I used to have a few goldfish that would follow me, if I was on side of the room they would be in that corner then if I went to the otherside they would follow. They also would all line up in a little row and just hangout....
I would have to say my 4 platties and 2 platty teenagers. They follow me too. Also Silver and Gold, my goldfish do that too. I dont think it very uncommon for fish to follow people beucase they know we are the holder of food.
One of my pearl gouramies will happily take food from my hand and so will all the zebra danios (who also follow you around BTW). My cories are also incredibly friendly and my danios and cories will all swim over my palm if I put it just under the surface and touching the glass to form a kind of bridge in the water.
Funny how ppl are mentioning the live bearersa s their nicest. My female gups and swordtails are quite pushy little brats. I'd say my khulis,cories, and keyhole cichlids are the nicest, well behaved fish I own.
I just noticed this topic. A few minuites ago I watched my dog walk past the tanks (searching for dropped fish food) as I stood in the doorway of the fishroom. The tank with platys & corys didn't even notice him, even though the tank is about 8" off the floor. The angels in the 55 were a different story. 150 small fish following him from one end of the tank to the other. I guess since he always comes in there with me when I feed them they think dog=food. All I have to do now is teach him to feed the fish without hogging all the food to himself.
I think widow tetras are the friendliest. They dont get scared even when you put a net in the tank, or while siphoning. Actually, all tetras are like that. And guppies are cool too.
even though i dont own him i was just in a restaurant with a awsome 10 foot NW cichlid set up, and when ever i moved the glass magnet he would follow it and bite it because it was in his territory, he was soo playful