Fish Memory Spans
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I have mostly African cichlids and i could hand feed all of mine.I guess it started because i hand feed my peacock eels and i guess they got comfortable with me.They even steal the food right out of my hands if the eel is too slow.lol,drives me nuts.That and all the water changes i spend alot of time in there territory.Even when im vaccuuming the gravel there all over my forearm trying to give me some love.lol,or eat me.The funniest is when my plecos get on me for a taste.
Those redworms drive em nuts,even when i get a new little guy and hes timid and not eating,i can reach down and get em to take a worm even if i have to drop it in from of them so they can get there belly full and thrive till they come around.
Those redworms drive em nuts,even when i get a new little guy and hes timid and not eating,i can reach down and get em to take a worm even if i have to drop it in from of them so they can get there belly full and thrive till they come around.
my cichlids know the difference between walking up to the tank and looking, and walking up to the tank and opening the lid(food time).
Im not sure about their memory span from a purely scientific standpoint, however when i give my natives pellets when i know they like live food, blood worms, etc. They sulk around for days, One really responsive Shadow Bass im almost sure gave me the finger when he saw i dropped pellets in the other day, Well....i think thats what he did 
armaggedonx;2496801; said:
Haha ... if you had one of those with an Oscar he'd just break it up and eat it
... I think fish have good memories tbh... my Fire eel knows when its feeding time... he sits in my hand and waits for the food... he learnt this from a young age and has carried on doing it since... the other just bites me but that's not the point lol
martcoug;2499630; said:Haha ... if you had one of those with an Oscar he'd just break it up and eat it
lmao would love to see my lungfish try to fit thorugh it
My Oscars get noticeably more excited when I'm holding the red Hikari pellets bag as opposed to just walking up to the tank or when I'm adding anything else like algae wafers or chemicals.
Mythbusters busted the 3 second memory goldfish myth already, and I must say that I agree with their findings.
My goldfish act like "intelligent cichlids" and swim back and forth and bite the glass when they see me, or when I shake their food can. Some say that it is just that their instinct changed. . . They are apparently thinking I am food. Apparently. They are moors so they can't see me that well. They act even more excited after a few days of being away, so they can definitely remember more than 2 weeks.
No one else pays much attention to them besides me, so I cannot prove that they wouldn't act the same way for someone else.
My tinfoil barbs used to act excitedly when I had an Oscar, but now it is almost a species tank for them. They inspect the food can calmly, and pace the front glass at a casual rate... I am not sure if they know that they share a tank with 4 reclusive little catfish. They probably think there is no rush because they have little competition for food.
The tinfoils also start getting afraid when the tank light goes off during the middle of the day, especially if the lid comes off and the filter goes off. >_>
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They know before I start that the water is about to be changed.
My goldfish act like "intelligent cichlids" and swim back and forth and bite the glass when they see me, or when I shake their food can. Some say that it is just that their instinct changed. . . They are apparently thinking I am food. Apparently. They are moors so they can't see me that well. They act even more excited after a few days of being away, so they can definitely remember more than 2 weeks.
No one else pays much attention to them besides me, so I cannot prove that they wouldn't act the same way for someone else.
My tinfoil barbs used to act excitedly when I had an Oscar, but now it is almost a species tank for them. They inspect the food can calmly, and pace the front glass at a casual rate... I am not sure if they know that they share a tank with 4 reclusive little catfish. They probably think there is no rush because they have little competition for food.
The tinfoils also start getting afraid when the tank light goes off during the middle of the day, especially if the lid comes off and the filter goes off. >_>
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They know before I start that the water is about to be changed.
