bamweevil Posted December 6, 2004 Report Share Posted December 6, 2004 not sure if i put this in the rigth place, I was wondering if there were tropical fish which are as friendly as goldfish ie acknowledge you when u enter a room or go near the tank, and feed out of your hand. I know discus and oscar are very friendly but are there any smaller fish which behaviour is silmilar i enjoy interacting with my fish even if they just think im a walking can of fish food. But after seeing so many beautiful tropicals on this site are thinking of trying a tank of tropicals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted December 7, 2004 Report Share Posted December 7, 2004 Hoplo catfish will always love you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianemone Posted December 7, 2004 Report Share Posted December 7, 2004 my clown fish eat out of my hand and my cleaner shrimp will actually "clean" my hand get a marine tank, the salt makes them smarter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted December 7, 2004 Report Share Posted December 7, 2004 the salt makes them smarter LMAO :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bamweevil Posted December 7, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2004 marine are very beautiful but thougth they migth be abit to technical for me. i do love catfish thougth have 3 plecs with my goldfish so a tropical tank with lots of catfish sounds nice. i wonder if my golden algae eaters could join them. p.s the goldfish tank is heated for the plecs thanks for the ideas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_from_nz Posted December 7, 2004 Report Share Posted December 7, 2004 My angles have real character and eat out of my hands. my guppys in another tank do also and nibble on my arm (sort of more like tickle than nibble) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phillz Posted December 7, 2004 Report Share Posted December 7, 2004 My guppies nibble on my arm, when I am cleaning their tank. I just got 2 angels aswell, and they follow my every move, very neat fish!!! Good luck with tropicals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bamweevil Posted December 7, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2004 angels are lovely fish remeber them from childhood my mother and brother had them. I took a bit longer to catch the fish bug having just got my first real tank this year after my daugther past on goldfish she had for mice. now my mums back into fish after large break from them too so this fish keeping bug once ya got it stays in the system oh well i must be addict in progress. Now just have two task getting the house painted then im allow to have another tank other half doesnt want to shift to many tanks about. secoundly convince daugther she does really want the new room with the concrete floor which i think would be a great room for my fish. so far on my list are angels, hoplo catfish and knowing me that cute little fish that just says buy me in the shop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carriej Posted January 9, 2005 Report Share Posted January 9, 2005 Siamese fighters are generally a very friendly fish, But will not always fare well in a community aquarium. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polgara Posted January 9, 2005 Report Share Posted January 9, 2005 Get a Oscar, I have got mine jumping out the water to get worms from my hand. ( just a note though, watch ya fingers, they like them too). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
critter_guy Posted January 9, 2005 Report Share Posted January 9, 2005 when ever i put my hand in the tank to move around plant e.t.c my pearl gourmis always swim over and brush past my hand to see what i am doing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carriej Posted January 10, 2005 Report Share Posted January 10, 2005 when I am doing maintenance on my guppy tank the guppies try to eat the hair on my arms.... not that I would call that being friendly, guppies are just kind of dumb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted January 10, 2005 Report Share Posted January 10, 2005 Hahaha, Yeah, I think most guppy behavior can be blamed on them being dumb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted January 10, 2005 Report Share Posted January 10, 2005 Theres only three things on a livebearers mind, can i mate with it? can i eat it? can it eat me? Shae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carriej Posted January 11, 2005 Report Share Posted January 11, 2005 I once heard it summed up something like this, (although the were actually talking about a cat) according to the mind of a guppy, anything in the world can be classified into four categorys. Thing you can: A) Mate with B) Eat C) Run away from And if it doesent fit into the first three categories then D)It is a Rock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted January 11, 2005 Report Share Posted January 11, 2005 I dont think "it rocks" would ever pass a guppys mine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carriej Posted January 11, 2005 Report Share Posted January 11, 2005 Not it rocks, just it is a rock, actually, I'll change it...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staplez Posted January 11, 2005 Report Share Posted January 11, 2005 Angels are very friendly. when I enter the room they will try to get as close to me as possable (follow me around the tank) I know the only reason they do this is because they want food in thier belly but It's still pretty cool. They are very easy to take care of also. If you do decide to buy angels make sure you get small ones. When they grow from a small size they get along better with other smaller fish in the tank ie. tetras and guppies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northland chic Posted January 12, 2005 Report Share Posted January 12, 2005 My angels are awesome, really friendly. I did have a heap of livebearers that were also very friendly. Oscar took a while then one day I was standing next to the tank and he jumped at my hand, now i cant escape him! Some fish just take a while to get friendly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spooky Posted January 12, 2005 Report Share Posted January 12, 2005 I have had my krib eat out of my hand. Not that I would call the way it does it friendly, but they are at least capable of it. About half of my fish recognise when I am in the room and am about to feed them. The other half just notice the first lot and come out. Oddly enough the krib will be right against the glass the moment I walk in the room, but the glass catfish wait until I am in front of the tank before coming out. My skunk loach also comes out the moment I walk in the room, but I think it just follows the kribensis around (that pair have a disturbing relationship). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted January 12, 2005 Report Share Posted January 12, 2005 I put my hand into my 160l with a couple of cubes of bloodworms and i have swarms of fish absolutley tickle my hand to death its awsome! the convicts are a bit rough though. Shae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spooky Posted January 12, 2005 Report Share Posted January 12, 2005 Experimentation has revealed that my Kribensis will come out of the water for food. I don't know how far it will go, that will require further tests. The food in this case was frozen bloodworms, but it has even come out for flake. It's a greedy fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carriej Posted January 13, 2005 Report Share Posted January 13, 2005 I experemented with some of my tanks last night and found that if I just held my fingers in the water and kept still, the baby angels, guppys(of course) Siamese fighters, and juvenile Gouramis (blue dwarf, golden, pearl and opanline) would all peck at my fingers. I expected the same from the Golden barbs, but they gave me a wide berth, even though I held my fingers there for a while(until i got bored) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted January 13, 2005 Report Share Posted January 13, 2005 I expected the same from the Golden barbs, but they gave me a wide berth, even though I held my fingers there for a while(until i got bored) Which brings us to the obvious conclusion, Golden barbs have a longer attention span than you do. :lol: hehehehe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carriej Posted January 14, 2005 Report Share Posted January 14, 2005 A concussed dickling in the middle of a hurricane has a higher attention span than me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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