How many of your fish eat from your hand?

[saltyhog]

Most of my fish are pretty "tame" . A couple of years ago when I had more time to mess with them almost all of them ate from my hand. It was actually pretty valuable to help slow eaters compete with a tank full of wrasses who are very aggressive feeders.

How many of your fish are tame enough to eat from your hand? Share a video if you have one.

 

[El_Guapo13]

How many eat FROM my hand? Currently, none. Previously (as in ehen I was in high school so 15ish years ago), in my freshwater tank I had a Black Ghost Knife that would let me hand feed him, a fire eel that would be hand fed, and my brother's tire track eel would also hand feed. They all died after a few years, each one after we went on vacation and a power outage occurred while we were gone.

But currently, non in either my freshwater or saltwater will hand feed. Unless you count my Midnight Clown biting MY HAND whenever I am doing anything in the tank. If so, then yes. I do have one that is "hand fed" (specifically fed my hand).

 

[S2G]

Most all of them. I can't even get the algae clip stuck on the side without getting bum rushed

 

[El_Guapo13]

Well that was weird. I somehow made the same post twice. Thank Poseidon I could edit it to this lol

 

[pcon]

My previous Burgess Butterfly eating from my hand.


My starry blenny will eat from my hand, or just bite my hand if he thinks there is food, but I don't actively encourage it. I doubt I could ever get my venusta to eat from my hand, but will try to get the butterflies I have in QT to eat from my hand after they are in the display.

 

[Katrina71]

All of mine/my son's. Including the pipefish.

 

[MrWheelock]

My 2 barred rabbit fish does

 

[DSC reef]

The sohal tang, purple tang, octopus and banded cat shark all ate from the hand. The sohal and cat shark would let you rub them as well. It's amazing when you see personality in your fish.

 

[Katrina71]

She's like a puppy looking for treats...

 

[HTXReefer]

My fish don’t. But my fire shrimp will eat mysis and pellets out of mine.

 

[sixty_reefer]

Mine just eat from anyone’s hand as long as there’s food they not bothered, they do beg a lot for food to, every time I walk past the tank they all gather at the corner we’re I normally feed.

 

[Paul B]

Some of my fish want to eat my hand.

 

[saltyhog]

I know what you mean Paul. I sometimes regret letting my Blue Throat eat out of my hand. His vision isn't always great or his exuberance get's the best of him.

 

[Han]

My 6” dusky jawfish will take my finger in his mouth bite as hard as he can and shake his head around. Most of my other fish eat from my hand too, my puffer and rabbitfish like nibbling on my fingers.

 

[Jon Fishman]

My Cowfish and Box fish both will, but I don’t feed them by hand out of laziness

 

[Jesterrace]

I have no doubt that mine would with a little encouragement. My foxface has actually nibbled on my finger a couple of times when I go to release the seaweed from the clip for it to eat. Makes me really nervous when he does though given he is a spastic fish with venomous spines. As aggressive as a feeders as my Wrasses are they have nothing on my Lyretail Anthias as voracious pig doesn't begin to describe it.

Incidentally here is what my Foxface does for cleaning the seaweed clip:

 

[Saltyreef]

Years back when I had my first biocube, my naked clown fish and her mate (regular clown) would stick their faces out of the water and eat pellets off my wet finger.
I still have them both. 8 years strong! Though I dont make them work as hard for their dinner now.