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There is a drawback to teaching your fishies to eat out of your hand...
I've had my mated pair of Jacks for years and they are very social (mostly he is, she is a moody thing) I've trained them to come to the top of the tank when they want to eat. He's a gentle eater, very graceful with good manners - she, not so much.
She has been sulking for about a week. Stupid CAE ate her babies. I had to take everything out the tank to catch it, she doesn't deal well with change or with losing her babies. So, she refused to come out and eat and was very hungry last night. I saw her out and walked to the tank, she came up to the top as usual and I was just getting ready to drop the ball in the tank when she jumped up and nipped my finger! She easily lifted herself a couple of inches out of the tank and took half an inch of finger in her mouth - but she didn't chomp down - she let go and dropped back into the tank. I'm not sure who was more surprised, me or her. What amazed me was how "soft" her bite was - I know she is capable of biting a fish in half and could have given me a nasty little bite with her sharp teeth.
I can only guess that when she tasted my finger she reacted to the taste the way she does when she takes her babies in her mouth and instead of chomping down for eating, she spit my finger out like her fry.
I thought it was kinda cool
I've had my mated pair of Jacks for years and they are very social (mostly he is, she is a moody thing) I've trained them to come to the top of the tank when they want to eat. He's a gentle eater, very graceful with good manners - she, not so much.
She has been sulking for about a week. Stupid CAE ate her babies. I had to take everything out the tank to catch it, she doesn't deal well with change or with losing her babies. So, she refused to come out and eat and was very hungry last night. I saw her out and walked to the tank, she came up to the top as usual and I was just getting ready to drop the ball in the tank when she jumped up and nipped my finger! She easily lifted herself a couple of inches out of the tank and took half an inch of finger in her mouth - but she didn't chomp down - she let go and dropped back into the tank. I'm not sure who was more surprised, me or her. What amazed me was how "soft" her bite was - I know she is capable of biting a fish in half and could have given me a nasty little bite with her sharp teeth.
I can only guess that when she tasted my finger she reacted to the taste the way she does when she takes her babies in her mouth and instead of chomping down for eating, she spit my finger out like her fry.
I thought it was kinda cool
