Keeper
Aquarium Advice FINatic
Is it wrong to pet your fish? Can this hurt/damage them in anyway? Only reason I ask is because in one of our 10gals, we can almost hold our betta at feeding time and just thought that it may be wrong!
I heard that you shouldn't touch your fish at all because it will damage their protective slime coating making them more susceptible for diseases
Rinse, rinse, rinse after washing with soap, before putting your hands in the tankI always wash my hands before putting them in the tank for cleaning or whatever.
As long as your hands are wet and not on fire or have ice cubes coming off them, the fish will be fine and so will youyour hands had to be the same temp as the water before touching a fish?!?