:P I'm teaching my bettas to jump for their food. We feed them at nioght out of a little hard plastic tube, and I'm making my guys either attack it before I release the food or some of them (the more aggressive ones) are jumping for it :OO

They can't jump out b/c all of the jars have lids on them, and we have a water hole and a feeding hole on the top of the jars.

But it's so cute to watch them jump for it! ^_^

if it makes you Happy go for it, we are suppose to enjoy them right, Vaca I think they proabbaly have fun to , :bettafish

No, it isn't bad at all, and I think it is fun.
I used to feed my piggy girls one at a time like that in a sorority, so I could be sure they all ate well.
Picture me with a list, and checking each fish until they were all full, lol.

It always tickles me. Many of mine jump for their food. I don't think it's bad at all myself.

no it is not bad. I think it is cool. Yeevs fish do that for him

I have to laugh though. I have had this one male bonk his head pretty hard on the lid getting so excited a couple of times.
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Ok ok... here!

What is funny to me is that they teach each other how to jump.
I have had non jumping fish put next to jumpers start jumping.
Which is a good reason to always PUT A LID ON!! lolol

Oh yeah! Now I find females are the worst for jumping out of containers without lids. I always have lids. I've had them jump out when the lid was just slightly ajar. Little dickens.

I have had them disappear from closed jars.. with less than 1/4 inch half a hole for them to get out of.
But only females.

My jumpers have led me to use glad Press and Seal around HOB filters.
Either that or I cut some needlepoint fabric and let the water flow through it.
Doesn't hurt anything and makes me happy.

My jumpers always become cat food. Dang cat!!

Oh my! Well, at least it's completely the life circle and not just wasting.

:blink:

And we see kitty, just waiting for a little snack in your avatar.
My hamster eats chicken.. I wonder if she may have made off with betta bodies while she was free range..
Though I did have one fish disappear here at the new place, where she is now in an escape proof place, and she wasn't loose at he time.

you should teach them to jump through little hoops. Like a big O-ring or something.
Ha!!! I make myself laugh sometimes.
:P

Or glue a toothpick over the top of the water and have them jump over for their food!
:lolo: