Ping pong balls

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i saw a video of this "freshwater dolphin" on youtube the other picking up ping pong balls with its nose and throwing them through a glowstick ring... i'll try to find the link.
 
i used to do it to my oscar to distract him so my other fish could get a decent amount of food before he vacuumed the food up. other wise he would just push it around and try to eat it
 
Just to clarify, I'm talking about a RTM (Parachromis motaguensis). Is that even a cichlid that will play with objects in the tank?

Youll be doing good to keep an RTM from hiding 24/7 or at the very least, being spooked easily, let alone being interactive.

I think the ping pong ball excercise is for more social/interactive/owner responsive cichlids like oscars & midas. I saw on funniest home videos one time an oscar spitting a ping pong ball into a little home made basketball goal repeatedly...and Ive looked for the video for 10 yrs but cant find it anywhere online.
 
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