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From:Eglin AFB
Registered: Nov 2002

posted 01-19-2003 02:02 PM         

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i have heard many stories of people trainning fish to eat out of ther owners hand...from oscars to clown knifes...even iteract with the owner...how is this acheived..i have a wide variety of fish i would like to dothis any help would be appreciated

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From:austin,tx, usa
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posted 01-19-2003 02:47 PM         

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I had a african brown knife fish that would eat from my hand. my irridescent shark does as well. some other fish do too, depending on how greedy they are ; )
it's not hard, you just hold a frozen cube of worms in the water and they nibble it. african knifes will rub on your hand and let you pet it too after awhile. they are super cool fish but make sure they are WELL fed or they will snack on your other fish during the night, as they are nocturnal, while the hapless fish sleep.

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From:new jersey
Registered: Nov 2002

posted 01-20-2003 09:15 PM         

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i got my arowana to eat from my hand, and my tiretrack eel.... i dont really wanna try to let the other ones near my finger tho =P hehe kinda scared of that haha

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From:Eglin AFB
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posted 01-22-2003 12:33 AM         

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well you have a tiretrack eell...i juss got one what do you feed em....i cant believe u let your arrowana eat from your hands...thats creepy
id like to get my clown knife to eat out of my hand and eventuallly my pacu ...i have my lepord puffer eattin out of my hands...let me know..thanks

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From:miami,florida,usa
Registered: Jul 2003

posted 07-17-2003 11:36 PM         

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well today i actually heard that u can train ur fish to jump threw a hoop to get their food......i also know that after u handfeed them u can also pet them and other things....

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posted 07-18-2003 02:37 AM         

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I had a Pacu that I fed by hand. Once I got him eating from my hand every time after I fed him I would reach down and pet him. After a while he got to where he would make one movement when he wanted something to eat and make a different movement when he wanted to be petted. By the way, he was a black Pacu. I haven't had the same amount of success with the red belly Pacus.

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posted 07-20-2003 06:22 PM         

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the amazon tigercat lets me pet it after i handfeed it either a grape catfood or krill

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