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	Ever have a fish bite you?
Cup_of_Lifenoodles Fish Guru Posts: 2755 Kudos: 1957 Votes: 30 Registered: 09-Sep-2004	I've been bitten by a 3" arrowhead puffer. Doesn't get much worse than that. Incidentally, I also had a full grown (well, close; 13" ) scobinancistrus aureatus bite my hand, and it was actually quite painful and drew quite a bit of blood. I can see now why they are capable of devouring free swimming characins and livebearer fry. EDIT: damn auto-emoticons Last edited by Cup_of_Lifenoodles at 03-Jan-2006 20:25
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:53
Racso Mega Fish Some Assembly Required Posts: 1163 Kudos: 1442 Votes: 35 Registered: 19-Feb-2002	14" Oscar : Would bite me if my hand was in the tank and he was hungry and I didn't feed him. 8" Red Devil : Would attack anyone. Mean little fish. Adult Male Angelfish : Yes, an angelfish! He was guarding a cluster of eggs and his lady and I got too close. Adult Male Kirb : Read above. Sergent Majors : While Diving they tried to kill my legs and fins. 24" Arrowanna : Thought my hand was food. 6" Parrot Cichlid : Just a stupid fish. And numerous other fish if I just place the tip of my finger in the water when they are hungry.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:53
Dave in the Basement Fingerling Posts: 17 Kudos: 17 Votes: 10 Registered: 11-May-2005	My danios try to nibble on me when I feed them. :-P Like all of my other fishies, they are too tiny to do any damage. My son thinks he is brave when he touches a golden apple snail, though. Great stories! CHOMP
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:53
Tetra Fan Mega Fish Posts: 1203 Kudos: 1081 Votes: 63 Registered: 11-Apr-2004	My old severum would always try to bite me. And of course when I look away (just like everyone else right?) he decides then is the best time and gets me right at the base of my thumb. Didn't bleed, but it hurt. I've also had my new Blue Rams bite me but that is just a nip. Also, tetra bites get really annoying after a while.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:53
ckk125 Big Fish Posts: 320 Kudos: 285 Votes: 71 Registered: 30-Jul-2005	i got bitten by my silver aro when he was 15 inches long..and its not a fun thing to try.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:53
Jason_R_S Moderator Posts: 2811 Kudos: 2421 Votes: 391 Registered: 18-Apr-2001	yeah, I've had a few platys nip at my fingers too. didn't really compare to the oscar or trimac. I've been bitten by a 3" arrowhead puffer. Doesn't get much worse than that. doesn't get much worse unless it's a 6" arrowhead puffer, 16" fahaka or 26" mbu. there was a story linked a while back in the recovery room about a guy scuba diving (in Aus. I believe) that got too close to some kind of marine puffer and lost a finger. next thing you know Hollywood will put out some kind of low budget killer puffer movie. then again why shouldn't they after the blockbuster hits Frankenfish and Snakehead Terror (really missing the rolling eye smiley right now) Last edited by Jason_R_S at 05-Jan-2006 04:45
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:53
RustyBlade Mega Fish Posts: 987 Kudos: 1667 Votes: 391 Registered: 23-Apr-2003	My platies nip at me when I put my fingers in the tank....... LOL they can be savage too
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:53
luvmykrib Fish Addict Posts: 585 Kudos: 256 Votes: 27 Registered: 08-Nov-2005	My krib gets nippy when I'm rearranging things in the tank and she's had enough and it's always the soft underside, never the tough outerside. I think they know.... Then I started handfeeding her and when she's hungry she practically comes out of the water after the food. If I'm not paying attention and reach into the tank without looking I get my fingers nipped. It doesn't hurt but it's always a bit of a shock. Good thing she's small, I'd hate to have a fish I'm afraid of! "If you're afraid you'll make a mistake, you won't make anything." -Family Circus
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:53
stripedcichlid Fingerling Posts: 41 Kudos: 46 Votes: 127 Registered: 07-Mar-2005	my friend kept a reef tank and once he threw a mantis shrimp at me..........i freaked
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:53
NewBreeder16 Hobbyist Posts: 149 Kudos: 94 Votes: 16 Registered: 11-Feb-2005	MY male convict bit me once when i was cleaning the tank. They had eggs at the time. He was a little devil. -NewBreeder16[img src='/images/forums/halo.gif' border=0] _______________________________________________ You can call me Newb too, since I'm not nere new any more.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:53
stripedcichlid Fingerling Posts: 41 Kudos: 46 Votes: 127 Registered: 07-Mar-2005	ive been bitten for two minutes straight. I was trying to fix a rock formation and my spawning convicts were near it. My faimly members were wondering why i was grumbling with my arm in the tank.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:53
crazyred Fish Addict LAZY and I don't care :D Posts: 575 Kudos: 360 Votes: 293 Registered: 26-Aug-2005	My platies nip at me when I put my fingers in the tank....... Oh, wait, y'all are talking about REAL fish bites, from big mean fish.......my mistake. ~~Melissa~~ "Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder."
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:53
labrakitty Fish Addict Posts: 740 Kudos: 435 Votes: 9 Registered: 12-Nov-2004	when im doing a water change all my fish come up to me and start nipping my arm, i don't think it is aggression though.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:53
sirbooks Moderator Sociopath Posts: 3875 Kudos: 5164 Votes: 932 Registered: 26-Jul-2004	Note: Never ever get bitten by a triggerfish, especially an adult. I've come very close to losing chunks of my fingers to a clown trigger. The sound of those teeth gnashing together is pretty intimidating. And when he gets to Heaven, to Saint Peter he will tell: "One more Marine reporting, Sir! I've served my time in Hell."
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:53
greenmonkey51 Fish Master Posts: 1571 Kudos: 1692 Votes: 5 Registered: 28-Jan-2004	I got nicked by my RD a couple weeks ago. I put in a divider now when I have to do stuff on my tank. Don't wanna get bit by a 10" Black Piranha.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:53
jester_fu Big Fish Posts: 395 Kudos: 522 Votes: 12 Registered: 26-Jan-2004	Yeah... Rusty is right - marine crita's hurt heaps. I'v e been bitten by a few crabs, and they really hurt. The worst was a small one that was sheding. I thought he was dead, picked him up, and he nipped me on that soft skin between thumb and hand. My GF couldn't stop laughing... so i wet her. Worse than a crab - Eel. Morey eel's. They suck, even with thick gloves on. I use to get bitten about once every 20 or so times i went Abalone diving with my grandfather. Never by a really big one... biggest was about 3ft. I hate Morey eels.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:53
fishiedude Fish Addict Posts: 503 Kudos: 195 Votes: 0 Registered: 22-Aug-2002	Today my sev really surprised me. I stuck my arm in the tank to move a rock and yanked it back out. He bit me so hard it started bleeding. This doesn't really seem normal, he usually gets territorial but never to the point where he was brave enough to touch me, let alone bite me. Should I do something about it? He keeps the firemouth stuck in his cave or in the corner most of the time.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:53
longhairedgit Fish Guru Lord of the Beasts Posts: 2502 Kudos: 1778 Votes: 29 Registered: 21-Aug-2005	That was lucky with the aro, mine pinched and twisted a small chunk of flesh from my right forefingers' knuckle, I bled like a stuck pig.He mistook me for the frozen thawed fish I was holding. Lesson, dont chat to girlfriend with hand in tank holding food.Watch fish. Idiot.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:53
OldTimer Mega Fish USAF Retired Posts: 1181 Kudos: 1294 Votes: 809 Registered: 08-Feb-2005	I have a very large and old (now 18 years old) Tilapia buttekoferi that will attack or bite anything placed into the tank, whether it's a hand, a siphon tube or anything else. He's done this since he was probably 2 or 3 years old. Very territorial. He even tries to bite at anything that approaches the tank walls. Jim Water, taken in moderation, cannot hurt anybody. -- Mark Twain
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:53
TigerAngel Fish Addict Posts: 522 Registered: 22-Feb-2004	My Purple Spotted Gudgen bites pretty hard. Where the web is between my fingers, it bites there. It claps onto my skin then does a crocodile roll and breaks off a bit of skin. ouch Now when I am hand feeding that tank, I keep a real good eye on the Gudgen. He maybe small, about 3-4" but he has a big mouth and a hard bite.***Tiger
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