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As promised, the 25-minute interview my son and I did yesterday on the Pet Fish Talk internet radio program is now available on-line here: http://www.petfishtalk.com/interviews/training_fish/training_fish.htm I thought it came out quite well. Comments would be greatly appreciated. Enjoy!

For anyone interested in hearing more about fish training, my son and I are going to be on the Pet Fish Talk internet radio program this Wednesday at 4pm Eastern time. To listen in live, go here: http://www.petfishtalk.com. It should be fun. I might even set up the live webcam so we can show...

We use "baby" size pellets for Albert our calico fantail, and medium size pellets for our larger, albino oscars. But flakes, "crumbles" or even brine shrimp also work - since the "feeding wand" that comes with the Fish School Training Kit keeps the food in a confined chamber until you release...

Holey cow - 11" out of the water! That must make quite a splash. I'd love to see a picture of that. I've been thinking about training Albert to rise out of the water for food. But my wife would kill me if je gets water all over the wall and floor. Plus I'd be worried one day he's going to get...

Those are some interesting behaviors you describe in Kloey, your Betta. It definitely sounds like he's got more going on "upstairs" than your other Bettas. I chose Albert, my now well-trained goldfish, by looking for similar behavior in the pet shop display tank. Albert was the goldfish that...

Thanks for the anecdote. I've long suspected that saltwater fish are at least as smart as freshwater ones, but didn't know for sure.

Cool. You checked out Albert's webcam! I've seen that here has been quite a few hits. For anyone else who wants to check him out, here is the link again: http://fishschool.ww.com [But don't bother looking until around 10am eastern time tomorrow, when he goes "live" again]. Regarding Alberts...

Depotfish, I guess number of brain cells may be independent of physical size, but I have the feeling that small fish - either small species (e.g. tetras) or young, and hence small members of larger species (like young goldfish) will have more trouble learning than their larger, more mature...

DepotFish, How old is Depot? It would seem to me that some of the behaviors she exhibits are quite sophisticated, and might not be possible for a very young and immature fish. Have you (or anyone else) seen a correlation between the size/age of fish and the intelligent behavior they exhibit?

About 8 months ago, my 9-year old son won two goldfish at a school fair. After watching them for a while, it was apparent that there is something going on in their little minds. Ever since then I've been fascinated by fish intelligence. After a little research, I discovered there is quite a bit...