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Subscribemy loaches want me to pet them!
devon7
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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?
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hca
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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.

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Shinigami
 
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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.

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devon7
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well i wont be taking them out of the tank to watch tv with me anytime soon lol
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