Stroking The Fish?

Last night I had my hand in the girls tank because i was sorting out the floating plants and suddenly quite alot of the girls appeared and started coming to the top through the frogbit and floating elodea. I wiggled my finger in one place and a few girls came under my finger nad put there body in the way so i was gently stroking them, and one of them (Violet) Continuosuly came back to have a stroke and kept moving her body around to be stroked, its like they enjoyed it after few minutes a few of them wanted a stroke and they really enjoyed just chilling in the floating plants while being stroked. I know your not supposed to stroke fish because its stressful for them and they have a protective slime coat but its not like i was rubbing my hands all voer them, just a little stroke on top and they came of their own accord.
Is this alright to do somtimes? Also i was thinking it may make the fish tame and used to human contact and not be afraid? :D

Hi
Its probably not a good idea to stroke the fish. You may damage the slime coat on them with the oils from your skin.

Hmmm, Yes thats what i thought but they seemed to like it so much! Thanks :D

I know they like it hon but it really isnt good for them xx

Alright, I won't do it again. I've had a read up on there slime coats and now realize how it effects them [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] !

xx

My girls like a stroke so I have to be careful what I do when my hands are in the tank. Aurora loves to wiggle under my fingers, silly girl!

Yes assaye, Violet is excactly the same lol! :D Although im not making it into a daily thing!

I know what you mean, though not with betta, my goldfish loves nothing more than to nuzzle my hand, and my danios think I'm the best pillow ever -___-

-Rezz