Classical Conditioning experiment

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Originally Posted by kitedemon

yes retics and rocks but also the bloods. I don't think it matters even goldfish can be conditioned.

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How?

Opening the lid of a aquarium canopy they start feeding behaviour. Rudimentary but it is still conditioning.

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Originally Posted by Mike41793

How?

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You can also train them to do tricks. I kid you not. When I was in high school I really wanted to get the kit and try with my betta.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRcNqNvQZ9U

Cool. I wasnt being sarcastic there, i really was curious lol.

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Originally Posted by Marrissa

You can also train them to do tricks. I kid you not. When I was in high school I really wanted to get the kit and try with my betta.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRcNqNvQZ9U

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bahahaha!!! That's so awesome! :D I had no idea you could do this!

I also feed one of my BPs in a separate container and man, the reaction is instant. As soon as I set him in the tub he instantly coils before I even show him the mouse. I tried feeding in his enclosure a few times and he was like a dumb blonde. He struck like 4 or 5 times before finally figuring it out.

I don't get a feeding response from any of my other guys who feed in their enclosure until they see the mouse.

Huh... so it's like Pavlov's snake? Cool!

Yea, the goldfish thing is true, I used to have a bunch of goldfish and they learned that only I and my best friend usually fed them. Anyone else could be standing right over the tank and they'd just do their normal fish stuff, sometimes beg a little but give up quick. If I or her even entered the room and they spotted us they'd all go nuts dancing and begging for food and they'd do if for a while. They'd eventually calm down if we ignored them but if they caught us looking at them they'd go nuts again, not even kidding. I think Mythbusters goldfish to do mazes too, and proved they learned and did them faster.

Edit: Also, I don't move my balls to feed, but I move my corn to a separate enclosure to feed. We started out like that as we of course were told to, then stopped for a while after getting balls and hearing it's not necessary. I noticed he started acting differently during the time I fed him in enclosure, he started acting like he might try to tag me and it seemed like a feeding response, I'd have to grab him carefully. I've switched back to moving him for feeding and he's stopped that behavior in his tank, though I switched more so there's no risk of ingesting wood chips.