Can you pet your fish?

[andi02]

Recently, my melanurus wrasse, yellow tang, and snowflake clown always seem to swim into my hand when i'm picking up knocked over corals. So I was wondering if it was safe to stroke them? In all honesty its pretty cool when they do it and all but I don't want to end up giving them some type of bacterial infection because something that might be on my hand...

What are your opinions?

 

[yaridong]

Vlamingis will let you strookkkeeee their backs

 

[pgr11]

I pet some of mine the Vlamingi all the time

 

[ep3n3wp]

My vlamingi is super nice and let's you pet her.... My wife pets her kjme 3 or 4 times a day

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[andi02]

Okay so it seems that I can... Thanks

 

[Demonkegman]

I pet my Desjardin's sailfin during feeding, my foxface always wants to join but yeah right!

 

[wickedfish]

I pet my Dolphin at least once in the morning.

 

[el mayo]

I pet my Dolphin at least once in the morning.

I was waiting for someone to say it!

 

[fishy_mcfish]

Whenever I put my hand in my tank my biggest clown attacks me!! Shes a bully lol

 

[wickedfish]

I have a pink margin that swims through my hand anytime I'm messing with the tank. Sohal comes over but isn't as trusting.

 

[R33fAddict]

I tried to pet my wife, but she bit me.

 

[Armen]

best one lol

 

[MRCYCS805]

I tried to pet my wife, but she bit me.

Bahhaaahaaahhaa!!!! I can pet my desjardins sailfin ,copperband butterfly, and super male whipfin fairy wrasse its hilarious no wonder these guys ended up in a stores tank they probley swam into the net lol!!!!

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[thanos]

Mine let me pet them, but my Midas is a biter haha