Isolating Zebrafish for Training

[BryonMiller]

Hello,

I am a student at the University of Pacific in Stockton, California.
We are currently trying to use the R2 Fish School with zebrafish, but
are having no luck isolating the fish for training. If you have any
suggestions, they would be much appreciated!

Thank You,
Bryon Miller

[Dean Pomerleau]

Byron,

> We are currently trying to use the R2 Fish School with zebrafish, but
> are having no luck isolating the fish for training. If you have any
> suggestions, they would be much appreciated!

By "isolating the fish for training" do you mean rewarding one of your zebrafish individually?  If so, I'm afraid your only choice is probably physical isolation during training, as the R2 kit recommends.  Can't you put one (or two) of your fish in a tank by themselves?

--Dean

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Dean Pomerleau
Founder & Chief Fish Trainer
Fish School, Inc

[Janice Ritter]

Zebras could be a little tough, too, as they prefer to be in schooling groups for safety, and may not do well when isolated.

 

Janice

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From: fish-sch...@googlegroups.com [mailto:fish-sch...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Dean Pomerleau
Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 7:03 PM
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Subject: [fish-school] Re: Isolating Zebrafish for Training

[Bryon Miller]

Dean,
Yes we are trying to isolated one fish at a time for training.
Unfortunately, the fish will not eat when isolated. so we are trying
to figure out how to isolate the fish so they are "comfortable" enough
to eat alone.

-Bryon

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On Nov 2, 2009, at 4:02 PM, Dean Pomerleau <deanpo...@gmail.com>
wrote:

[Dean Pomerleau]

I now understand your dilemma.  Have you tried a clear tank divider?  That might give you isolated zebras a sense of being with brothers and sisters, but allow you to train them in isolation. Here is a link to a divider, which you can get an any pet store:

http://tinyurl.com/yk42joe

It might be worth a try, although the tendency of zebras to school makes me uncertain whether this will do the trick.

--Dean

2009/11/3 Bryon Miller <bmill...@gmail.com>

[Bryon Miller]

thanks for the suggestion Dean. I'll try out one of these dividers and see if it affords me some better luck. I'll lkeep you up to date on my progress.  

-Bryon
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