Anyone else able to pet their Clown Trigger?

[swill]

My husband has a special bond with our Clown Trigger...anyone have the same kind of relationship?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vBftoQqNas

[AquaticFinatic]

Nice!! Watch them fingers ..... Looks like he's hungry lol.

[btymens]

Nice!! Watch them fingers ..... Looks like he's hungry lol.
that is cool

[monkE]

very cool video! thanks for sharing! my cleaner shrimp are pretty affectionate but I don't think that is quite the same! :)

[Sebae again]

That is awesome !

[neoh]

very cool. However; from my understanding - the clown trigger has the ability to chomp your finger clean off. But, I could be wrong.

We like putting our hand in and letting the cleaner shrimp tickle and clean, but that's about the extent of it.

[Wheelman76]

My flame wrasse let me pet his side once , then he slowly swam off. I haven't tried again yet.

[Dearth]

My lawnmower Blennie will occasionally rest in my hand but my hand has to be in the tank for 5 mins or more its pretty cool when it does rest there though

[DAVE]

I used to be able to do this with my 8" monster as well as with my 8" Scribbled Angelfish...they were like little puppy dogs

....I miss those fish :(...stupid corals got in the way

[fishoholic]

Doug likes to pet tangs. He's done that with a few different unicorn tangs that were at the stores he's worked in/at and he also petted Zeus a Titan trigger that live in a rock bin. Doug's also petted my blonde naso tang. He is braver then me in that aspect :lol:

[Coralgurl]

I have a wrasse that will swim into my hands and I can pet and my sailfin eats right from my fingers. But definitely nothing like your video, that's pretty cool!!

[monocus]

my princess parrot likes to have it's tummy rubbed

[WuHT]

Not to be a downer, but i've always been averse to making contact with my fish because i don't know if it'll mess with their slime coats. Though I understand that is a very healthy looking CT so maybe it'll recover as if nothing happened.

[Dearth]

Not to be a downer, but i've always been averse to making contact with my fish because i don't know if it'll mess with their slime coats. Though I understand that is a very healthy looking CT so maybe it'll recover as if nothing happened.

It's a choice nothing wrong with the no touch rule at all

Fish do lose parts of their slime coat all the time through and it does regenerate fairly fast

[Coral Hoarder]

my zebra eel will cirl around my arm

[newreefer_59]

cool! I have had 4 Clown Triggers spanning over 30 years and have always enjoyed watching them. if you can bring him to the surface following some food, they will actually growl at you....almiost like a dog. I found this with my last one about 5 yerars ago and sometimes regret selling him to go to a reef tank.

[kien]

Aww, how cute! It's all fun and games until someone loses a finger though.. :lol:

[spit.fire]

I pet the doliatus at oceanic corals