Fishkeepers: is anyone ever scared of their fish?

[new2tanks]

are you ever scared of your fish?
if yes what kind is it?

A while back, my dad had a couple of goldfish that i was scared of-i enevr put my hand in the tank without gloves!

[Hurley]

I'm not really scared of my fish, although they have given me a good scare every once in awhile. Spot has a habit of burying himself in the substrate and sometimes when I am do tank maintenance I will scare him by accident which startles me because I’m not expecting it!! I usually end up jumping backwards and smacking my hand and arm on the hood!!! :thud:

However, Hobie237's blue lobster....You won't see me put my hand in that tank...I don't care how much of a pacifist that lobster seems to be, she still has big claws!!! :eek:

[RockabillyChick]

there are a few fish that i would not put my bare hand in a tank with, but that's just common sense, not because i'm "afraid" of them. i'm actually trying to get my koi calm enough around me to suck on my fingers, but they don't have teeth.

[patoloco]

MY STINGRAYS LIKE TO SCARE ME!!!!

Once I was redecorating the tank and put a plastic log exactly where my (poisonous) female stingray was buried under the sand. She dashed against the back of the tank and came back as fast as a bala shark. Oh men! when I have my hand in that tank i'm always a little nervous, and that scared the s**t out of me.

Another day, I lift the cover of the tank to drop some food. It was dark so I just happened to put the hand in the water to release it. The other ray (male, bigger) was swimming upside down at the surface (he is nutss) and I'm sure I grabbed his b**lls or something cause he made A HUGE SPLASH ang got my face wet.

[IceH2O]

Another day, I lift the cover of the tank to drop some food. It was dark so I just happened to put the hand in the water to release it. The other ray (male, bigger) was swimming upside down at the surface (he is nutss) and I'm sure I grabbed his b**lls or something cause he made A HUGE SPLASH ang got my face wet.

:laugh:

[led_zeppelin]

well its not that im scared of my puffers, but i wont stick my bare hand in their tank, they always seem to be hungery and could definately tank a good chunk out of my arm, plus if they get scared they would puff up and release poison which would doom the whole tank.

[Betta-Luvn]

well its not that im scared of my puffers, but i wont stick my bare hand in their tank, they always seem to be hungery and could definately tank a good chunk out of my arm, plus if they get scared they would puff up and release poison which would doom the whole tank.

LOL. Im actually not scared of my puffers... then again they are only Dwarf Puffers. They do have quite the bite though....

[rosita]

MY STINGRAYS LIKE TO SCARE ME!!!!

Once I was redecorating the tank and put a plastic log exactly where my (poisonous) female stingray was buried under the sand. She dashed against the back of the tank and came back as fast as a bala shark. Oh men! when I have my hand in that tank i'm always a little nervous, and that scared the s**t out of me.

Another day, I lift the cover of the tank to drop some food. It was dark so I just happened to put the hand in the water to release it. The other ray (male, bigger) was swimming upside down at the surface (he is nutss) and I'm sure I grabbed his b**lls or something cause he made A HUGE SPLASH ang got my face wet.

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Ditto!! Poor ray never knew what hit him!!!

[joephys]

I have a betta that will bite my finger. Makes me jump a little when he does it since I am not expecting it.

[nursie]

This isn't quite the same,,,but I don't like to swim in lakes because fish bite my legs :dive:
I have a mole on one ankle they seem to favor :mad2:

[satanskittens]

Hello all this being my first post and thought it funny as hell!

I've been a loving fishkeeper for many years and I'm absolutely terrified of being touched by my fishies or by any fish lol like nursie above I won't swim in lakes, the sea etc!

I started keeping goldfish as a child to try 'face my fear' but it's definately not improved anything lol luckily my boyf doesn't mind getting his hands dirty if needs be.

[new2tanks]

u are not alone. im terrifeied yet "love fish" as well.
i just use gloves-soem illusion of safety is there

[pran]

are you ever scared of your fish?
if yes what kind is it?

A while back, my dad had a couple of goldfish that i was scared of-i enevr put my hand in the tank without gloves!

sure huge piranas or anyfish that will bite u when they get big.

[hurricanejedi]

I'm starting to get over my fear of sticking my hand in the water. Its not the fish that bother me...Its the stuff that could be living in the water. I think when I was little I had a really bad case of planaria in the tank and its scarred me every since lol. Anything worm-like in the tank gives me the creepies. So far no sign...but I don't know whats lurking in there.

[patoloco]

Another way one of the fish scared me:

I had a ropefish. Clever fish and scape artists. I haven't seen mine for about two days, but I was not worried cause he was always hiding in his cave.

Mainteinance day came, took canister filter outside. When I took it apart, I found the ropefish living happily in the bottom of the filter. It was like opening a shoe box and finding a snake inside.

[new2tanks]

patoloco, that wouldve scared the living daylights out of me.

[patoloco]

It did...

[Addict]

I'm not scared of any of the fish I have. Really there aren't many that scare me enough to not put my hand in the tank.

My wife, on the other hand, will not stick her hand in the tank. It's funny that she got me rolling in this hobby and I'm now the "addict". ;)

That's not to say they haven't startled me. My Plec, Spike, has startled me several times. I think he enjoys it!