Can my fishies see me through the glass?

[Talon242]

I agree with others fish definitely can see you. My guppies flock towards the corner for food when I go near the tank.

My old angelfish used to follow my finger back and forth across the front of the tank, fun stuff!

[Sweets1023]

Think they actually see you or sense the the vibrations of your movement? (lateral line)

[partypalooza5]

Originally Posted by CichliditisExtremitis

Here's another one:

Papa mbuna to his fry:

"Hey kids! Come and see what we've got trapped on the other side of this glass!"

Fry:

Ooh, paps! That's ugly! Is it dangerous?!

[DragonFish71]

Originally Posted by CichliditisExtremitis

One must wonder if they think that we humans are as beautiful as we view them to be beautiful. Or maybe they wonder why we have no gills.

Or maybe they wonder why they are stuck behind the glass and we can wander freely. lol



But yes, I agree that they can see us. Our cichlids, mainly the Jacks and Firemouths, dang near head butt the glass or the hood for food. I walk by, they meet at the glass. If I ignore them, they splash around. If I keep ignoring them I swear they hit the hood. It's even worse when they see the bag of rosie reds they get every weekend. Our Bettas do a wiggle when they see me. Our rams do the same, but our others, like the tetras, just go about their business. I am the "Food Goddess". Ah the power!

[CichliditisExtremitis]

Originally Posted by Sweets1023

Think they actually see you or sense the the vibrations of your movement? (lateral line)

I think that God gave them eyes for a reason.

[spoonman]

Is this picture evidence that they can see us? This is my daughter. She is the one that feeds them most of the time. Every time she gets near the tank they flock over to say "HI".

[Yellow Eye Tang]

Cool thread hearing everyones stories. Ya know I heard a report on the radio real quick as I was driving talking about a new study that spoke of fish intelligence. I remember hearing that they were a lot smarter than previously thought. It was a quick report but I see there intelligence every day in my tank. I've also noticed when my rainbow shark chases the mickey mouse moon I can CLAP real loud and he will lay off. Tends to scare the others tho in the process. It makes me wonder if I had a bigger / deeper tank if that would still work.

[Brad S]

Originally Posted by Yellow Eye Tang

... I've also noticed when my rainbow shark chases the mickey mouse moon I can CLAP real loud and he will lay off. Tends to scare the others tho in the process. It makes me wonder if I had a bigger / deeper tank if that would still work.

Sure it would. You might have to get some of those big "number one" hand things (big hand w/index finger sticking up. Not the other finger!) you see at the football games and smack them together but...