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Target Training D. holocanthus

  • Behavior observed

  • Very active in tank environment

  • Fed with tweezers in front of feeding wand

  • Fed from feeding wand only when food was visible

  • Ignored feeding wand

  • Touched wand, let food float out of wand before eating it

  • All 4 trials successful with feeding wand

  • Introduced ball/goal to tank

  • D. holocanthus will follow anything in front of the tank

  • Moved live rock in tank for easier access

  • Fed near soccer ball, wouldn't eat when ball was near wand on all 3 trials

  • Hovered near ball 4 times, approached ball twice, and touched the ball on the final trial

  • Introduced tunnel, tried to eat it, successfully swam through it

  • Introduced slalom, 3 successful trials

  • 2 successful slalom trials

  • Failed slalom trial with no feeding wand/food, struggled to follow wand with food, very aggressive to the wand

  • Started training goldfish for comparison of data, goldfish all swam away from feeding wand

  • Touched soccer ball, won't feed from bottom of tank

  • Touched soccer ball twice

  • Slalom trials, skipped poles twice, then successfully followed wand through course

  • D. holocanthus found dead after jumping from tank

  • Failed attempt at feeding goldfish from feeding wand

  • Training goldfish is still a failure