Just got bit by 18" Silver Arowana, Pictures
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it is worse when they bite and then head shake and don't let go till they are half out of the water...thats what mine did to me at around 17-19" in size...i was hand feeding it shrimp and it missed but my finger tasted like shrimp and it was gonna eat it...
Great! Perfect for Halloween! An Aro that has a taste for human flesh!
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sbuse;3507607; said:it is worse when they bite and then head shake and don't let go till they are half out of the water...thats what mine did to me at around 17-19" in size...i was hand feeding it shrimp and it missed but my finger tasted like shrimp and it was gonna eat it...
LOL. I was just thinking the same thing! I have a 36+ silver in a client's tank that nailed me the same way about 6 months ago. It was like a pitbull shaking a bunny. raggleraggleraggleraggle. It didn't bleed too badly but he left several teeth in my finger and they got mildly infected and swollen. I had to dig them out like a week later with a needle.
I wasn't even feeding him when it happened. I was tweaking the angle of the one of the return lines from the wet dry. There are 2 cocked and loaded mono. cichla who'll bite me as well as the aro in the tank so I know better than to "gently" enter the water. But typically once I've broken the surface and they know it's me they won't bit me. Not this time he totally swam up paused, looked at me, and YOINK raggleraggleraggleraggle.
revkkoolaid;3507814; said:LOL. I was just thinking the same thing! I have a 36+ silver in a client's tank that nailed me the same way about 6 months ago. It was like a pitbull shaking a bunny. raggleraggleraggleraggle. It didn't bleed too badly but he left several teeth in my finger and they got mildly infected and swollen. I had to dig them out like a week later with a needle.
I wasn't even feeding him when it happened. I was tweaking the angle of the one of the return lines from the wet dry. There are 2 cocked and loaded mono. cichla who'll bite me as well as the aro in the tank so I know better than to "gently" enter the water. But typically once I've broken the surface and they know it's me they won't bit me. Not this time he totally swam up paused, looked at me, and YOINK raggleraggleraggleraggle.
Crazy, yup I bet you felt that one.
My juvie aro's have bit me a couple times(anticipating food).
My lrg ones though whenever I'm going into the tank, I put something in there first, usually the siphon. They check it out, then it's safe to put my hand's in.
revkkoolaid;3507814; said:LOL. I was just thinking the same thing! I have a 36+ silver in a client's tank that nailed me the same way about 6 months ago. It was like a pitbull shaking a bunny. raggleraggleraggleraggle. It didn't bleed too badly but he left several teeth in my finger and they got mildly infected and swollen. I had to dig them out like a week later with a needle.
I wasn't even feeding him when it happened. I was tweaking the angle of the one of the return lines from the wet dry. There are 2 cocked and loaded mono. cichla who'll bite me as well as the aro in the tank so I know better than to "gently" enter the water. But typically once I've broken the surface and they know it's me they won't bit me. Not this time he totally swam up paused, looked at me, and YOINK raggleraggleraggleraggle.
i was bleeding pritty good, but it took a small chunk out of my finger and seperated the skin from the nail...i haven't hand feed it for a while since it hit the 21" mark it has been getting to excited when it sees me comming to the tank with food...it is more of a prevenitive measrue for the fish as it tries to jump and grab the shrimp and hit the top really hard so i just drop it in by the tail so it has to turn and go down to get it...
I was fishing in the Amazon and I caught a large arowana and I released it back into the water.I had my knee hanging out of the boat and would you believe that arowana jumped out of the water a bite my knee.I was wearing new levi pants and the arowana put a little rip in my new pants.
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