handsomehares t1_is7skk2 wrote on October 13, 2022 at 10:36 PM

Reply to comment by JetAmoeba 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

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…

Beverley_Leslie t1_is7zbwb wrote on October 13, 2022 at 11:26 PM

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.

handsomehares t1_is8335d wrote on October 13, 2022 at 11:55 PM

I made this today

aldhibain t1_is9n26b wrote on October 14, 2022 at 9:14 AM

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.