Flowerhorn bite :-O

TwistedPenguin

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I've got one that's 16", it's the extra long size. The tank is one of those 30" tall 150 g tanks so it's a pain as it is to get down to the bottom. Plus I'm female and have small arms. If all I did was straight water changes without syphoning the bottom or cleaning the glass, no problem. But I can't do just that. I'm in the process of figuring something out :) My wrists are only 6" around so he got a pretty good hold on me. He only got chunks of squash for dinner tonight so he's even madder now lol!
 

nickbachman

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TwistedPenguin;3362163; said:
:ROFL: Bryn, I'll assume you meant the fish and not the bite lol
No, I know Bryn, he's talking about the bite. One day I saw him with his big toe in the clamped mouth of his 7" African Bullfrog. That boy ain't right.
 

Nemesis

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Never heard of tough love? You should bite him back :ROFL:
 

Sab_Fan

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since fish can't talk - - not even FHs - - this is his only way to say "thanks"
 

TwistedPenguin

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nickbachman;3363405; said:
No, I know Bryn, he's talking about the bite. One day I saw him with his big toe in the clamped mouth of his 7" African Bullfrog. That boy ain't right.
That'd be my 1st guess :eek:
Nemesis529;3363417; said:
Never heard of tough love? You should bite him back :ROFL:
Except I don't want to think about what would happen if I put my face in the water. I'm pretty sure he'd take my nose off lol
KMKN;3363419; said:
good bite
I worked 1/2 my life at a vet clinic and none of those animals ever managed to get me because I was fast, yet my own fish nails me.

Sab_Fan;3364274; said:
since fish can't talk - - not even FHs - - this is his only way to say "thanks"
I'm pretty sure he can talk, I'd swear I heard him laughing. At the very least he was bragging to the mean Carpintis he lives with :(
 

Camphilophus

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After a while I just learned that some fish attack. If I ever need to show somebody that my fish actually bite though it's always friends hand vs. amphilophus sagittae which they always draw blood LOL. If I get the chance though I always mess with my fish before the come near me. I also have bought the 36" python siphon tube to avoid getting attacked during waterchanges.

Where'd the flowerhorn come from? He looks really really similar to the $5 red dragon fry Julie was selling on www.flowerhornsfrombeyond.com I grew a few out that looked like yours.
 
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