Does it matter how old a fish is?

[Bizz]

I have a common goldfish, named Bobert. I got him a year ago so i
estimate he is a year and a half old. Is it too late to train him?

When i get the R2 Fish School, what should I put in the feeding wand?
Could I put goldfish flakes in? Because I dont want to put anything
live in like brine shrimp or something.

Also, if Comet is the smartest fish, why did you choose Albert
Einstein to do break the world record? Just wondering :)

[Dean Pomerleau]

Bizz,

Good questions!

Here are a few answers:

> I got him a year ago so i estimate he is a year and a half old. Is it too late to train him?

It is definitely not too late. I estimate Albert Einstein was about a year old when I got him.  Sometimes fish need to have a level of 'maturity' before you can start training them.  A year and a half for a common goldfish should be a very good age.

> When i get the R2 Fish School, what should I put in the feeding wand?
> Could I put goldfish flakes in?

Flakes are fine, but we find that small pellets that have been soaked in water are even better. They are a bit easier to get into the feeding wand than flakes, which tend to crumble.

> Also, if Comet is the smartest fish, why did you choose Albert
> Einstein to do break the world record?

Albert was my first trained fish, and the one who we officially entered in the Guinness Book.  It is in fact quite a process, particularly when the record is one that has never been listed before.  Comet knows more tricks, but we've yet to make his "worlds smartest fish" status official with the people from Guinness.

Hope that helps!

--Dean

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Dean Pomerleau
Founder & Chief Fish Trainer
Fish School, Inc.