A few days ago, I was sitting in my room and my betta was lying at the bottom of the tank. All of a sudden, the hight pitched sound of the fire alarm went off (nothing serious) and he came to the top instantly, swimming around erratically.
How sensitive are they to sound? Anyone has any experience? Of course, I'm not expecting them to react to human voice but obviously they react to sound if it's loud enough.
Answers:
Basically all fish are sensative to sound. They can feel the vibration of sound waves from far distances as sound travels through all mediums, air, solid or water. They will react towards sounds as they may interpet that as a predator approaching from above, such as a bear or bird. It's quite natural for fish to react with stress from various sounds they feel.
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JV
Sound travels through water quite well. The vibrations it causes are how carnivors like sharks find their prey. All fish are sensitive to vibrations because it could indicate a potential threat.
Sound moves much quicker and is louder in water especially high pitched noises like whale songs and such. At 1000m below sea level sound travels the furthest and most clearly. a single fire engine's siren can be heard for miles and miles at this depth
Fish are very sensitive to noise. Noises are vibrations that carry very well through water (more efficiently than in the air). The fish's lateral line detects vibrations and allows them to "hear". That is why fish can become disoriented by loud music close to your fish tank.
Nosoop4u
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