Yo Yo Loaches - Absolutely fearless

[morphy1701]

I have two Yo Yo Loaches in my 55 that I adore and they are not shy at all. Whenever I'm doing any housekeeping or even changing the water, as soon as I put my hand in the tank they come right up and start nibbling to see if they can find any tidbits. I've had other fish that will nip a fingertip when expecting food, but none so relaxed about my entire hand. Anyone else have this expereince?

 

[OceanTruth]

Never kept yo-yo loaches, but I had ranchu goldfish that used to do that all the time. 

[Ashe]

Nope, I have two massive yoyo loaches and they never come up to the surface. My loaches are so shy and only come out at night. Even when I am dropping their favorite foods they would never come out of their caves unless the tank is dark and no Siamese algae eatr in sight. 

[Will Billy]

My golden dojo loaches exhibit similar behavior. They even let me pet them during water changes, and one of them let my 4 year old daughter hold him in the tank. Ive never had a pet fish do that. I was eventually able to train them to eat bottom feeder pellets right out of my hand. Here is a pic of one of them below. 

[OceanTruth]

11 minutes ago, Will Billy said:

My golden dojo loaches exhibit similar behavior. They even let me pet them during water changes, and one of them let my 4 year old daughter hold him in the tank. Ive never had a pet fish do that. I was eventually able to train them to eat bottom feeder pellets right out of my hand. Here is a pic of one of them below. 

That is really cool! I've only recently began to appreciate the cuteness of dojo loaches.