Classical Conditioning experiment

[Mike41793]

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

How?

[kitedemon]

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

[Marrissa]

How?

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

[Mike41793]

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

[BeccaBurrr]

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

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

[Zuma22]

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.

[Coleslaw007]

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.