Angelfish that plays with my dog!

[Hooked Newbie]

I caught my Angel and my staffordshire pit playing hide and seek! I have a 29G with only the back blocked by a wall. First one would go to the left or right side of the tank and the other followed! The dog (Austin) would duck and the Angel would swim to the bottom and hide until he sat back up. They really looked like they were playing a game and kept it up for almost 30 minutes. Their tails were both wagging the whole time and the dog never got within a foot of the tank. I'm not sure if the angel thought he was going to feed it or not, but it was FUNNY and they both looked like they enjoyed it. I swear that they were playing "peek a boo". I need to get a digital video camera, it was definitely worthy!

I guess even dogs can enjoy watching fish and vice versa... thought I'd share something besides just my tank struggles.

[pixl8r]

One of our dogs will come into my office, where all of the aquariums are, and stare at the tank with fish, watching them swim. She'll do that for about five minutes then trot off.

[RoseFishWatcher]

I am currently keeping an Oscar as a temporary arrangement. His tank is on the floor, and he dances excitedly any time anyone looks his way (hoping to be fed). The funniest thing was when he tried his "give me food dance" towards the cat, who was just walking by.

[Mgamer20o0]

i even tried to get my dog to look at the fish. just walks away.

[Fungi]

I wouldn't trust my dogs with the fish, they're more interested in the next-door neighbour's cat/ducks/hens and guinea pigs.

[MikeInOrlando]

I caught my Angel and my staffordshire pit playing hide and seek! I have a 29G with only the back blocked by a wall. First one would go to the left or right side of the tank and the other followed! The dog (Austin) would duck and the Angel would swim to the bottom and hide until he sat back up. They really looked like they were playing a game and kept it up for almost 30 minutes. Their tails were both wagging the whole time and the dog never got within a foot of the tank. I'm not sure if the angel thought he was going to feed it or not, but it was FUNNY and they both looked like they enjoyed it. I swear that they were playing "peek a boo". I need to get a digital video camera, it was definitely worthy!

I guess even dogs can enjoy watching fish and vice versa... thought I'd share something besides just my tank struggles.


My angels have become my favorite fish because they got really big really fast and they seem to be the only fish in my tank that really interact with ME.

My tank is really close to my desk where I am on the computer. (my wife suggested that since the tank is in the corner of one wall, and my desk is along the adjoining wall that it would look nicer to move my desk very close to my tank so that the corner between them would be more hidden with all the wires that have accumulated there.) As a result, when I sit at my desk, my head is very close to the tank. One day, as I was typing, I noticed that all four of my Angels were grouped together at the bottom of my tank.....staring at me. When I turned to look at them, they swam to my face level and kept staring. Then, as I moved, they began to follow me around the tank. Now, more often than not, when I'm in the vicinity of the tank, they follow me. I chalk it up to being the only person in my house that feeds them, but nonetheless, it's really cool to "play" with my Angels.

[icecubez189]

my dog is not at all interested in the fish, even when i pick it up and bring it near the glass. in fact, he'll look away.

[Rbishop]

Our puppy barks at the large tanks once in a while, the older dog just ignores them.