Fish are unusual things to keep as pets I find. They certainly don't do much except swim about. You don't get the love as you would from a dog or cat. I'm sure they lead a lot more exciting life than we're led to believe.

Have you ever seen a fish do something crazy? What do you think really goes on in that 3 second memory span of theirs?
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I used to have afish that always wanted to jump out the top of the tank.

ella731 said:

Is that all? Did it sing?

PREDOMINANT said:

i have one that loves to slide the down current of the filter output



she does it like 6-8 times then swims away looking like she is laughing

i swear i am not on drugs


omg my spelling looks like i am on drugs edit
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JDINTERACTIVE said:

JDINTERACTIVE said:

Well no it only recitied rhymes

I dont personally believe that fish have only a 3 second memory span,, cos if that were true how come my fish line up at the front of tank at exactly 8am for breakfast never any earlier, they also know when im going to give them their tea...

doggonewalkies said:

It was proven a couple of years ago that fish can actually be trained, so they have longer memories than previously thought.

I have inherited some fish in a pond and they all come swimming towards me if I shake their food. I think it's quite cute.

Reincarnate said:

Unfortunately they don't strictly speaking "remeber" to come to the side of the tank, it is behavioral (pavlovian, kind of) and is not a mark of inteligence or memory.

However, their memory is a bit longer than the believed 3 seconds

my puffa fish bit me

PREDOMINANT said:

... like me, when I pass a bakery, then? I don't strictly speaking "remember" I love donuts but somehow I always end up inside, buying one

Reincarnate said:

i love donuts




continue....

my daughter wants fish. I bet she names them all nemo

ella731 said:

my children want a nemo fish and a dorie fish and all the bloody others, but i am not sure i could care for them, i struggled with gold fish.

p0pstar said:

Yea salt water fish are tough to care for, its almost a full time job


Ill just get goldfish. she will be ha;ppy

ella731 said:

my children are never happy i considered using tipex to draw the white paterns on our gold fish to look like clown fish

p0pstar said:

I've got a complete marine set up you can have if you want. It's just taking up space

p0pstar said:

dont let the animal rights folks hear you say that, they wont think you are kidding.


Lily is still 2 so, it really doesnt matter if they look anything like it

Raine said:

Yeah I had a huge dog faced puffer and he was one mean mofo he once bit my knuckle to the bone and held on till i pulled him clear of the water

mdiver said:

it would soon turn into a fish cemetry

i doubt i could look after them

p0pstar said:

Lots of floating clowns and tangs

ella731 said:

i wasn't kidding

mdiver said:

clowns should have red noses

p0pstar said:

And big feet

mdiver said:

and yet pirahnas have a bad reputation.

mdiver said:

do you know something about clowns i don't

after all isn't there a direct connection between feet size and ahem other things

p0pstar said:

I read that there is a connection between a mans ring finger and other things.

so next time, check out his ring finger.
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p0pstar said:

Dunno but I can get in to kids shoes