Can this be true?

Jeff wrote:
This is our first tank. We have Black and Orange Mollys, tetras and 4
or 5 other species. My wife SWEARS that when she gets up in the
morning and goes to feed the fish, when she walks over to the tank
the Molly's are at the glass waiting for breakfast or they will come
to the front of the tank like they want to see whats going on
whenever she walks towards it.


Common behaviour. I've got a tank with 5 platys and they congrgate in
the feeding corner any time we walk past the tank. If I raise the lid
they get downright excited to the point of splashing the surface.

I don't see that kind of behavior from the bottom feeders, though. But
they have to wait till their sinking wafers soften up to eat them.

This is our first tank. We have Black and Orange Mollys, tetras and 4 or 5
other species. My wife SWEARS that when she gets up in the morning and goes
to feed the fish, when she walks over to the tank the Molly's are at the
glass waiting for breakfast or they will come to the front of the tank like
they want to see whats going on whenever she walks towards it.

On Fri, 04 Nov 2005 15:44:50 GMT, "Jeff"
wrote:

This is our first tank. We have Black and Orange Mollys, tetras and 4 or 5
other species. My wife SWEARS that when she gets up in the morning and goes
to feed the fish, when she walks over to the tank the Molly's are at the
glass waiting for breakfast or they will come to the front of the tank like
they want to see whats going on whenever she walks towards it.



quite common. Mine do that, I sometimes think they would come through
the glass if they could.

goldfish are like that as well.

"Charles" wrote in message
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quite common. Mine do that, I sometimes think they would come through
the glass if they could.

goldfish are like that as well.

A lot of fish do this, as they associate you or your wife being at the glass
with food,

Fish are smarter than you think

Practical fish keeping ran a good artical this month on the basic 'whys and
what fors' of fish.
if you can get a copy it might be worth you having a read, its a great
magazine.


§tudz

On 2005-11-04, Jeff wrote:
This is our first tank. We have Black and Orange Mollys, tetras and 4 or 5
other species. My wife SWEARS that when she gets up in the morning and goes
to feed the fish, when she walks over to the tank the Molly's are at the
glass waiting for breakfast or they will come to the front of the tank like
they want to see whats going on whenever she walks towards it.


My ember tetras do that as well. The cardinals do not, though.


--
"I have to decide between two equally frightening options.
If I wanted to do that, I'd vote." --Duckman

This is a conditioned response.

Oscars go crazy when you approach the tank because they were reinforced by
food under that circumstance.


"Jeff" wrote in message
...
This is our first tank. We have Black and Orange Mollys, tetras and 4 or 5
other species. My wife SWEARS that when she gets up in the morning and
goes
to feed the fish, when she walks over to the tank the Molly's are at the
glass waiting for breakfast or they will come to the front of the tank
like
they want to see whats going on whenever she walks towards it.

Yup! My tank is right by the front door.... At least SOMEONE is always
happy to see me

http://www.geocities.com/spiral_72/Spirals_page.html

On Fri, 04 Nov 2005 15:44:50 +0000, Jeff wrote:

This is our first tank. We have Black and Orange Mollys, tetras and 4 or 5
other species. My wife SWEARS that when she gets up in the morning and goes
to feed the fish, when she walks over to the tank the Molly's are at the
glass waiting for breakfast or they will come to the front of the tank like
they want to see whats going on whenever she walks towards it.

I used to have a betta that would beg for food. He'd stare at me and flare
and basically put on a fun show until I gave in and fed him.

Lots of fish do this, especially since my wife falls for it a lot.

~Empty

Top posted. Nice tank spiral!


"spiral_72" wrote in message
oups.com...
Yup! My tank is right by the front door.... At least SOMEONE is always
happy to see me

http://www.geocities.com/spiral_72/Spirals_page.html

"Jeff" wrote in message
...
This is our first tank. We have Black and Orange Mollys, tetras and 4
or 5
other species. My wife SWEARS that when she gets up in the morning and
goes
to feed the fish, when she walks over to the tank the Molly's are at
the
glass waiting for breakfast or they will come to the front of the tank
like
they want to see whats going on whenever she walks towards it.


The challenge can be to get them to NOT do that. I enjoy watching the
fish's natural behaviour, not the mindless 'feed me' darting across the
front glass, so I either have to be patience (let them forget you), or
sneaky (leave the room lights off and move slowly). I'm experimenting
with using auto-feeders, so the fish are much more blasé about my
activities, and then for special foods (frozen etc), I sneak up from the
back of the tank (so they don't associate feedings with me). Now their
interest in me is less conditioned and more .... thoughtful or curious
(which can be more interesting). However, this is just an experiment, as
hand feeding fish can be entertaining as well.
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