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JetAmoeba t1_is75kzz wrote

Reply to comment by LyriumLychee in Scientists have proved goldfish do have good memories and are able to navigate their surroundings. A team from Oxford University trained nine fish to travel 70cm (2.3ft) and back, receiving a food reward at the end. The study disproves the long-held belief goldfish have little or no memory. by Tardigradelegs

My three neon tetras even do this. They get noticeably excited when I grab the food bag

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handsomehares t1_is7skk2 wrote

It’s amazing how my fish react to me, my loaches will come to the surface and do little jumps when the food is coming.

They also like to launch themselves out of the tank in protest when the food hasn’t come fast enough…

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Beverley_Leslie t1_is7zbwb wrote

Loaches are like tiny aqua-puppies, I had a group of 10 when I last kept an aquarium and they were the life of the party. Zipping around, cart-wheeling, making excited clicking noises you could hear from across the room, and as you said doing mini flicks and jumps when you lifted the lid for feeding time. If I were to set up a tank again I think it would just be loaches.

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aldhibain t1_is9n26b wrote

My kuhli loaches are horribly shy (as they tend to be). Weirdly enough they're less wary of me if I'm wearing red, which I chalk up to them having red cherry shrimp for tankmates. They're probably used to red things that sometimes move abruptly.

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dedokta t1_isa01dt wrote

I have a colour changing light in my tank that moves between blues and greens, but at 5pm the tank goes red telling me to feed the fish. When the tank goes red the fish get agitated and hang about in the feeding corner.

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