You can train bettas :D

[derekp]

wow, im sure glad i took psychology last year or I would be completely lost. good luck with your betta though.

 

[jrwarren]

I got my pearl gourami to do the limbo part. although it was a male who wanted to get to the other side of the tank divider to court a female.

 

[DGalt]

*raises eyebrows* Do those kit things even work?

But anyways, I've heard that bettas can be trained but never actually heard of anyone doing it. should be an interesting experience, and it will impress your friends.

you can definitely train goldfish to run a maze. as for the rest of that stuff, I don't know. but it's not out of the question. i've seen videos of mice climbing a ladder up one level, using a pulley to pull the ladder up to his level, then using the ladder up to another level, and onward. animals will do just about anything for food (along with several other primary biological needs) - kinda like people :rofl:

edit: the post above me supports my last sentence lol

 

[Squeakfish]

There's a video floating around of a goldfish doing all of those tricks. It can be done.
I don't feed him more than six pellets in a day, and no more than three at a time. I've read on a few places that allowing him a few minutes a day to flare at a mirror is like us running for exercise, and is good for conditioning the betta to mate, or just to keep him healthy. Aqualand Pets Plus advocates it on their site: http://aqualandpetsplus.com/Betta, Pla Kat Conditioning.htm

 

[DGalt]

There's a video floating around of a goldfish doing all of those tricks. It can be done.
I don't feed him more than six pellets in a day, and no more than three at a time. I've read on a few places that allowing him a few minutes a day to flare at a mirror is like us running for exercise, and is good for conditioning the betta to mate, or just to keep him healthy. Aqualand Pets Plus advocates it on their site: http://aqualandpetsplus.com/Betta, Pla Kat Conditioning.htm

yea I really doubt it's bad for him.