Raising “wetpets”

[___James___]

Although every fishes personality varies, do certain environmental factors contribute to a fish being more interactive, and (for lack of a better term) more of a wet pet? Speaking specifically how to raise a male midevil to be really outgoing and doing the traditional glassbanging type stuff

 

[twentyleagues]

Although every fishes personality varies, do certain environmental factors contribute to a fish being more interactive, and (for lack of a better term) more of a wet pet? Speaking specifically how to raise a male midevil to be really outgoing and doing the traditional glassbanging type stuff

Alot of their natural instincts come into play here. Typically the more aggressive a fish is the better their "personalities" are. But I've had shy Oscars. It can also depend on outside influences. If they regularly see people then they'll feel more comfortable acting "normal". If they see people only at feedings they may be excited to see you until they get fed and then try to stay away from you. Any time I've put fish in a main part of the house they seem more willing to interact with people but in a fish room or somewhere where they don't see people on a regular basis they hide or just sit when people are looking at them. Currently I have a few bichirs and ropefish a lot of which I had in my living room 180g where I used to live. In the 180 they saw people all the time and were out begging and or being excited when people were in the room. Here they are in a pond in my fish room and don't see people very often. Their "personalities" have changed since the move.

 

[A201]

+1 ^
The more interaction you have with the "Midevil", the more interaction he will have with you.
Beware of unwanted interactions such as hand biting & splashing, Lol.

 

[MultipleTankSyndrome]

I agree with twentyleagues that the more you stay around the tank outside of feeding/doing the maintenance, the more comfortable the fish are with you. As an example, during their time in their growout tank, my clown loaches were in the living room and saw little of me outside feeding time and maintenance because I was quite busy in my work room. They always ran and hid whenever I came up to the tank and wasn't feeding them.
Now that their permanent tank is in the work room where I do all the work that was keeping me from staying around the growout enough for them to get used to me, they'll do all the things they do (playing dead, graying out+sparring, clicking, etc) when I'm watching them head on instead of running and hiding.

 

[Krismo962]

Seeing a balled up fist really pisses them off for some reason.

 

[___James___]

Thanks for the responses, if I got 3” male red/midevil and put him alone in the 75g in my livingroom that should make him relatively interactive right? (I know I can get a shy one but based on most people’s experience a male red devil usually isn’t shy lol.) Is it better to have dither fish with em when they’re that small in a big tank?