hand feeding? bad?

[Bottomfeeder]

my 2 3/4'' Mosquitofish has a nasty back injury and has trouble swimming so i handfeed her. its the only way i can get anything into her stomach. she now rushes to the glass when i walk by.
i asked my sister (Angelfish17) if she wants to watch me handfeed Bear (mosquitofish's name) and she said no. i asked why, she said it stresses them out. i said no it doesnt, but she came back with a: Putting your hands in the tank? yes it does.
i told her to shut up and go join PETA.
what really pissed me off was that i have put hours and hours and hours into researching fish, and she hasnt put in a whole hour and has never owned an animal.
so whats your opinion? handfeeding/putting hands in the tank bad???

 

[UpstateNYer]

I've never thought about it and don't see any reason that hand feeding fish would be a bad thing. There are (among others) fourteen bettas in the house that -all- have learned to follow a finger on the glass to the top of their tanks for food. I put my finger to the glass and they come over and follow my finger up as I drag it and they get fed when they reach the surface.

I've also hand fed the puffer that I previously had and he had absolutely no issues ruddering around my fingers as I held a snail for him and had him repeatedly snap at it and tear it apart.

I'm sure you'll hear from both sides. There will be people that say that a deformed / permanently injured fish should be euthanized and there will be those that say you're doing a good thing by nursing it along and giving it a chance. It's all personal preference and the only person you have to answer to regarding how you keep your fish.. is you.

Ric

 

[Bottomfeeder]

she can swim and do all that stuff and if she was the only fish in the tank she would be fine. she just cant compete with her tankmate.

 

[smpage]

If putting your hands in the tank is bad then how're we supposed to clean our tanks? That's just silly. Handfeed away!

 

[sterling_mcdaniel]

Tell her I hand feed all my fish... if she has a problem she can speak with my lawyer.

 

[krichardson]

I have to hand feed my PJ because if I dont my bamboo shark will eat more than its share.

 

[Eoibio]

What is a PJ?Pyjama Cardinal?LOL
No it isn't bad..
I feed my danios by hand all the time..
Altough they are just greedy
Also yeah I think you sis would do brilliant at PETA if she could shout at people that would be x 2 =D Employee of the month LOL

 

[krichardson]

What is a PJ?Pyjama Cardinal?LOL
No it isn't bad..
I feed my danios by hand all the time..
Altough they are just greedy
Also yeah I think you sis would do brilliant at PETA if she could shout at people that would be x 2 =D Employee of the month LOL

LOL,Port Jackson Hornshark it is a very slow feeder and the bamboo wakes up and goes right after the food.

 

[boxerfish]

I hand feed some of my fish. Only problem I can see is if your hands have chemicals on them or are really dirty.

 

[I<3fish]

I hand feed my baby arowana and he's only 2" and doesn't appear stressed... He actually nips at my fingers... lol.