Do you train your fish? Is so, how?

[Doctorgori]

I know this has to be re-hash, but i couldn't find any threads here on R2R. If you know of a similar or pertinent past threads, please link., and thanks in advance.
Anyway, always wondered if/and how many people train their fish including and beyond eating at a certain time or spot. Tricks? Head scratching? Eating out of your hand? Weird behavior?
How? And which species seem to be the easiest and hardest?

 

[TriggerFinger]

My fish figure out quickly that I feed from the right corner of the tank. My blenny has figured out that I sneak large meaty bites to my serpent star hiding in the back left of the tank. The porcelain crabs have figured it out too, they set up shop with the star after about a week of seeing this. My clown fish waits in the feeding corner and rarely ventures out to get the rest of the food that’s blowing around...

I’ve seen a lot of people say they are able to hand feed their fish, both of mine bite so I haven’t tried it.

 

[windemerejack]

I didnt train or do anything but before my crash my Lineatus Wrasse would rub itself against my finger when i put it in the tank, i dont know why but it was never 'trained' to do so, just started doing it of its own accord, i liked to think it was affection but i dont think fish are capable of emotion, maybe there was a scientific reason for it, who knows.

 

[Auquanut]

I've seen videos of trained fish, but they've all been goldfish and cichlids. I'm sure an intelligent enough marine fish could be trained to do tricks given enough time and effort.

Unfortunately, my fish have me trained. Not sure what that says about my intelligence.

 

[Doctorgori]

I didnt train or do anything but before my crash my Lineatus Wrasse would rub itself against my finger when i put it in the tank, i dont know why but it was never 'trained' to do so, just started doing it of its own accord, i liked to think it was affection but i dont think fish are capable of emotion, maybe there was a scientific reason for it, who knows.

Cleaning behavior? Thinking your arm is a larger fish? Odd

 

[Doctorgori]

I posted this because I stopped feeding at the same time and now my fish aren’t as conditioned. Wonder if its possible to get them back in a rhythm after all this time.
Also I do recall seeing something on trained goldfish by the way

 

[saltyhog]

Quarantine is where my fish learn to look to me for good things. Most learn quickly and will eat out of my hand.

I start off in QT feeding with the flow off and using a plastic pipette that they learn to come to for food. Still feed my nano tank that way and all the fish will hit the end of the pipette even without food on it. They usually learn that my fingers are nothing to be afraid of and let me feed them.

 

[smlarson72]

Anytime I walk by they think it is feeding time. The follow me up and down. Goobers! My eel will come out when he sees me on the side of the tank. He knows he is going to be fed then.

 

[naterealbig]

I train my fish to eat frozen food out of a net.

 

[Texas Rick]

They know that feeding time is around 5 to 6 pm everyday. I have them trained to come to the front of the aquarium and they wait for me to feed them. My wife thinks it’s funny I have them trained like this.

 

[PicassoClown04]

My clowns start pecking the air above the back right corner of the tank because I always hand feed them there. My fire shrimp also SWIMS through the water and lands on my arm, waiting for me to save the last meaty chunk for him. He crawls up my arm, snatches the chunk from my palm, and swims back to his little cave thing. Scared the crap outta me the first time (I’d been hand-feeding him for weeks, just pinching the food close to his cave) but we have our little rhythm now . The anemone also knows that he gets fed every day so he stretches out really far and gets super bubbly when he senses (smells?) food particles in the water

 

[Tamberav]

My fish will hover below the auto feeder a few minutes before it goes off..... meanwhile I don't know what day of the week it is...

I imagine they all have little waterproof Rolex watches.

 

[Doctorgori]

I train my fish to eat frozen food out of a net.

slick ... never thought of that ... besides, why fear the net? Ha ha

My clowns start pecking the air above the back right corner of the tank because I always hand feed them there. My fire shrimp also SWIMS through the water and lands on my arm, waiting for me to save the last meaty chunk for him. He crawls up my arm, snatches the chunk from my palm, and swims back to his little cave thing. Scared the crap outta me the first time (I’d been hand-feeding him for weeks, just pinching the food close to his cave) but we have our little rhythm now . The anemone also knows that he gets fed every day so he stretches out really far and gets super bubbly when he senses (smells?) food particles in the water

I swear shrimp are pretty smart all things considered ... wonder what thier longevity really is: I always seem to kill mine or they disappear around 3 yrs

@saltyhog : how is that butterfly and your corals?

 

[vetteguy53081]

Mine know what the food container looks and where to go to get that seafood dinner

 

[Difrano]

I selected other, because my Clown Girl is trained to bite me, but not anywhere. she target the thin skin in between the fingers, where it hurts more.

 

[Tamberav]

I selected other, because my Clown Girl is trained to bite me, but not anywhere. she target the thin skin in between the fingers, where it hurts more.

My first clownfish did that... I bought a ring with a big orange/amber stone and then she would target the ring instead and save me some pain.

 

[Flameback Pair]

I have my Radions on thunderstorm with lightning mode the same time everyday set by my Apex. I also have my Apex feed the fish with an auto feeder when the Radions go into thunderstorm mode every time. I’ve been doing this for a year now. Now when I have a random Radion thunderstorm the fish know it’s time for feeding.

 

[Texas Rick]

Wow, you should post a video! Would love to see that thunderstorm affect

 

[Doctorgori]

That thunderstorm trick is slick I got supplemental orbit lights that have storm mode... now if I can get Neptune to fix my ATF

 

[pcon]

Here is my previous burgess eating from my hand: