Betta (Siamese fighting fish) training session

Gilgamesh, my betta fish learning to swim through a hoop for a food reward.

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• Betta
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• Siamese
• fighting
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[33353529Lyrene]

CAn you tell me the exact size of that hoop :D I really want to teach my Betta but I'm having a hard time of buying one hoop here in the Philippines!

[Ichijojichan]

@33353529Lyrene It was about 4 cm in diameter. But that's not important, you can start with a much larger hoop if you like. I just thought of this: I used to sculpt with melted wax. Melt a candle in a clean metal can, let it cool just a bit so the wax is still soft and flexible but not hot enough to burn you. You can then mold it into different shapes. I think this would work well and everywhere in the world has wax. Then again, you could make a hoop from a thin, flexible twig.

[DJLeopard316]

so how did you start training him to do this?!

[Ichijojichan]

@DJLeopard316 I read Karen Pryor's amazing book "Lads before the Wind", and I figured, if her training methods work on dolphins, why not try them on fish? It's a bit much to explain in a youtube comment, but if you'd like to learn more, I highly recommend her books.

[1crackit]

i have a blue Siamese fighting fish then i brang a female for hem to mate but he aet her

[ICreepeer]

Aww, that is so adorable !

Can i try to train this on my goldfish too ?

[redbetta222]

My betta can't do that so cool

[901blackout]

@thelizardguy100 i used to have a betta but then it took a fin from it's mom

[901blackout]

excess feeding= bloating=big tummy =D = Death D=

[drhung91]

good

[comets69]

Awww good fishy!!!

[thelizardguy100]

I used to have a beta but then I took an arrow to the knee

[Mabisy0]

That's awesome

[kotabear404772]

I wish my fish could do that but all he does is get angry at everything

[Naruto1nIchigo23]

@33353529Lyrene You are in the Philippines? Cool. I'm a Filipino and raising my family Betta! Need to buy a pipe cleaner for the hoop too....