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

Reply to comment by handsomehares 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

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.