Reckon if fishes know what you're up to?

[Wyld-Fyre]

Have you ever had the urge to pull a funny face at your fish/es? Picked your nose in front of them? Even smile at them?

Well, I think they respond to their owners, even though they can't pull a funny face straight back. I'm not crazy, but I think your mood can affect them. Don't you?

 

[nc_nutcase]

I make animated gestures to my Oscars all the time. It does seem the more active I am in front of them the more active they are back at me. I think it's because they love me though....

 

[breezer40]

Mine seem to know if I am calm or rushed when doing water changes..when I am calm they don't get stresses but when I'm rushed or just in a bad mood they fly all over place.

 

[nc_nutcase]

I had an amusing water change yesterday...

Since I slacked Tues and skipped, I did an extra thorough one Wed (that was the deal I made myself to slack). I vacuumed the heck out of my 125 Gal removing 40 Gal of water. The fish have gotten used to weekly getting invaded and water stolen/replaced. I got nipped about 12 times and I'm quite convinced that the fish (Oscars) were just trying to play. I could literally chase them with the vacuum and they would return to my hand 3 seconds later. Toward the end it was hilarious watching the M/F pair refusing to leave their 'cave' even though there was only 2 inches of water in it (and they are 5 & 6 inches long!).

Half the time if I'm having a rough day water changes make me happy. Well, after I'm done I'm happy, actually doing it is a lil tiring after a long day at work

 

[SirMinion]

Well, I think they respond to their owners, even though they can't pull a funny face straight back.

Obviously you've never kept puffer fish.

Puffers have highly elastic skins and extremely mobile faces.

Martha is able to pull some of the most bizarre facial expresions and will sometimes even mimic me if I pull faces back at her!

 

[pseud]

I swear my dalmation balloon molly is trying to communicate with me. She comes right up to the front of the glass facing me and goes up and down up and down until I put my finger on her 'nose' and then she goes up. I tell her to go back down and she does.. but she keeps trying to get me to move my hand upward to the top... i think she's trying to tell me to feed her lol

 

[WILDER]

My fancy goldfish tells me when he want's feeding he gives me this look with his different eye, and i no that he really hungry.

 

[bunjiweb]

Some of you mension your fish seemingly mimmicing the mood you are in.

You may or may not know that every living thing gives off a small electrical pulse. Humans infact give off a larger pulse than many animals. Fish obviously have a lateral line that picks up the pulse of other fish, but in aquariums they can pick up the pulse of animals close to the tank.
The pulse will vary depending on your mood... so the fish may well pick this up!

It has been proven on research on sharks who dont have a lateral line, but have sensors around their nose and mouth that does the same job. If you are confident in the water they will not attack, yet if you are scared they will clearly check you out and are much more likely to attack..

Just my theory..

Ben

 

[Wyld-Fyre]

Well, I think they respond to their owners, even though they can't pull a funny face straight back.

Obviously you've never kept puffer fish.

Puffers have highly elastic skins and extremely mobile faces.

Martha is able to pull some of the most bizarre facial expresions and will sometimes even mimic me if I pull faces back at her!

Nope! I haven't had the pleasure, but will have a go next time I'm at my LFS. I just hope the staff don't give ME funny looks when I do the business!

 

[Blue Lobster]

When I move stuff around in the tank my angels give me the "Stop messing up our home A$$hole!" look.

It's weird.

 

[Jen]

When I clean my tank, my fish try and eat my freckles. Some of them are small enough to look like the flakes they get. Either that or they are attacking me saying 'get out of my home!'

Also I like to play with them... My 6 baby barbs love playing Follow The Finger. I just randomly move my finger around the glass - front and sides, and they will follow it for a good 5 or 10 minutes before they dwindle off. I don't know who is having more fun... me or the fish!

 

[BettaMomma]

My bettas are the sweetest yet nosiest things on the planet.
I love to get up really close to their tank with my nose and look crosseyed at them.
As soon as I do it, they flare on their way over to see me.
Every single one of them does it.
It's so adorable!

 

[jflowers]

It has been proven on research on sharks who dont have a lateral line, but have sensors around their nose and mouth that does the same job. If you are confident in the water they will not attack, yet if you are scared they will clearly check you out and are much more likely to attack..

They don't (obviously) have a lateral line system, but dogs are the same, show fear and they will attack, show confidence and they see you as pack leader. many animals are the same.

I am with SirMinion on puffers, my F8 smiles when I drop freeze dried shrimp in and I am sure he has an evil grin when I put in live river shrimp, looks at me, winks (my imagination) and goes hunting .

Jon

 

[xanthianacid]

Well I talk to my fishies and put my finger up close to the tank and they follow my finger. My most interactive I would have to say is my Betta. However my hubbies big Angel and the albino corydoras that my son has will stare at you for ages, the Angel even 'watches' the outside world from up close to the glass front or sides of the tank, its really interesting.

 

[Dorkhedeos]

you know that when you get into the water with a dolphin, it makes you happy for no reason? it has something to do with their echo location stuff