How do I communicate with my fish?

Just like humans, fish can also communicate with one another. The most common ways they achieve this are through sound, color, bioluminescence, motion, electrical impulses and smell. These forms of communication are usually used to help navigate, call for spawning, alert predators to keep away, and while fighting.
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Can we communicate with fishes?

If you have the opportunity to speak with any fish, I suggest you don't choose herring. Herring communicate by shooting a burst of bubbles out of their anus. The sound they make is a fast, repetitive tick that some researchers have compared to "blowing a raspberry."
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Do fish understand when you talk to them?

However, yes, they can hear your voice.

They are not like a cat or a dog and can recognize their name. They just know someone is speaking. They can associate sounds with action, though.
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Do fish have languages?

To some extent, yes. Of course not like how they do in Finding Nemo, but in a way, fish do have their own language. Not at all like our human one, fish use various methods to communicate with each other, including auditory, visual, and olfactory ways.
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What is fish language?

FISh is a array-based programming language that combines imperative and functional programming styles. It supports a generous class of polymor-phic, higher-order, array operations, such as mapping… Expand.
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How To Talk To Your Fish



How do fish send messages?

It is well known that fish communicate by gesture and motion, as in the highly regimented synchronized swimming of schools of fish. Some species use electrical pulses as signals, and some use bioluminescence, like that of the firefly. Some kinds of fish also release chemicals that can be sensed by smell or taste.
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Do fish have voices?

Fish Have 'Talked' For 155 Million Years, And Now You Can Hear Their 'Voices' All manner of croaks, chirps, and deep trombone moans permeate Earth's waters, just like the cacophony of sounds that fill its forest air. For example, reefs are surprisingly noisy places, and many of the noisemakers are fish.
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Can fish understand you?

Can your pet fish recognize your face? A new study says, Yes, it probably can. Researchers studying archerfish found the fish can tell a familiar human face from dozens of new faces with surprising accuracy.
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Do fish recognize others?

Researchers have found that fish recognize each other and gather information by eavesdropping. They're capable of remembering past social interactions that they've had with other fish, and they show affection by rubbing against each other.
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Do fish like being petted?

Groupers are not the only fish that enjoy being petted, it seems. According to videos on YouTube, other species of fish that appear to like the interaction include koi, cichlid and discus fish.
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How do I know if my fish are happy?

Generally speaking, following are some of the ways you can tell if your fish are happy.
  1. They swim back and forth freely and energetically around the tank.
  2. Quite like humans, happy fish might have a vibrant glow to their skin. ...
  3. They do not appear fearful of the other fish in the tank. ...
  4. They are breathing normally.
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Should you talk to your fish?

Talk to your fish, spend time around it, and always be the one who feeds it. In time, it will come to trust you. Just don't make the mistake of trying to touch the fish because this will frighten it.
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Do fish have feelings?

Nerves, brain structure, brain chemistry and behaviour – all evidence indicates that, to varying degrees, fish can feel pain, fear and psychological stress.
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Do fish get thirsty?

The answer is still no; as they live in water they probably don't take it in as a conscious response to seek out and drink water. Thirst is usually defined as a need or desire to drink water. It is unlikely that fish are responding to such a driving force.
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Do fishes fart?

Most fish do use air to inflate and deflate their bladder to maintain buoyancy which is expelled either through their mouth or gills which can be mistaken for a fart.
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Why do fish follow you?

Because fish often rely upon a complex web of senses beyond sight, many signals - chemical, hormonal, activity and sound - will attracts them and they know when you are, and will trail you, long before you see them.
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Do fish get bored living in a tank?

Just like any other pet, fish can become bored, too. And while they won't chew up your shoes, keeping them occupied will ensure they live a healthier life.
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How can you tell if a fish is sad?

If your fish is swimming frantically without going anywhere, crashing at the bottom of his tank, rubbing himself on gravel or rocks, or locking his fins at his side, he may be experiencing significant stress. Talk to your veterinarian about treatment and look into what may be causing the stress and alleviating it.
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Why are my fish rubbing on things?

Flicking, flashing and scratching behaviours could be caused by irritation of the skin by high ammonia levels in the water, extremes of pH or residual chlorine in the water due to ineffective or absent tapwater conditioning.
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Why are my fish kissing?

Kissing is the process of testing their patience. The first one who loosens its mouth fails in this fight. So usually the time of kissing is not too short. Kissing fish has a milder character and can be mixed with most small ornamental fishes.
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Do fish like music?

Fish are attracted to certain sounds and vibrations and not to others. Certain types of music and sounds repel fish while others interest them. Music and other sounds can define the change in the way fish behave in the water, including their eating and swimming patterns.
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Can a fish scream?

Fish don't audibly scream when they're impaled on hooks or grimace when the hooks are ripped from their mouths, but their behavior offers evidence of their suffering—if we're willing to look.
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Do fishes cry?

"Since fishes lack the parts of the brain that set us apart from the fishes — the cerebral cortex — I doubt very much that fishes engage in anything like crying," Webster told LiveScience. "And certainly they produce no tears, since their eyes are constantly bathed in a watery medium."
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