Anyone else able to pet their Clown Trigger?

[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

[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]

Originally Posted by 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.

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..