Space1 New Space Aquatic Species

In the larger tank, three selected Guppies are enrolled in Space1's Astronaut Training Program.
As hopefuls, these trained fish may partake in rocket rides into space and become rocket crew
members. Since the advent of talking inventions by Humanoido that allow the aquatics to speak
limited English, the viability of such space flights are very plausible. This aquarium, lit with nine
white LEDs, holds three plant varieties and a larger version of the Easter Island faces statue.
Photo by Humanoido at SPACE1 International Headquarters.

Aquatic Space Program
New Space Aquatic Species
Space1 welcomes new aquatic species into its private industry space program destined for trips into space.

These species are destined for rides on rockets as tourists and as members of SPACE1's space program.

New species include two snail varieties, black Ramshorn, Red Ramshorn, and fish - yellow black fancy Veil Tail Guppies, standard variety Chinese Algae Eater, and Indonesian Dwarf Puffer. The Puffer fish completed the astronaut training program with high marks over the Winter. Over 20 guppies are now enrolled in the program with water-space simulations training going exceptionally well.

Snails undertaking the space school classes number around 50. Species are periodically rotated between development aquatic tanks along with five varieties of aquatic plants. The species are raised on diets of frozen blood worms for the flesh eating Dwarf Puffers and adult snails, standard size flash frozen shrimp for the adult Guppies, brine for the baby Guppies, and special treats of leafy vegetables for all snails.

Space1 Aquatics Space Program

Aquatics in Space
Humanoido at SPACE1 has developed an Aquatics Space Program (ASP), designed to introduce aquatic species to space travel.

ASP began with astronaut training of Dwarf Puffer fish and one astro tank. The program now extends to hybrid guppies and Orange Ramshorn snails with two additional larger astro tanks.

Last year (2018) Humanoido invented a voice interface for fish and tested it with Dwarf Puffer fish. The electronic opto-interface is non-invasive and species dependent. Thought now has a focus on a potential way to communicate with Ramshorn snails.

Snails are a different kind of species. They move faster than plants and slower than fish. "Snails can see, smell, taste, and touch. They see through eyes that are on their top tentacles, they smell and taste through receptors on their lower tentacles. They don't actually have ears, so they can't really hear, but they can feel vibrations with their sense of touch. Their sense of touch also includes pain and things like sensitivity to temperature. This sense of touch enables them to flee from situations that are hurting them and endangering their lives or health."

Space1 Fish Astronaut Training Program Expands

Space Astronaut Training program just became bigger

The Fish Division, has expanded to include three school environments. The program now includes a water world of nine gallons, of prepped and conditioned containment. Several brainy exploration Dwarf Puffer fish, graduates of the 1st Astronaut Training Program, dominate the scene. New configured fish tanks are awaiting the arrival of a new school of Guppies and snails about a week to a month away.

— SPACE1, an equal opportunity employer of a variety of intelligent species, is training special breed of fish to become potential graduate astronauts in the rocket program —

SPACE1 includes various species for space expiration and has now included fish which are noted for specific elements conducive to space travel, such as exploration, talking through specialized interfacing, intellectual capacity, and hardiness. The Astronaut Training Program identifies and hones the skill useful for rocket launches and space travel.

The lavish environment contains a variety of spectral illuminance lighting, electric heating, thermometric monitoring, filtering and aeration, a variety of plants for establishing fish territorial domains, and gravel for rooting plants and maintaining a balanced eco-system.

Space1 Fish Astronaut Training Program Results

Fish Astronauts
The candidate test results are in from the Fish Astronaut Training Program, Dwarf Puffer fish test experiments 1 through 15. The rating scale on 15 topics is from 0 through 10 with 0 useless and ten best.

Out of eleven fish tested, four test subjects could not handle the regimen and dropped out of the training program. 

The remaining 7 candidates had the best highest possible ratings for the ability to hibernate and recover quickly, maintain a physical diminutive rocket size, and an extreme level of high intelligence. They seemingly have infinite curiosity and a great ability to learn and explore, with an excellent appetite for meat. Their ability to pick up English speech and complete learning programs was amazing, probably due to their ultimate ability to focus. They maintain an excellent sleeping schedule. However, test subjects could not handle confinement in small spaces, had bad personalities and fought, failed to get along by nipping and biting each other, were highly sensitive to any and all conditions, and were not hardy. These subjects are doubtful candidates for some rocket travel conditions, though may best fit into other parts of the isolation Fish Space Program. The fish passed ten tests with the highest possible ratings and completely failed five.

1. Intelligence - 10
2. Learning - 10
3. Focus & Attention - 10
4. English Speech - 10
5. Curiosity - 10
6. Ability to Explore - 10
7. Appetite - 10
8. Hibernation & Recover - 10
9. Sleep & Schedule - 10
10. Size -10
11. Territorial - 0
12. Personality - 0
13. Hardy - 0
14. Sensitivity - 0
15. Space Confinement - 0

Fish subjects with mean personalities, who fight, cause trouble for other fish, steal food, make territorial trouble, who are greedy and selfish with no regard to others, are an unnecessary burden on fish society, will be placed in the solitary confinement tank, restricted from any DNA breeding program and all other programs, and will be therefore terminated by the rules and regulations set forth in Par 15 sec 9. Old mean fish, with problematic mental disabilities will be removed from fish society and are also subject to the termination rules of Par 15 Sec 9.

Space1 Fish Space Plant Transformer

Fish Space Transformer Plant

To prevent Dwarf Puffer fish in the Astronaut Training Program from becoming bored in their environment after hours and stunting their intellectual potentials, Humanoido has invented the Transformer Plant. On Earth, the plant acts weightless with a balanced buoyancy that can float as if floating weightless in space.

The unique invention is a submerged plant variety that's judiciously pruned to alter its center of gravity, so that it constantly changes floats, changing its position while rotating in the tank. This is based on its changing balance of buoyancy due to water pressure variance caused by the opposing water pressure balance of two water filter aerators. 

This greatly amuses the fish, entertains for hours, and pleases the fish who get to explore the plant in motion from an infinite number of angles, views, locations, and positions.

It's also likely the fish enjoy playing with the changing water currents as the plant is transforming its position. As Dwarf Puffer fish are very curious fish and avid explorers, the Transformer Plant offers a great opportunity of excitement and challenge.

Photos, taken with the new Fish Side Cam, show the changing transforming position of the Transformer Plant over the course of a few minutes. Also seen are numerous fish exploring the interesting plant.

Space1 Dwarf Puffer Fish Update 1

1st photo from the new side Fish Cam

Brainy Dwarf Puffer Fish Updates
Space1 has taken charge of picky and brainy dwarf puffer fish which have applied for the Astronaut Training Program, and made changes thus creating their new environment. 

Their school is now doubled in size from one gallon to two gallons, along with two filters instead of one, a gravel floor instead of pellet soil, and with plants reconfigured to improve the environment and more readily amuse the fish.

The fish have grown in two weeks and are now accustomed to hand feeding of frozen blood worms. Their diet was recently supplemented with a mosquito that was eaten by the meat eating group faster than the eyes could see. Lighting from high intensity LEDs was turned off due to its creation of algae and are used only during feeding.

The worm in the small tank was identified as a harmless Rhabdocoela worm. These worms usually stay in the ground soil and only occasionally appear on the walls. If anything, they eat waste from the ground for recycling like tiny scavengers. The worm introduction to the new tank was carefully avoided as they compete with snails. The plan is to introduce common snails to the small tank for growing after the tank is reset. Then, snails will become another food staple for the fish who can grind their teeth on the shells.

Also modified is the Fish Cam, now relocated to the right side of the tank, and mounted on the small one gallon aquarium. On the order list is an aquarium twenty times the size of the original aquarium. A larger tank is much more stable and can hold more fish. The smallest fish tank may be repurposed as a terrarium to grow talking plants. The fish, always raised as a group, are not overly territorial and new plants will soon be introduced.

They often observe every leaf on the vegetation with much patience and curiosity but never pick at it for food remnants. They like to eat only fresh new introduced meat food and once it hits the ground, it will be ignored. For this reason, the instructor now holds the food at the water surface until the fish swarm and tear it from the hand. Keeping the tank clean requires a siphon pump and hose for cleaning the gravel every day.

Space1 Dwarf Puffer Fish Study

Interest Level Study of the Dwarf Puffer Fish
Seven Experiments with Fish Intelligence Leading to Potential Fish Astronauts
by Humanoido, Founder of SPACE1 Industries
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Prologue
Gold eyes, lips, teeth, human-like skin, tiny and cute, a faithful companion, with an exceptional thoughtful contemplative brain capable of higher order learning... Aquarium fish keepers are finding this tiny meat eater to be an exceptional curious explorer of space both inside and outside the aquarium, capable of recognizing its owner, and with the most unexpected and unique characteristics.

The advent marketing of the smallest Puffer fish in the Tetraodon family, the Dwarf Puffer, has opened up an exciting new world! They say good things come in small packages and this is surely the case with the uniquely characterized, highly intelligent but small and cute Dwarf Puffer fish. Space1 Industries has an eye on this species and for good reason - the fish is one of the most intelligent and demonstrates potential prospects for becoming astronauts and traveling in space.

Introduction
The Dwarf Puffer fish is a native to Asia at the slow moving rivers of southwest India in the Malabar region. It's a recent exciting introduction to the aquarium world and a buzz word taking the world by storm. The fish is also known as Dwarf Indian Puffer, Pygmy Puffer, Pea Pufferfish, Malabar Puffer, Bumblebee Puffer or by its technical name, Carinotetra Travancoricus. However, beyond general information not much is known about this mysterious fish.

SPACE1 Industries
Here at SPACE1, a school of Dwarf Puffer fish are kept in a dedicated research tank, and they are literally being studied. The fish are also studying and being trained in a special new school for fish. Humanoido invented the Fish Small Talk interface so fish can speak and the Fish Astronaut Training Program for potential future fish traveling in space with a goal to command space ships and be a valuable part of the team and mission goals. This research is studying the Dwarf Puffer, learning about its potentials, and teaching it new things for intellectual pursuit. The idea is that someday fish can go into space exploring the Universe alongside humans.

Characteristics
Humanoido at SPACE1 is conducting studies - this fish is so highly intelligent that it loves to be an explorer, not only exploring the inside of the aquarium tank but outside as well (as seen through the glass walls)! The fish so brainy that it’s trainable and can recognize the face of its master. It’s also the reason SPACE1 chose it to start up the world’s first Fish Astronaut Training Program to prepare the finest fish candidates for travel on board rockets. It's also a reason for developing the new Fish Small Talk interface enabling the fish to do basic English speaking about habits, moods, and environment.

Enthusiasm & Mood
To get the fish to respond and stay enthusiastic, they must be intellectually stimulated, happy with their well kept clean environment, well fed, and have a regular schedule of day activities and proper sleep at nighttime.

The 1st Experiment (red light tracking)
In the first interest level experiment, a red light led outside of the tank was indirectly wavered at the front of the tank, resulting in four highly interested puffer fish that came over, moved in closer, stopped patiently, and moved their eyes around studying and following the light to track its motion. This is a remarkable behavior for fish.

2nd Experiment (watching cell phone apps)
Next, the interesting app screen from a cell phone was placed near the front of the tank. This more varied colorful scene attracted six puffers that gathered by the screen and intensely studied the phone moving their eyes around looking at the individual app icons.

3rd Experiment (English text)
When the phone screen was switched to English text, five fish were highly interested as if they were trying to decipher the characters. The moved in closer to the screen to get a better view. Their two eyes, that move independently of each other, were scanning the view. One can only guess what their fish brains were thinking. Can fish be trained to read?

Experiment Four (clock watching)
Humans are known to do "clock watching," especially on Friday at work during the final moments of the day. But fish? In the next experiment, a sim clock with mechanical moving hands was introduced. Fish eagerly lined up to watch the apparition, appearing mesmerized by the first sight of the actively moving clock hand. Can fish have a concept of time?

Experiment Five (stimulus removal)
When the phone was removed, only one fish hung around as if wanting more stimulation and excitement. Others became bored, lost interest and swam away. This ability to keenly watch and study the outside world with great observation, cognition and enthusiasm is the key to expanding its learning and interactive abilities.

Experiment Six (recognizing its master)
Also noted, when you enter the room, the faithful companion Dwarf Puffer will try to get your attention by moving to the front glass of the tank and swimming up and down.

Experiment Seven (hand signal for eating)
When they are trained to respond to the feeding hand signal, they will return to the top surface with a behavior to find the exact same eating location. Don't mix up feeding with master recognition. After they learn the hand feeding command, they still respond in a totally different way compared to seeing the owner make a presence. This shows a genuine interest these fish have in the owner.

Conclusion
In conclusion, the Dwarf Puffer Fish is shown to have high interest levels in activity both inside and outside of the aquarium. These smart fish are about interaction, exploration, and intellectual pursuits, in addition to normal fish pursuits and activities such as eating, sleeping and mating. The fish have high levels of intelligence with the ability to track and follow, observe in detail with independent eyes, recognize its owner, and can be trained to follow hand signals. The fish has a high interest level in new things, such as the apps on a cell phone screen or watching the moving hand on a clock.

Attributes of the Dwarf Puffer Fish
* Has unique personalities
* Often has a human appearing face
* Inquisitive
* Explorer
* Interested in the outside world
* Meat eater
* Intelligent
* Trainable
* Fast learner
* Scales are more like human skin
* Speaks English with an interface
* Active, energetic
* Subject to moods like humans
* Lives long for fish
* Good vision
* Strong and environmentally hardy

Links
Space1 Dwarf Puffer Fish Study
https://space1usa.blogspot.com/2018/11/interest-level-study-of-dwarf-puffer.html

Space1 Industries November 2018 Comment
https://space1usa.blogspot.com/2018/11/space1-industries-november-2018-comment.html

Space1 DIY Fish Cam
https://space1usa.blogspot.com/2018/11/space1-fish-cam.html

Space1 Fish Astronauts
https://space1usa.blogspot.com/2018/11/space1-fish-astronauts.html

Space1 Fish Small Talk 4.0
https://space1usa.blogspot.com/2018/11/space1-fish-small-talk-40.html

Space1 Fish Small Talk Upgrade 3.0
https://space1usa.blogspot.com/2018/11/space1-fish-small-talk-upgrade-30.html

Space1 Fish Small Talk 2.0
https://space1usa.blogspot.com/2018/11/space1-fish-small-talk-20.html

Space1 Fish Astronaut Training Program
https://space1usa.blogspot.com/2018/11/space1-fish-astronaut-training-program.html

Space1 Fish Cyborg Density Experiment
https://space1usa.blogspot.com/2018/11/space1-fish-cyborg-density-experiment.html

Space1 Fish Small Talk 1.0
https://space1usa.blogspot.com/2018/11/space1-fish-small-talk-10.html

Space1 Cyborg Fish Talk Language
https://space1usa.blogspot.com/2018/11/space1-cyborg-fish-talk-language.html

Space1 Fish Cyborg for Spaceflight
https://space1usa.blogspot.com/2018/11/space1-fish-cyborg-for-spaceflight.html