Fish Teaching Fish Bad Habits

rosemoondust

In Memoriam
Most lionfish have the bad habit of sticking their heads out of the water as a form of begging for food. If they have a very impatient lionfish it will squirt their owners with water in order to receive food faster. I have tried to stop Spiky from doing this bad behavior, but now he does it more often (probably just to prove who is boss :P). Anyways Foxy (magnificent foxface) is now copying Spiky by sticking her head out of the water to beg for food. She has NEVER done this before. I figured it was just a coincident the first time, but now Foxy is repeating this action everyday when it is feeding time.

I am wondering if anyone else has a troublesome fish that has taught a bad behavior to their tank mates.
 
I have a clownfish that does this. He will actually bring his head completely out of the water to eat out of my hand. Now the other Damsels in the tank are doing it as well.

Fun to watch!
 
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