anemone sting

These lesions just showed up today, no new fish or corals added recently. He was eating fine yesterday. I've got a carpet nem, long tentacle and bubble tip, and am worried he got stung by one of them, but not sure. He looks "okay" but haven't gotten to feeding him yet. I just want to make...

I work at a LFS and I was pulling algae out of the 350g clown display, unaware that anemones could sting humans. I handle the small BTAs every day without a problem so I figured it didn’t effect people. I thought it was just the salt irritating my left arm because it’s not as conditioned to it...

Reading another thread got me to thinking about times I’ve been stung by something in the tank, what’s the worst sting you’ve had? I’ve been stung by a few anemones before, but I think the worst I can recall is running the back of my hand against a torch...it didn’t necessarily hurt but it was...

I have a few questions about MiniMaxi Anemones. How are they towards coral? Will they try to sting corals that are near them? If they were to sting a coral, or go to war with one, how would it turn out for the anemone and for the coral? Has anyone ever lost any corals to Mini Maxi aggression, or...

Title says it all. I was cleaning the tank and my hand brushed the RBTA which returned the favor with a sting. It felt like a needle sticking into my finger and there was something left on the sting site which I quickly brushed off without taking the time to look at it. First time this has...