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by wickedwillie on February 28th, 2005
It is often said that goldfish have a memory of only a few seconds, but this is not entirely true. Goldfish have what could be called a selective memory, that is to say they have some kind of concience of what has happened on previous occasions, but are not sure what it was. They can be trained to do simple tasks such as eat from a certain ring inside their bowl, This is because they instinctively know that something good is in that area, they are just not sure what. If a predatory animal such as a heron is around, they will hide away through instinct for quite a while, but they do not know what it is they are hiding from, they simply know it is worth avoiding.
Goldfish lying at the bottom of the tank? Help please!?
by satycorn on February 22nd, 2011
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My goldfish have recently started hanging out on the bottom. They perk up when I come near the tank, but go back down. Water test is good.
by jhakie on February 19th, 2011
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One of our fish is floating on its side towards the bottom of the pond. When touched it swims but bumps... see description
by Janech on February 12th, 2011
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I have to bring 30 feeder fish to school and i was wondering if it would be ok to keep them in the bag they come in overnight?
by Sanjam. on January 9th, 2011
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Does my Big Filter damage my Fish?
by satycorn on May 5th, 2011
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