Whats The Memory Span Of A Siamese Fighting Fish?

Question

Whats The Memory Span Of A Siamese Fighting Fish, I think its also known as a Betta...
I know a goldfish has 3 seconds..

Answer 1

I'm not sure about your facts on the goldfish. The Myth-busters managed to teach a couple of goldfish to go through a maze to reach food. Each time they did it they got faster, had to be memory.
My Betta remembers when and where I feed him, every time he is waiting in the same spot when i get there.

Answer 2

Betta Fish Memory Span

Answer 3

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here are some types of fish that would be suitable with a betta: Rainbow fish, white cloud minnow, tetras, danios, angelfish, rasboras and livebearers *except mollies, which benefit from brackish water. I also don't know that I'd put a betta in with fancy guppies, as it might confuse them with another betta. Shrimps can be good tankmates, but some bettas will eat the shrimp. Larger, non-aggressive tetras and barbs (adult Neon Tetras, Cherry barbs) make fine tankmates, as do plecostomus and many sharks, such as the bala or red tail shark (many sharks get quite large though, so be sure that you have enough tank space for the adult sharks). As far as tankmate bottom feeders go, plecos, loaches or catfish are suitable. Corydoras (cory cats) are a common favorite. I enjoy Khuli loaches, although they are sometimes hard to care for. There's also a black Khuli loach, by the way. The bottom line is that the best tankmate depends on the temperment of your betta. It may get along fine with one type fish, but another person's won't. Keep an eye on tankmates and be prepared to seperate if there are trouble signs (fish who are injured, stressed, hiding, chasing or harassing, etc). Males and females should never be kept together. Doing so will more than likely lead to one of the following: A) spawning, B) fighting and fin damage, and possibly C) death, from damage inflicted by the other betta during the fighting. If you want to spawn your bettas, you need a proper setup, not a community tank. Spawning bettas can be read about here

Answer 4

Goldfish and betta have greater memories than 3-seconds.

A betta (or any other fish) can be 'taught' to associate a human as the provider of its food. This requires rudimentary memory. This is opposed to a wild betta which would instinctively flee a human due to the lack of food association.

Don't feed it for three days and then approach its tank. It will 'remember' that you're it's food provider and anticipate a feeding session even though 72hrs passed. Just check out its behavior.

Some 'intelligent' fish like certain cichlids and puffers (among others) can recognize their owners/feeders from strangers. That requires retaining memory of specific humans.

Answer 5

It really depend on by what you mean by memory. In general people tend to anthropmorphize fish way to much. A fish has a tiny brain and most of what it does is instinct, and conditioning. A fish will react to a given stimulus (event) for several seconds (2-8) then continnue it's normal behavior. For example a betta exposed to a mirror will go about it's normal behavior a few second 3-5 after the mirror is removed.

Betta like most fish can be conditioned. Most fish owner claim that that their fish recognize them, and know it's time for them to be fed. Betta owner often claim their betta learn to beg. Again this is anthropomizing the fish. They can be conditioned. My fish in the main tank are condition when someone approaches the tank to swim to the surface on the left hand side of the tank. (Careful observation reveals they doing this for anyone.) My males will flutter back and forth if someone passes them in the hall. (I use to not feed them in the morning, but when I see them do this I tend to feed them then, and there. Of course then I forget, and feed them again...) So they do in a sense remember things that happen repeatily.

An experinced fish keeper knows both elements of fish memory and trains his/her fish to come to the surface when they put in a finger and gently wiggle. (Do right before feeding.) Now when they want to net a fish. Stick the net in. Count to 5. Stick your other finger in and ring the dinner bell. Bring the net under the fish. My problem is trying not to get extra fish.

Answer 6

Actually, I'm pretty sure that a goldfish has a memory of three MONTHS... And the beta fish has about the same length of time, though their feeding time and other such actions (if it's a daily routine, done all at... say, 4:00 PM,) is burned into their memories.

Answer 7

comparing a fish's memory to our own really isn't fair or simple to do. Their minds are very different from the mammalian standards we go by. I don't know much about how they work, but most fish don't really "think" as we do at all. They are genetically hardwired to perform certain behaviors... amoung those may be being conditioned to come up to the surface when they see a big shadow next to the tank... but they don't say to themselves, "Oh look here's johnny to feed me! I better go up to the surface to get the food!"

Answer 8

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Answer 9

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Answer 10

Its gotta be about the same as a goldfish. They all have a little bitty brain!