Fish tricks

fishfreaks · 07-19-2005, 10:26 PM

can your fish do anything special?

**Osiris** · 07-19-2005, 10:30 PM

I have mine trained to swim to top when i put my finger inwater.

fishfreaks · 07-19-2005, 10:41 PM

haha yeah same here, until they almost get your finger!

guppyart · 07-19-2005, 10:42 PM

my angelfish used to chase my fingers if I ran them across the glass.
but they died so they don't chase anymore.
my rosy barbs swim in random directions like mental patients does that count.

Lydia · 07-19-2005, 10:45 PM

lmao guppyart

I have some of my fish trained to eat from my hand. And I have my platy trained to run into the glass...

**Osiris** · 07-19-2005, 10:49 PM

oooo i had this clownfish that would attack and bite ur hand when u stuck it in tank to aquascape or anything.

blor · 07-19-2005, 10:56 PM

I have my fishes trained to do their own thing

John · 07-19-2005, 11:21 PM

My malawi cichlids, koi, weather loach, african clawed frogs, and crayfish will all eat from my hand. I'm actually sort of proud of the crayfish eating from my hand, since I got them out of a local river. They are pretty cuddly... until they pinch you. Ouch.

maxpayne_lhp · 07-19-2005, 11:46 PM

Tiger barbs and bettas come to have food from my hand

So did the bgk

**TheOldSalt** · 07-20-2005, 12:35 AM

I saw an article once about a 20 year-old goldfish that could jump through a little hoop and ring a bell, but I've never personally known any fish that did tricks.

Huugs · 07-20-2005, 02:51 AM

One of my goldfish does somersaults sometimes but that only when his swimbladder disease flares up so I know its time to feed him peas if hes doing that trick.

Cichlid Man · 07-20-2005, 06:27 AM

LMAO Huugs.
About two years ago I had a midas cichlid that used to push rocks around with the big lump on his head. I then realized the skill he had and put a sinking miniture basket ball in there. After a few months he learned to put it through the hoop I attatched to the glass with suckers! It was awsome.

Scuba Kid · 07-20-2005, 07:19 AM

almost all of my fish eat from my hand. my stingray always comes over to my hand looking for food when im in there messing with decor and stuff.

fishfreaks · 07-20-2005, 07:23 AM

haha thats awesome cichlid man, i could just imagine him doing that, must have been a sight

flynngriff · 07-20-2005, 08:11 AM

I have Trained Attack Severums!

Any time I put my hand in the tank, they come over and attack me! They never did this until they started breeding, but now they do it all the time, even when they don't have fry or eggs. It doesn't really hurt, but occasionally breaks the skin...

Oh, and my angelfish have started breeding, too! I bought the pair as just two random fish, from different stores even, and they happened to end up being a mated pair! I now have a set fry in both my tanks. Gotta get a fry tank set up...

-Flynn

euRasian32 · 07-20-2005, 09:44 AM

I've trained my fish not to die. so far so good.

katie, i'm so jealous. I'm still stuck on getting rays even tho i don't have anywhere to put them right now. I think my girl would have a conniption fit if she came home to an indoor pool in our living room.

**Baby_Baby** · 07-20-2005, 09:55 AM

well. if i put my hand like a cup, my loach will come up to my hand and sit in it. then i'll give her some food, and she'll sit in my hand, eat it, then go down to the bottom. She's so cute. My betta will nibble my finger and swim around it in circles.

j55 · 07-20-2005, 09:55 AM

I have my "trained" to all come up to the glass when I get out their food, lol

fishfreaks · 07-20-2005, 11:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by euRasian32

I've trained my fish not to die. so far so good.

lol nice trick

Stephie · 07-20-2005, 11:54 AM

I have no tricks. My fish are as unpredictable as cheese. You never know when it's going to go bad.

07-19-2005, 10:26 PM	#1
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Osiris Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wisconsin Age: 25 Posts: 3,838	I have mine trained to swim to top when i put my finger inwater. __________________ Reality is for people who can't handle Science-Fiction

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07-19-2005, 10:49 PM	#6
Osiris Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wisconsin Age: 25 Posts: 3,838	oooo i had this clownfish that would attack and bite ur hand when u stuck it in tank to aquascape or anything. __________________ Reality is for people who can't handle Science-Fiction

07-19-2005, 10:56 PM	#7
blor living in a 10 gal tank Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: So Cal Age: 28 Posts: 144	I have my fishes trained to do their own thing __________________ "To be the best, one has to be better than the rest" "Some people are alive because it's against the law to kill them" Last edited by blor; 07-20-2005 at 02:27 AM.

07-19-2005, 11:21 PM	#8
John Rationalist Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin Age: 18 Posts: 217	My malawi cichlids, koi, weather loach, african clawed frogs, and crayfish will all eat from my hand. I'm actually sort of proud of the crayfish eating from my hand, since I got them out of a local river. They are pretty cuddly... until they pinch you. Ouch. __________________ Live life by the book, but make sure you're the author.

07-19-2005, 11:46 PM	#9
maxpayne_lhp Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: West Michigan Age: 20 Posts: 2,174	Tiger barbs and bettas come to have food from my hand So did the bgk __________________ ~Nam Nguyen~

07-20-2005, 12:35 AM	#10
TheOldSalt Darth Ichthyos Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,534	I saw an article once about a 20 year-old goldfish that could jump through a little hoop and ring a bell, but I've never personally known any fish that did tricks.

07-20-2005, 02:51 AM	#11
Huugs Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: London UK Age: 23 Posts: 253	One of my goldfish does somersaults sometimes but that only when his swimbladder disease flares up so I know its time to feed him peas if hes doing that trick.

07-20-2005, 06:27 AM	#12
Cichlid Man Super moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,093	LMAO Huugs. About two years ago I had a midas cichlid that used to push rocks around with the big lump on his head. I then realized the skill he had and put a sinking miniture basket ball in there. After a few months he learned to put it through the hoop I attatched to the glass with suckers! It was awsome. __________________ If you have a big enough tank with enough hiding places, pH of around 7, you can keep virtually any fish together as long as all the fish are around the same size and these two groups of fish are avioded: Serrasalmus Tetradon(figure eights and dwarfs are the exception). I keep a successful community of fish in a 4 foot tank including the following families: Cichlids, tetras, loaches, gouramis, barbs, rainbows, livebearers, killiefish, catfish, puffers.

07-20-2005, 07:19 AM	#13
Scuba Kid Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: RI Age: 18 Posts: 4,225	almost all of my fish eat from my hand. my stingray always comes over to my hand looking for food when im in there messing with decor and stuff. __________________ Current setups: 1800 gallon koi pond, 10 gallon planted, 150 gallon reef, other FOWLR tanks

07-20-2005, 07:23 AM	#14
fishfreaks M&F Couple Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: PA Age: 21 Posts: 4,272	haha thats awesome cichlid man, i could just imagine him doing that, must have been a sight __________________ VOTE FOR FISH FORUMS

07-20-2005, 08:11 AM	#15
flynngriff Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlanta, GA Age: 35 Posts: 443	I have Trained Attack Severums! Any time I put my hand in the tank, they come over and attack me! They never did this until they started breeding, but now they do it all the time, even when they don't have fry or eggs. It doesn't really hurt, but occasionally breaks the skin... Oh, and my angelfish have started breeding, too! I bought the pair as just two random fish, from different stores even, and they happened to end up being a mated pair! I now have a set fry in both my tanks. Gotta get a fry tank set up... -Flynn

07-20-2005, 09:44 AM	#16
euRasian32 Why So Serious? Join Date: May 2005 Location: Virginia Age: 33 Posts: 772	I've trained my fish not to die. so far so good. katie, i'm so jealous. I'm still stuck on getting rays even tho i don't have anywhere to put them right now. I think my girl would have a conniption fit if she came home to an indoor pool in our living room. __________________ “Corporations pay people just enough money so they won’t quit. People work just enough so they don’t get fired. What's that about?” – Christopher Walken, Pool Hall Junkies

07-20-2005, 09:55 AM	#17
Baby_Baby Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Tulsa Posts: 3,823 Blog Entries: 1	well. if i put my hand like a cup, my loach will come up to my hand and sit in it. then i'll give her some food, and she'll sit in my hand, eat it, then go down to the bottom. She's so cute. My betta will nibble my finger and swim around it in circles. __________________ "By avoiding the very thing you despise the most, by trying to be "different" by striving to be so "unique", you've become the sole and center of all that you held so high on the pedestal of disgusting mortality deemed society."

07-20-2005, 09:55 AM	#18
j55 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 233	I have my "trained" to all come up to the glass when I get out their food, lol

07-20-2005, 11:54 AM	#20
Stephie Fishy Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Age: 24 Posts: 13	I have no tricks. My fish are as unpredictable as cheese. You never know when it's going to go bad. __________________ I Can Teach You Everything And Nothing Last edited by Stephie; 07-20-2005 at 11:56 AM. Reason: Typo

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