Interesting Clown Behavior

[yannifish]

Hello, everyone, this morning I made a rather intersting observation about my Ocellaris Clownfish.
My aquarium stand has doors that are kept closed using a cabinet magnetic clicking latch. I keep my food in the stand. Today, about an hour after feeding my clowns, I opened the door to check the sump water level, and happened to look up at the clowns. I was surprised to see they were at the surface, and in begging mode. So, I closed the door, and waited for them to go back to normal mode. I then opened the door again, and the same thing happened.
I thought this was pretty cool, how they had learned to associate a noise with food. Just goes to show how smart fish are, and their ability to recognize a food source.

 

[srfisher17]

Fish learn a lot of things when it comes to food. I'd get some good frozen food and see if they recognize the freezer door sound.....and a diet of all dried food isn't the best.

 

[denniscoy420]

lol that is pretty cool

 

[skeez]

Mine do that when I show them the can of food. Cool indeed.

 

[yannifish]

When mine are hungry (almost always), they get excited just when I get close to the tank.

 

[yoshii]

Haha my bannerfish FOLLOWS me when she's hungry or when I'm late at feeding time. She goes insane when I'm holding the food/bag in front of the tank.
My clowns do the same time, but don't follow me

 

[ajroc31]

The funny thing, it took me longer to realize that my fish responded to their food container, than for the fish. Here are empty hand pics, and a pic with the magical white food cup:
When they see me, they get a bit more active, but then the cup comes out, and they go crazy.

 

[oceankid]

I didn't know that fish are able to recognize food resources

 

[yannifish]

They like eating.
Especially clowns. They're little swimming pigs.