again and wait for the following Sunday.

They were quite easy to train.

thats so cool!

 

[Ioana Sundius]

My first tank had 2 fancy goldfish in a 10G tank (I know...). They were as interactive as a pair of puppies, following our every move and coming to greet us. I would easily see them trained. I was not able to keep them, and have since mended my ways and moved on to guppies. Similarly interactive and engaging. Not sure they would be quite as smart as the goldfish though. Might give it a try. For now, I train the cat to leave them be.

 

[Ghostly]

My first tank had 2 fancy goldfish in a 10G tank (I know...). They were as interactive as a pair of puppies, following our every move and coming to greet us. I would easily see them trained. I was not able to keep them, and have since mended my ways and moved on to guppies. Similarly interactive and engaging. Not sure they would be quite as smart as the goldfish though. Might give it a try. For now, I train the cat to leave them be.

I love gold fish but don't have a big enough tank for them right now

 

[mrsP]

It's more like they trained me... My tank is near our dinner table. When we're eating the fish will gather to nearinst corner and swim there franticly looking like "we haven't been fed in a week" kind of way, and I'll give them bit of food. And if their dinner is late, goldfish will splash some water out of tank to remind me about it. I tap on side of aquarium couple of times before feeding them, and when I do that, all of them gather to the top, excluding my betta, who isn't botherd. She knows she'll get her food anyway... so she'll just waits it to start to sink and eats her fill. They are funny lot, and I do love them.

 

[Annabanana728]

One of my bettas knows that whenever the light turns to blue it’s feeding time!

 

[fishbreeeder]

I trained my betta to jump out of the water for treats. My platys know that when I open the flap on the tank, it's dinnertime!

 

[Eliza4310]

Anytime I walk into my room, my fish, mostly the guppies, stop what they're doing and fly to the top of the tank. Hungry little monsters.

 

[AverageAquarist22]

I trained my betta to follow a chopstick around and it wasn’t even on purpose! I was feeding him one day and he started following the chopstick it was pretty cute. I also trained him to jump for food but he usually misses and I don’t like doing that very often anyway

 

[Fishyk80]

I trained my betta to jump out of the water for treats. My platys know that when I open the flap on the tank, it's dinnertime!

How does this work? I mean, I'm imagining you hold a piece of food just above the water so he jumps and grabs the food from your fingers on his way back in. But I could also see if he jumped and then after he was back in the water you fed him the treat, so that the jump is more of a performance you're asking him to do as opposed to him jumping because its the only way to reach the food.

 

[coralbandit]

I tap train my fish for eating .
Even if they are in the back tank tending fry they know when I tap food is coming .

 

[bcfishtanks]

My betta knows his name. Or at least he did. I've called him "baby" so many times in a row, though, that he thinks that's his name now. I've been able to teach all my bettas their names, but only one was able to retain both his name and his nicknames at once. He was a super-betta, though, and lived to be 5 until he was completely blind and brown (he was jet black)

 

[Ghostly]

this is star she is in a quarintine tub because her normal 10 gallon

My betta knows his name. Or at least he did. I've called him "baby" so many times in a row, though, that he thinks that's his name now. I've been able to teach all my bettas their names, but only one was able to retain both his name and his nicknames at once. He was a super-betta, though, and lived to be 5 until he was completely blind and brown (he was jet black)

my betta flame seems to know his name too he will always swim over when I call him

 

[StarGirl]

Here I was thinking they had US trained...

 

[fishbreeeder]

How does this work? I mean, I'm imagining you hold a piece of food just above the water so he jumps and grabs the food from your fingers on his way back in. But I could also see if he jumped and then after he was back in the water you fed him the treat, so that the jump is more of a performance you're asking him to do as opposed to him jumping because its the only way to reach the food.

I have him jump out and grab the treat from my finger.

 

[jmaldo]

As mentioned by a few, my "Wet Pets" have trained me. LOL
Of course it's a "Great" mutual influenced interactive behavior. I feel we have trained each other.
Whenever I approach the tanks they come to the front to "Greet" me, actually they know it's the guy with the food, but...
I am surprised at their eyesight - viewing distance. I have a fish room with 4 tanks. If they see any movement at the doorway which for one tank is about 6ft away. I have noticed they stop what they are doing and come to the front to try to get my attention. They do their look at me dance and shimmy. Like puppies wagging their tails.

 

[BullfrogBushfield]

all my bettas are trained to swim though hoops eat from my hand and follow a target stick. what can your fish do?

I trained my goldfish to swim to the top right corner of the tank when I shake their food, but I never thought about training them to swim through hoops. Good job, that must have taken a lot of time.

 

[jkkgron2]

I trained my goldfish to swim to the top right corner of the tank when I shake their food, but I never thought about training them to swim through hoops. Good job, that must have taken a lot of time.

I think you can also train goldfish to play soccer. I haven’t done it myself, but I’ve heard some people have done it.

 

[BullfrogBushfield]

I think you can also train goldfish to play soccer. I haven’t done it myself, but I’ve heard some people have done it.

That sounds fun!