Do You Hand Feed Your Fish?

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I do! The clowns will take food right from my hands. My hippo and mandarin are close. I have yet to try with my new butterfly.
Oh, and I hand feed both my cleaner shrimp. Not fish, but thought I would throw that out there

 

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I have some fish that will eat straight from my hand

My Clowns will , even if there is no food in the hand at the time, they still investigate
also in my 60 , my sailfin will come and eat Nori strips out of my hand while I try and put it in the clip

and my Freshwater discus will also come and take freeze dried worms from between my fingers

Steve

 

Im scared to hand feed my fish. Cause im afraid Mr. Clowntrigger will think my finger is a kosher hotdog!!

 

noooo!! if i stick my hand in the water my fish will bite it!

 

my sailfin lets me touch him doasnt flex his fin or nuthing

 

My kids love when I hand feed my fish. They even ask if they can do it. I hand feed the Fox Face(when I had it), Yellow Tang, Kole Tang, Cleaner Shrimp and the Neon Goby hangs out on my hand as to be looking for some parasites to eat. My 10+ yr old clown doesnt get that close to my hand, at all!! I just started to try to hand feed my Eng. Goby, but he hides for now.

I also "pet" the Yellow and Kole Tang while they eat.


Luna

 

I hand feed all except for my Niger Trigger and Undulate Trigger. They're still small but I know they can still pack a nasty bite. My Sailfin is terrified at the sight of any hand movements but I'm trying with it.
I like to hand feed fishes. It shows a bond of trust. Fish are the next "man's best friend"

 

back in the lionfish days i hand fed mine..kind of exhilarating!

 

I recently visited a supplier and he was showing off, hand feeding his Lion... I was scared for him. He then later was going to pull out a sailfin for me to take home and the lion brushed against his hand. He put on the kettle immediately and dipped his hand in hot water and now he's okay. I plan on putting a single black volitan in a 75gal. After witnessing that, I vow never to put my hand inside with a lion fish