Just wondering? - Page 2

yardboy · 12-31-2005, 09:04 AM

I had a Fiji Blue Devil bite me on my hand, surprised me so much I jerked my hand back and burnt my elbow on the metal halide light!

ChrisPrusha · 12-31-2005, 09:11 AM

I have been bitten by a false perc on numerous occasions. As Yardboy said (and it's true in my case), I think the reaction to the bite often leads to more injury that the actual bite!

skeety · 12-31-2005, 09:54 AM

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Originally Posted by xtopher

skeety you worry too much LOL. Good advice, I was jj

hahahah. Probably.

But I don't worry about the fish so much. But I HAVE learned to respect the nematocysts. I bump my hammer, and my entire back almost instantly tenses up. Happened on several occasions.

Loralie · 12-31-2005, 06:45 PM

My female Maroon gold bar clown, she is about 6". My cleaner Wrasse, bi-color blenny also the evil lunar wrasse

bad mantis shrimp · 12-31-2005, 06:46 PM

i had i cow fish that was always attacking me

bob30329 · 01-05-2006, 08:49 PM

My dogface bit me - I was trying to handfeed my tiny snowflake and the puffer came after the food, missed it and bit me. No broken skin.

I added a small lionfish to my FOWLR recently - the puffer seems to be in love with it!

I give the lion wide berth, but just curious - how bad is a sting? are we talking a few tears or a 911 drama?

ChrisPrusha · 01-05-2006, 09:26 PM

I think we are talking closer to the 911 trauma. I don't think a sting will kill you, but it will hurt like you are on fire.

just dave · 01-05-2006, 09:35 PM

Redlip blenny every time I was in the tank. It didn't hurt but would always startle me if I didn't see it coming. One day when it bit me I jerked my arm out so fast it slung him on the floor. From that point on it had a new home. Had a Clarks clown that would bite me in the webbing between my fingers and draw blood. One day at the shop my father was talking to someone and had a hand resting on the lip of a tank with his fingers in the tank. A queen trigger took a bite and when jerked his arm away he pulled it right out and onto the floor.

Casey · 01-05-2006, 09:40 PM

Welcome to TRT justdave

tdwyatt · 01-05-2006, 09:43 PM

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Originally Posted by cath

Hey, I remember the time when Tom was fragging some button polyps and he was stung. Part of his hand was numb and terrible headache came on as well.

Heh! THAT was bad...

Been stung by a carpet once, several times by an irridescent neon green branching Euphyllia and a few times by a purple and green one.

continuously bitten/nipped by clownfishes, lost a chunk from the tip of my right index finger several years ago to a hungry Picasso Trigger when I put my hand on the top rail trim to lean over and look into the holding tank.

110galreef · 01-05-2006, 10:27 PM

Never bitten...but my gold strip maroon will swim to the top off the tank and splash me when my face gets near it.

He aslso will attempt to swat my arm or hand when it get w/in 4-6" of his anemone....

So RUDE!

VWD · 01-06-2006, 12:12 AM

I get bite by everyone elses fish, not my own, Just dont want a large trigger bitting me.

skeety · 01-06-2006, 08:24 AM

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Originally Posted by bob30329

I give the lion wide berth, but just curious - how bad is a sting? are we talking a few tears or a 911 drama?

Don't know about the dwarfs, but as for the larger lionfish...I've read that it's supposedly one of the most painful experiences known. But I'd also heard the same thing about the irukandji (killer jellyfish). See this thread for more details on the irukandji.

I'm guessing this applies to marine toxin's and nematocysts in general.

But Chris is right...I'd read descriptions from articles by people who were stung, and according to them, it TRULY feels like your entire body is engulfed in flames.

I imagine it's probably not as strong with the dwarf lions...but even HALF of that experience sound pretty bad to me!