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ACBlinky · 03/19/2008, 10:56 PM

I have fish that bite me, does that count? My ocellaris female and both maroons bite mercilessly whenever I try to do any work inside the tank, and my Lamarck's angel took a bite out of me today at feeding time -- seems I wasn't dropping the food soon enough, so she stuck her head out of the water and bit my hand. It worked, I dropped the food, and now she's learned a lovely new behaviour

She's nearing 5" and only getting bigger, so from now on I think I'll keep my fingers further from the surface!

03/19/2008, 10:56 PM	#18
ACBlinky Premium Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Peterborough, ON, Canada Posts: 4,954 Blog Entries: 20	I have fish that bite me, does that count? My ocellaris female and both maroons bite mercilessly whenever I try to do any work inside the tank, and my Lamarck's angel took a bite out of me today at feeding time -- seems I wasn't dropping the food soon enough, so she stuck her head out of the water and bit my hand. It worked, I dropped the food, and now she's learned a lovely new behaviour She's nearing 5" and only getting bigger, so from now on I think I'll keep my fingers further from the surface! __________________ "The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears, or the sea." - Isak Dinesen Current Tank Info: 150g mixed reef, 30g sump/refugium, LED lighting, 100lbs LR, coral beauty, flame angel, blue & yellow tangs, gobies, damsels, 6-line wrasse, lawnmower blenny, dottyback, clown pair, rabbitfish, shrimp, crabs, CUC.