Fishkeepers: is anyone ever scared of their fish?

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.
 
u are not alone. im terrifeied yet "love fish" as well.
i just use gloves-soem illusion of safety is there
 
new2tanks said:
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!
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sure huge piranas or anyfish that will bite u when they get big.
 
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.
 
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.
 
patoloco, that wouldve scared the living daylights out of me.
 
It did...
 
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!
 
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