Teach a fish GSP tricks?????

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Teach a fish GSP tricks?????

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I have read in here several times on how people have taught their puffers tricks. Well I guess I have to ask, how in the heck would you go about teaching them to do stuff and what can you teach them to do? All mine seem to do is eat poop and sleep.
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well the one I now, but i dont know you can call it a trick is he would fallow your finger up and down all the time
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Theres the R2 fish school kit, designed for goldfish, puffers are smarter so they should do fine.
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Wonder what mine'd do with a golf ball? Might eat it I suppose! Wonder if they could even get a grip on one...

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OCgatergal wrote:Theres the R2 fish school kit, designed for goldfish, puffers are smarter so they should do fine.
+1. I have seen lots of fish on YouTube getting trained with this kit. I think there was a video of a GSP, actually.
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thats cool

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hdTb3ZMsYA
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it is, I 'm pretty sure you can do one home made by using PVC pipes, a straw and other items.
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That's pretty wicked cool. I now want to build a larger version of it and train a fahaka. lol
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Friend of mine tought his GSP to jump out the water during hand feeding.
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