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12-30-2005, 11:32 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: May 2005
Location: virginia
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Just wondering?
How many of you have been bitten by one of your fish while working in one of your tanks?
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12-30-2005, 11:43 AM
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Tang Lover
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Rockville, MD
Posts: 7,283
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I'm taking it you just were? hahaha
bitten? All the time!
Bitten to the point of bleeding? don't think ever.
some fish, like lion's, can pack a punch without even biting. They have venom in their spines, etc.
You want to elaborate more on your specific situation? Might be nothing. But then again, you might be in need of medical assistance.
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12-30-2005, 11:57 AM
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Professor Chaos
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Arkham Asylum
Posts: 9,684
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Never, always put an object in first so they know i'm not food when i go in.
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12-30-2005, 12:04 PM
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Nothing to See Here
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Cartersville, Georgia
Posts: 2,995
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If you invade my clown's territory, they attack!!
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12-30-2005, 12:53 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: May 2005
Location: virginia
Posts: 86
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I was bitten by my clown several times when I was cleaning the other day. No damage done just thought it would be interesting to ask.
I just spent too much time too close to his "anemone" (piece of big leafy algea).
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12-30-2005, 01:05 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Michigan
Posts: 432
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My clowns don't attack, per sey, more like nip to see if I am food. They are very friendly and every time I try to catch a fish, they are always in the net....The rest scatter when I enter the deep blue....Oh, except for my cleaner shrimp, he jumps on to my hand and goes for the ride. I have all community fish in my tank, nothing venomous (foxface, lionfish, etc.), I stick with the safe ones, little kids in this house....
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12-30-2005, 08:50 PM
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I've got the REEF rash!
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 23,996
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Trigger once and poisoned by my Lion fish once!
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12-30-2005, 09:05 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: TX
Posts: 391
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clowns will bite. I have gotten used to it though. I have found feeding right before I go in there helps
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12-30-2005, 10:31 PM
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Tang Lover
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Rockville, MD
Posts: 7,283
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Quote:
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Originally Posted by toastdude
I just spent too much time too close to his "anemone" (piece of big leafy algea).
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Being bitten by a fish is no biggie...but be VERY careful around that anemone.
You get stung, you'll be laid out for hours!
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12-31-2005, 01:17 AM
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Noo Doot Aboot It!
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Prince George
Posts: 2,763
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I've been bit by a maroon clown and by a bicolour blenny |
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12-31-2005, 01:19 AM
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Noo Doot Aboot It!
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Prince George
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skeety you worry too much LOL. Good advice, I was jj  |
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12-31-2005, 01:44 AM
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Nothing to See Here
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Cartersville, Georgia
Posts: 2,995
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Quote:
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Originally Posted by skeety
You get stung, you'll be laid out for hours!
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 When algae attacks!! HA HA!!!
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12-31-2005, 06:08 AM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Jan 1999
Location: Southern Oregon, Way West of Dimples ;)
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Originally Posted by gwen_o_lyn
When algae attacks!! HA HA!!! |
Hey now algaephylactic shock is no laffin matter, it can turn you into a vegetable for a while 
numerous nibbles from clowns and damsels, draw blood bites from triggers and parrot fish
dwarf lion sting
slashed by 2 different tangs
urchin spines
and bristleworm irritation
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12-31-2005, 07:54 AM
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Birthday tracker
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: Spartanburg, SC USA
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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.
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12-31-2005, 07:59 AM
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Milkshake Man
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: SW Florida
Posts: 9,641
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I have not been bitten since i got my snow flake eel out of my tank. But i have been stuck with my yellow tang before. It wasnt to bad of a cut just a little blood.
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false perc
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lunar wrasse
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metal halide light
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parrot fish
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