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[killifish1]

re arrange my aqurium move some stuff around etc

how do i do this as i will not put my hamnd in the aqauirum as i hate fish if they move against me

 

[OohFeeshy]

how do i do this as i will not put my hamnd in the aqauirum as i hate fish if they move against me

You don't? Impossible to do anything if you won't put your hand in the tank...

 

[bogwood]

re arrange my aqurium move some stuff around etc. how do i do this as i will not put my hand in the aqauirum as i hate fish if they move against me

Your gonna find it hard then...

 

[morgan]

Hi, I don't like it either! I rearranged my tank yesterday and I felt the fish brush against my hand a few times. I got used to it after a bit.Some of the baby fish were nibbling at my hand! It depends what fish you have. None of mine can hurt me except the Pleco who has spikes which he could flick out if he was annoyed/scared. As long as he goes behind his piece of wood I am not too worried. I am afraid you will have to get used to it. You could try to find some very long gloves. I have some but they are thick so you cannot feel properly. Good luck. Be brave and I am sure you will be ok. Unless you have pirhanas........ PS I waited a few days to arrange my tank as I had a 1" cut on my finger, I waited until it was healed up. (I have diabetes so I have to be super careful to avoid infection).

 

[bogwood]

...my god its only fish! Maybe you should have considered how you felt about touching fish... before getting fish...

 

[Durbkat]

I seriously doubt that the fish will touch you. Whenever I stick my hand into one of my tanks the fish swim away. So don't be afraid of them. If you knew already that you didn't want fish touching you then why did you buy fish? You also will need to put your hand or even your arm (if the tank is tall enough) to vacum clean the tank.

 

[killifish1]

fyi bogwood there piranhas i didnt really want to have no fingers

 

[Ben]

...my god its only fish! Maybe you should have considered how you felt about touching fish... before getting fish...

now now, dont be so harsh
everyone has fears,

Maybe you could use a large net if you really dont want to put your hand in the water?

DD

 

[killifish1]

i just hope there is no fish in there if i do it slowly will it be ok

 

[demonmagus]

lol, I quite like the feeling off 5 black widows and 2 kribs trying to eat me!

 

[Ginge]

Fair point if there piranas what kind? I dont see how you will do it though.

 

[killifish1]

demonagus i dont think thjats fair there red bellied piranhas they have teeth they do take peoples fingers off

 

[fishfishfish]

buy a tank separater and do have the tank at a time.fish on one side u on the other then switch

 

[morgan]

I'm sorry I joked about piranhas, I didn't know you had them! Perhaps if you post in the piranha section other piranha keepers may be able to tell you how they do it? Otherwise perhaps do what fishfishfish said?

 

[killifish1]

ok