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	my loaches want me to pet them!
devon7 Big Fish Posts: 475 Kudos: 356 Votes: 4 Registered: 31-Aug-2004	My Dojo loaches like to brush up against my hands whenever I put my hands in the tank. Is it bad for them to touch my hands?
Posted 01-Jan-2010 01:41
hca Fish Addict Posts: 783 Kudos: 434 Votes: 211 Registered: 06-Mar-2004	Nope, you can actually get them to eat out of your hand. When I had mine, they played between my fingers every time I had to put my hands in the tank. They wont hurt themselves brushing up against you.
Posted 01-Jan-2010 02:02
Shinigami Ichthyophile Catfish/Oddball Fan Posts: 9962 Kudos: 2915 Registered: 22-Feb-2001	Indeed, you're quite fine, so long as you don't have anything really bad on your hands. Along the lines of touching a fish with our hands, when a fish is out of water it is generally better to touch them with wet hands so you disrupt their mucus coat less. -------------------------------------------- The aquarist is one who must learn the ways of the biologist, the chemist, and the veterinarian.
Posted 01-Jan-2010 23:43
devon7 Big Fish Posts: 475 Kudos: 356 Votes: 4 Registered: 31-Aug-2004	well i wont be taking them out of the tank to watch tv with me anytime soon lol
Posted 02-Jan-2010 11:32


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