what do you think is the prettiest, most colorful, most interesting fish???
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Yes, but I only endeavored to raise fry once. I realized I couldn't devote the time and space to do it properly.
Thank You -- We also have his mate and several youglings from their activity.
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I don't have any pics at the moment, but for a tropical fish it's hard to beat pearl gouramis in breeding colors. Among the locals, I'm partial to a breeding brook trout, one of the few cold-water, wild fish with crazy, tropical fish colors.
Razor blades, that's what they are. And when sparring. They open lots of small entrances for bad things. They can also kiss to suffocate opponent and try to rip gills... And think all day how to kill foe...
Since these dumb fish are quite intelligent... You can easily become The main foe and everybody is going to team up against you, think all day how to beat you... And attack on sight.
This is where you know you have their attention. you enter the room and every fish is looking at you.
From there... Always stealthily feed not to be too much recognized as such.
And do the most disruptive maintenance you can... To make sure you're the No1 menace.
Everybody will absolutely concentrate on you all the time... They see beyond the glass.
And honestly. Trying to pull out a filter under aggressive surveillance... Constant attacks and spitted with water.
Has always been a trill.
As soon as you are not in sight your position is already in contest... You need to dedicate serious time to maintain that.
But after years you can be really close and have many truces that let you pet them.
The most I can tell is I believe I was able to motivate their reaction.
Their responses made me wonder a lot. They are conscious of their condition and probably so as the rest, outside the glass box.
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I've always kind of wondered about this, what if anything they must think of us. They do seem to understand and accept confinement after a while. I'm sure this is somewhat difficult for wild caught fish; captive-bred fish don't know any different so I doubt they think about it. But what of these huge, moving shapes from another world that are a source of terror, food, and in the case of my angelfish, curiosity? Do they actually think about us, try to relate, try to understand what we are? Or do they just accept us an something that happens?
For most fish, I suspect the latter.
Me too, but I cant help myself thinking that many species have a broader consciousness than we give them.
I remember my Goldfishes where happy to see me and wanted to play, they where coming to the surface and splash water at me to get my attention, they would also make loud claps at the surface with their mouths. They where also getting mad at me if I ignored them.
So at this point it's quite evident that they are conscious that you are conscious too. Since they look to provoke your reaction.
What they think of us, only a fish can know, but they sure do think and they have good memory, they know exactly where the food is going to be served and never miss a meal.
If they can show happiness and playful comportment that implies some form of imagination at the source.
I remember my Goldfishes where happy to see me and wanted to play, they where coming to the surface and splash water at me to get my attention, they would also make loud claps at the surface with their mouths. They where also getting mad at me if I ignored them.
So at this point it's quite evident that they are conscious that you are conscious too. Since they look to provoke your reaction.
What they think of us, only a fish can know, but they sure do think and they have good memory, they know exactly where the food is going to be served and never miss a meal.
If they can show happiness and playful comportment that implies some form of imagination at the source.
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I had salt water fish, 30 years ago, & one of my oddity's, was an American Football sized pink & purple snail... we don't think of snails as being "interactive" but this one had a spire to it's shell, & could push open the the heavy glass top, & would often squirt water on to people looking at it...
There are days where I wonder if some of my human neighbours think at that level.
My fish - I'm not sure. They're aware of me. They hide from visitors, but don't hide from me. That's interesting. They seem to have recognized me as benign.
If they see a net in my hand, they take cover. There are hand movements I can make with Cichlids that break up fights, as I imitate a large Cichlid nosing in. So they respond to outside the tank things attentively.
Not all species seem to care, and that makes sense if they're generally predators or prey. I wonder how 'Corydoras' narcissus handles all this?
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I've noticed that schooling fish are generally much less interactive; they either hide or ignore you. But the predatory fish, from badis on up to the big cichlids and bass--are always more interested in their surroundings.
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I do not have my own picture, but I got a pair of betta imbellis which were offspring of the best in class winner from an IBC event. So the picture below is not of my fish nor my picture.
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