Great Story...

FishDad

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Mar 4, 2012
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So my wife and I have two convicts in a 72 bow. They made some babies recently just as we awere going to rehome them, so we'll wait on that. Today I was removing some decor from the tank when my hand got a little to close to the nest and papa convict darted toward me and latched his jaw onto the tip of my index. Now at the same time our three week old new born is sleeping just five feet away, so with as much dignity as I could muster (which wasn't much) I removed the convict from my finger. I almost had a heart attack. And naturally like any good husband, my first thought was, "this is a perfect way to get on you tube."

So after explaining (quite convincingly too) that I had pulled a muscle in my shoulder, I asked my wife to try to remove this particular piece of decor from the convict tank. Well her arm got about elbow depth before papa convict struck back with a vengeance and my wife screamed at the top of her lungs, yanked her arm out of the tank, scraped and bruised her elbow on the rim, splashed water across the room which showered our three week old and woke him up. Then to top it off she fell backward into the laundry basket. It was magic.

Lucky for me shes a good sport... but I'm not allowed to put the video on youtube.

I just thought I'd share that with you guys. If you have any good ones, post em!
 

FishDad

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By the way seeing the maternal and paternal roles play out so strongly right before our eyes is pretty fascinating. Its been a good teaching method for our three year old too. He calls the fry "bugs".
 

CAPSLOCK

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#4
Nice visual, I agree. Didn't it raise any of her suspicions why you were taping her move aquarium decor?

Did the convict draw blood? I've heard stories of clownfish being aggressive like that and routinely drawing blood - apparently, they like to go for the skin between fingers...
 

FishDad

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Mar 4, 2012
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No, no blood. It was more like a sand paper bite. I was pretty subtle with the use of the cell phone cam. It didn't hurt at all actually, but it is really startling to have a fish dart at you like that when you're not expecting it. That convict is afraid of nothing!
 

FreshyFresh

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Jan 11, 2013
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WOW! I'm not familiar with those fish, but they sound like feisty buggers!

Congrats on the newborn BTW!! Our youngest is 1.5yrs/old, then 7, 9, 11.

Gross, but the only liquid flying across the room today in my house was when the baby hurled on the carpet (accompanied by screaming). I'm sick now too..ugh. And Mom is at the Sabres game?!?!? What's wrong with this pic!!

Joel
 

GooGirl

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Nov 20, 2012
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Did the fish go across the room as she pulled her hand out? :p

I've heard that mollies are supposed to be able to eat veggies. Well, I put some veggies in the tank, and the fish just 'kissed' them, not being able to eat them. They are supposed to be able to tear at the veggies, so I tried an experiment. I put my finger in the tank, and immediately they tried to 'eat' my finger, but it just felt like tiny kisses :p Why can't they eat veggies unless they are chopped up really small?

Oh, and I had a similar experience to fishdad, but with my hamster :p I was doing something in her cage, and she darted out and bit my finger as hard as she could. I jerked my hand back, but she hold on. I had my hand up in the air above the floor of her cage, and she was just hanging by her teeth. She eventually let go, but she drew blood :)
 

FishDad

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Freshyfresh, they are. You should look into them, they are our favorite fish that we have by far... so much personality. Thanks for the congrats, we have three boys now so no more nice things.