What fish can you hand feed?

Ehgemus · 08/04/2006, 12:37 PM

I can also feed my clowns like that but not my blue tang know way! lets see your picture!

davocean · 08/04/2006, 12:44 PM

I had a naso for years that would pull nori out of my hand.
After 7 years a faulty heater ended that.
Still miss that guy.

rustybucket145 · 08/04/2006, 01:19 PM

Thornback and Longhorn Cowfish.

TWallace · 08/04/2006, 01:20 PM

I used to have a pair of percula clowns that would take food from my hand and take it down to their anemone. I've got a different pair now, maybe I'll see if they'll do it, too. I can hand feed my cleaner shrimp, but I think anyone can do that. Those things are fearless of humans it seems.

Biggie · 08/04/2006, 01:26 PM

PBT attacks me for my clip. He will eat from my hand and so will my yellow Wrasse. My cleaner shrimp has no fear eithier more of a pest than a hand feeder.

Crusty Old Shellback · 08/04/2006, 01:34 PM

I had 2 morray eel's that Iused to feed by hand.

One was a snowflake that would curl up in my hand, stick his head out thru the hole my thumb and first finger made and pick the food out from my fingers. he was a small baby and never bit me.

I also had a yello headed Morray that bit me once whne feeding, drew blood and made me mad. I stuck my hand back in the tank with no food and when he came out for my fingers, I thumped him on the nose. After that, he would gently come up to my hand a grasp the food in my hand but would not pull on it until I let it go. Then he would gobble it down. Looked just like a trained dog.

My other 2 eels and shark I would not go near. I would feed them first before i tried to hand feed these two.

I've had a lot of fish over the years that I could feed by hand. I'm working on my pair of Naso tangs now. The male is about 11" long.

xcreonx · 08/04/2006, 01:57 PM

My Copperband Butterfly eats mysis right out of my hand, as would my old Yellow Tang.

Flobajob · 08/04/2006, 02:37 PM

In my freshwater tank I taught my blue dwarf gourami to hand feed. Then one day when I was doing a water change he saw my hand and swam towards it and got sucked into the siphon. He got stuck in the hose and died

. I guess I should have been more careful, but that's why I'm reluctant to hand feed my fish.

CeeGee · 08/04/2006, 02:54 PM

my old emperor angel would hand feed as well as my old naso tang. I am pretty sure that I could get my solar wrasse to hand feed if I wanted.

dbrock12 · 08/04/2006, 03:00 PM

Can hand feed all of my tangs...Yellow, Blue, Powder Brown & Naso. Also can hand feed my snowflake and fuzzy dwarf lion.

twon8 · 08/04/2006, 03:10 PM

yup, all my tangs, powder brown, naso, yellow, hippo, and a rabbitfish all will pull nori out from between my fingers.

Ehgemus · 08/04/2006, 03:51 PM

cool thanks for posting your stores. any picture out there?

42 · 08/05/2006, 05:32 AM

My clowns bite my hands.. does that count?

michaeldaly · 08/05/2006, 08:29 AM

I can feed my coral beauty as well as copper band with my hand.

TKByrnes · 08/05/2006, 09:04 AM

my snowflake eel and my halfblack angel eat out of my hand.

Anemonebuff · 08/05/2006, 09:07 AM

My yellow tang and my tomato clown.

08/04/2006, 12:37 PM	#1
Ehgemus Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Central City Ky Posts: 1,585	What fish can you hand feed? I can also feed my clowns like that but not my blue tang know way! lets see your picture!

08/04/2006, 12:44 PM	#2
davocean Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 14,655	I had a naso for years that would pull nori out of my hand. After 7 years a faulty heater ended that. Still miss that guy. __________________ There's a fine line between owning your tank and your tank owning you! Current Tank Info: SCA 120g RR Starfire, Tunze silence 1073.02 return, 40g sump w/ fuge, SWC Extreme 160 cone skimmer,Geismann reflexx 4xT5, 2x Panorama Pro LED strips, Vortech MP40QD

08/04/2006, 01:19 PM	#3
rustybucket145 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: valdosta, ga Posts: 3,707	Thornback and Longhorn Cowfish. __________________ 400gals of various tanks in the same system. Current Tank Info: 2 175w MH, 2 VH0 Actinics, Lots of Live Rock, tons of copepods, a Fat Mandarin Goby, Niger Trigger, Yellow Tang, Falco Hawkfish, Bi-Color Pseudo, numerous soft, SPS and LPS Corals

08/04/2006, 01:34 PM	#6
Crusty Old Shellback MASVC OG Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Home of the FREE, Thanks to the BRAVE! Posts: 5,089	I had 2 morray eel's that Iused to feed by hand. One was a snowflake that would curl up in my hand, stick his head out thru the hole my thumb and first finger made and pick the food out from my fingers. he was a small baby and never bit me. I also had a yello headed Morray that bit me once whne feeding, drew blood and made me mad. I stuck my hand back in the tank with no food and when he came out for my fingers, I thumped him on the nose. After that, he would gently come up to my hand a grasp the food in my hand but would not pull on it until I let it go. Then he would gobble it down. Looked just like a trained dog. My other 2 eels and shark I would not go near. I would feed them first before i tried to hand feed these two. I've had a lot of fish over the years that I could feed by hand. I'm working on my pair of Naso tangs now. The male is about 11" long. __________________ Have you THANKED a Veteran lately for the freedoms you take for granted each day? Best quote ever! "This is a hobby for God sakes and so many people get so uptite. A "hobby" so it should be fun and not a cause to worry or go broke." Paul B Current Tank Info: Tankless for a while. RIP my 8+ yr old pair of Naso tangs, 4 + yr old Moorish Idol

08/04/2006, 01:57 PM	#7
xcreonx Premium Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 1,362	My Copperband Butterfly eats mysis right out of my hand, as would my old Yellow Tang. __________________ Nature knows no indecencies; man invents them. -Mark Twain Current Tank Info: 90g shallow with H. Barbouri Seahorses

08/04/2006, 01:20 PM	#4
TWallace Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Seattle Posts: 1,464	I used to have a pair of percula clowns that would take food from my hand and take it down to their anemone. I've got a different pair now, maybe I'll see if they'll do it, too. I can hand feed my cleaner shrimp, but I think anyone can do that. Those things are fearless of humans it seems.

08/04/2006, 01:26 PM	#5
Biggie Moved On Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Florida Posts: 785	PBT attacks me for my clip. He will eat from my hand and so will my yellow Wrasse. My cleaner shrimp has no fear eithier more of a pest than a hand feeder.

08/04/2006, 02:37 PM	#8
Flobajob Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Manchester, England Posts: 388	In my freshwater tank I taught my blue dwarf gourami to hand feed. Then one day when I was doing a water change he saw my hand and swam towards it and got sucked into the siphon. He got stuck in the hose and died . I guess I should have been more careful, but that's why I'm reluctant to hand feed my fish. __________________ Preserve nature - pickle a squirrel

08/04/2006, 02:54 PM	#9
CeeGee Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: TN Posts: 3,272	my old emperor angel would hand feed as well as my old naso tang. I am pretty sure that I could get my solar wrasse to hand feed if I wanted. __________________ My algae WAS special. Current Tank Info: 75 gallon display, 40 gallon breeder sump, RLSS R6i, ATI Powermodule, Apex, Ecotech MP40's

08/04/2006, 03:00 PM	#10
dbrock12 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 49	Can hand feed all of my tangs...Yellow, Blue, Powder Brown & Naso. Also can hand feed my snowflake and fuzzy dwarf lion.

08/04/2006, 03:10 PM	#11
twon8 Formally registered membe Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: slightly sw of richmond, va Posts: 5,920	yup, all my tangs, powder brown, naso, yellow, hippo, and a rabbitfish all will pull nori out from between my fingers. __________________ Anthony Richmond Reef Club "and as things fell apart, nobody paid much attention." Not building a wall but making a brick Current Tank Info: 300g DD display, 60g frag tank

08/04/2006, 03:51 PM	#12
Ehgemus Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Central City Ky Posts: 1,585	cool thanks for posting your stores. any picture out there?

08/05/2006, 05:32 AM	#13
42 Registered Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Perth, Western Australia Posts: 29	My clowns bite my hands.. does that count?

08/05/2006, 08:29 AM	#14
michaeldaly Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Earth Posts: 2,009	I can feed my coral beauty as well as copper band with my hand.

08/05/2006, 09:04 AM	#15
TKByrnes Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Fairfield, PA Posts: 1,331	my snowflake eel and my halfblack angel eat out of my hand. __________________ Baby it was on sale half price I PROMISE!!!! Current Tank Info: 90 gal mixed reef-55 gal sump-mag 9.5 return pump-10 gal frag tank 15 gal refugium. 2x 150 watt HQI outer orbit 4x pc actinic

08/05/2006, 09:07 AM	#16
Anemonebuff Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: LI,NY Posts: 3,877	My yellow tang and my tomato clown.