anyone here been bitten!

[Atkin]

I have no idea why i keep mine, ive just bonded with him if that applicable to fish. I guess its sort of like why do people keep dogs when they are more than capable of ripping your throat out at any moment.

 

[KenyanSandBoa]

My 18" WAL is very timid some times i do stroke his back and hes fine very mild if he gets scared he circles up and covers his head with his tail.

I can sometimes get a way with that. I definitley have to feed first though because his first instinct is bite first, ask questions later. Once he's had about a half a dozen jumbo shrimp he's calm enough to pet.

thks for sharing ur painful experiences .
Why is it still worth keeping despite living with the phobia that one day you will have your fingers bitten off by ? ...plse share the reason why . thks

I honestly think you have to own one to appreciate their personality. They are truly pets...they respond to you entering rooms, turning lights on, opening lids, or (in my case) knocking when they are hungry.

...now who wouldn't want a creature like that???

 

[GriF]

when i feed my dolloi it goes for my fingers first......when it knows my fingers are gone it will go for it's food...(takes aprox 2 minutes).
My aethiopicus will come up for food and is quite mello. only atacked the siphonhose once.

 

[Weylin]

I have to say... They are one of the best fish i have ever owned... I don't think ill ever get ridd of mine no matter what happens..

 

[KenyanSandBoa]

when i feed my dolloi it goes for my fingers first......when it knows my fingers are gone it will go for it's food...(takes aprox 2 minutes).
My aethiopicus will come up for food and is quite mello. only atacked the siphonhose once.

With the size of that dolloi, I would think he would be snacking on an entire arm soon.......or small children.

 

[BigJ]

I cant wait to get one i have a Aussie Lung coming from H20 Aqu. in a couple weeks.i'm pumped

 

[zombeer]

i've never been brave enough to feed by hand. i just drop in a bunch of live goldfish once a week. their mouths are deceptively huge!! mine could easily swallow a few fingers.

i keep him because i really like him. he's a neat pet and this may sound strange... but he smiles at me when i get home and swims to the glass to greet me. it's like having a really really REALLY creepy dog.

 

[bassman440]

I have no idea why i keep mine, ive just bonded with him if that applicable to fish. I guess its sort of like why do people keep dogs when they are more than capable of ripping your throat out at any moment.

 

[hectorio86]

I havent myself been bitten but a lungfish but the owner of our lfs was bitten by his 3 foot long african lungfish and it went all the way to the bone on his thumb and did quite a number!

 

[qianjun]

speaking of dogs, yes they look like 1...especially when they are standing on those hind legs, wiggling their tail and staring straight at you...haha

mine have yet to bite me but currently still sucking prawns out of my hands...

only once where 1 of my favorite fish was halfway inside his mouth, i had a hard time shaking him upside down until the fish drops out...he dint struggle, he seems to look rather amused...