Don't Bite the Hand That Feeds You: Have you ever been bitten, stung, or poked by a member of your reef?
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Clarkii enough said, and got zapped pretty good from my fox face. He didn't release venom but got me. I looked it up and read they may not release venom, but you can get a small shock sensation.
Gregg @ ADP
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The closest I’ve ever come to just stepping out in front of a speeding semi truck was the time I was moving rock in a tank with a big long-spine urchin and had one of the spines go under the nail of my ring finger almost all the way to the base.
I’ve been bitten/poked/stung by just about everything out there (including lionfish), but nothing comes close to that pain.
I also have a series of round scars that look like the Hawaiian Islands on the underneath side of my upper arm from a time I was leaning over the back of a tank scraping algae off the front panel and rested my arm a little too close to a 12” diameter frogspawn. That thing ravaged me.
I’ve been bitten/poked/stung by just about everything out there (including lionfish), but nothing comes close to that pain.
I also have a series of round scars that look like the Hawaiian Islands on the underneath side of my upper arm from a time I was leaning over the back of a tank scraping algae off the front panel and rested my arm a little too close to a 12” diameter frogspawn. That thing ravaged me.
Love hearing all these stories Hahaa! I had a mama clown that would flip her tail at my arm when I would be moving something or cleaning. Then my starry blenny got the message and would sneak up in my blind spot and pinch bite the back of my forearm. I would always jump like a crazy person even though I knew he was gonna do it every time I put my arm in the tank. Too funny 
I think we need a category for cleaner shrimp cleaning action!
MrGisonni
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Damsels, clowns, lionfish, bristle worms, horn shark, various anemones, mantis shrimp, sea urchins and a blue spotted stingray. And ..when I worked at the Miami Seaquarium decades ago, iguanas, boas, a green moray, macaws, parrots, a night anole, blue crab, black and white tegu and more mosquitos than anyone should have to endure at a job. I was also mouthed by a manatee but that was fun.
MBruun
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Foolish me removed a thunk of black/white sponge with my bare hand. Lost a piece of coral in the sponge - 10cm in diameter and 25cm tall - and I wanted it out anyway.
So I grab the sponge and just broke it of. I tell you that hurt.
I got blisters all over my hand for hours.... bad choice.
Next morning all the Anthias Squamipinnis and my Pintail wrasse was dead.
So I grab the sponge and just broke it of. I tell you that hurt.
I got blisters all over my hand for hours.... bad choice.
Next morning all the Anthias Squamipinnis and my Pintail wrasse was dead.
SallyWho
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My clowns are like little water-panthers, just waiting to pounce any time I have to put my hand in the tank! I've also been got by bristleworms and my BTA. I count myself lucky to have never been tagged by my foxface yet!
mattdg
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Poked by a spiny urchin. That one was exceptionally painful! Affected my hand and entire arm for hours. It's one of the only animals I eventually got rid of. Just not worth how risky they are and how big they grow.
Constantly being bitten by my hellish tomato clown. That chunky little beast is like a pudgy torpedo that comes careening towards my arm, nearly every time I reach in. She doesn't like it when I tie a ribbon or something confusing to my hand. Throws her off, so she will leave me alone for awhile.
Sliced the back of my hand open on a JF Space Invader Pectinia, while scrubbing the glass, just the other day. A little swelling, but not too bad.
I used to be fine handling hammer coral. Now it gives me a strange numb feeling and dry skin. Definitely some sort of allergic reaction and definitely counts.
Poked by a spiny urchin. That one was exceptionally painful! Affected my hand and entire arm for hours. It's one of the only animals I eventually got rid of. Just not worth how risky they are and how big they grow.
Constantly being bitten by my hellish tomato clown. That chunky little beast is like a pudgy torpedo that comes careening towards my arm, nearly every time I reach in. She doesn't like it when I tie a ribbon or something confusing to my hand. Throws her off, so she will leave me alone for awhile.
Sliced the back of my hand open on a JF Space Invader Pectinia, while scrubbing the glass, just the other day. A little swelling, but not too bad.
I used to be fine handling hammer coral. Now it gives me a strange numb feeling and dry skin. Definitely some sort of allergic reaction and definitely counts.
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I have to hear the story about the palytoxins!
FernBluffReef
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Two weeks later, Still recovering from my wife’s Ritteri stings. Not doing that again.
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If my hand is in tank anywhere near where the Sailfin is hiding, tail first ATTACK
P.S yes I know how to spell wear, auto spell check on the other hand does not
Reminder to be careful or where gloves
A very healthy nem can sure sting. This is two days later. Just the clowns and their eggs belong
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If my hand is in tank anywhere near where the Sailfin is hiding, tail first ATTACK
P.S yes I know how to spell wear, auto spell check on the other hand does not
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