Have any of you been stung? - Page 2

IFbettas · 10/26/2008, 08:50 PM

I've never been stung by any of my corals before. I too am interested in hearing about if hammer corals sting, because mine has never stung me when I touched it.

Chihuahua6 · 10/26/2008, 08:54 PM

Just recently one of my Bubble Tip Anemones stung me. It hurt a bit but not too bad. It's not as bad as a fire ant bite. I do have a high tolerance to pain though.

JustinReef · 10/26/2008, 09:30 PM

I have been stung by my blue spotted rabbit fish. Hurt really bad for a few hours. The swelling was insane. I couldn't hold anything in my hand the rest of the day. The pain was gone after about 2-3 hours though. Swelling was gone the next day. Not so bad but very scary.

Vapour1ze · 10/26/2008, 10:13 PM

wow, the lionfish story was crazy, im scared to get one . hahaha

sanababit · 10/26/2008, 10:37 PM

Well everytime i put my hand in the tank, my female percula nips my hand just between the finger where it hurts the most, it scares me everytime, i have actually touched all my corals and nothing has harmed me in any way......

sana

footbagger311 · 10/26/2008, 10:41 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by BigBadBlenny
i have never been stung.. but i got hit when the wife saw my last visa bill

LoL.

flyyyguy · 10/26/2008, 10:58 PM

Ive been sick from zoanthids a few times. Nothing serious, but headaches and and one time some nausea.

The worst pain I have ever felt by far was from my large hot pink yuma in a open cut on my hand. And I was stupid enough to do it a second time just a couple months ago.

Both times it felt like someone was repeatedly hitting my hand hard with a big rubber mallet.......for like an hour or two straight. I wont do it a third time. lol

Right before I picked the thing up the second time with bare working man hands, I did think about the first time it happened and for some reason didnt think it would happen again. It did.

The headaches from the zoanthids I will give a 2. the yuma gets a 8.

Vapour1ze · 10/27/2008, 01:33 AM

really ive always kind of just grabbed zoanthids never really thought anything of it,,,, =/ well the rock there on but my fingers have touched them when they're closed.

flyyyguy · 10/27/2008, 01:36 AM

if you have cuts on your fingers, and are fragging a bunch of them in the same bucket of water the water can get who knows what in it, and it gets into your cuts and your bloodstream. At least thats how it has always happened to me. Ive never been sick simply moving or gluing them. Its always been when I have been cutting them

LobsterOfJustice · 10/27/2008, 08:20 AM

My large frogspawn stings the crap out of the underside of my arm when I have to reach over it to get to the back corner of the tank. It never used to sting me when it was smaller, but maybe that's just because it wasn't in a postition where I touched it with an area of sensitive skin. It results in a burning itching lasting for maybe 30 minutes... I dont really remember how long it lasts, as I dont let it happen anymore...

cdness · 10/27/2008, 09:38 AM

I have handled a hammer many times and never get stung. I have also never had any issues with zoas (knock on wood) even though I know they can be dangerous. No lion but when I have room for a FOWLR tank I will have one.

I think the thing that should be said here and hasn't yet is you should have a set of gloves when working in the tank to prevent this. There have been a couple people on here that have been very ill from just the tank water entering a cut on their hand or arm. Others have developed rashes or infections when fragging. Yes these are extreme cases but wouldn't you rather prevent it from happening in the first place? Take all the precautions you can as you never know what could scrape your hand while in the tank...

BigJay · 10/27/2008, 10:18 AM

Does getting bitten by an angry clown count? I put my fingers near her anemone to feed it and she went nuts all over my arm. While not venomous, it probably hurt worse than any of the mild rashes I've gotten from BTA and hammer corals.

cody6766 · 10/27/2008, 10:32 AM

My condy anemone stung me with some lasting results recently.
When I got it and moved it I could tell it was stinging me, but it was nothing more than an odd, almost numbing sensation. As I came into contact with it more, I became more sensitive to the sting. Now, when it brushes my forearm it stings/tingles, almost like being pricked by little needles. It used to do this w/o any lasting effects. Eventually it started leaving red marks for a short time, but the last time it left lines of welts, looking and itching very much like poison ivy.

Pain was probably a 3-4, just a nuisance really. Itch was a 6-8 for about a week.

I've heard of a few people having bad reactions to frogspawn/hammer/torch stings. They do nothing to me unless I have an open scratch, but I guess then can be pretty nasty to some.

Fig70g · 10/27/2008, 12:36 PM

I was stung by a yuma as well, watermelon looking one. I happened to brush past it, trying not to touch an anenome and when I pulled my hand out there was a film on 2 fingers. It felt hot and really red for about 5-6 hrs, not too bad, but I stay away from them now!

Vapour1ze · 10/27/2008, 12:46 PM

wow, thats crazy I used to have a condy! ahhh lol, the guy told me I wouldn't get stung or anything, ha.

Yea and cdness is right, after I bought that condy and heard of people being stung etc, I bought the orange and blue aqua cloves for like 13 bucks somewhere and now I don't even get wet when entering my tank, and I can position anything and everything without getting stung and or my contaminents in the tank!

works good for me, any of you guys ever been STUNG THROUGH GLOVES?

Joe LoPresti · 10/27/2008, 01:15 PM

I've been stung by my big frogspawn before. It's more of an irritant than anything else and usually goes away in about 10 minutes. I have also been gotten by my branching hammer coral, but that's usually when I'm cleaning the tank and have gotten little cuts on my fingers. Again, more of an irritant than anything else, usually lasts a very short period of time, I'll go wash my hands off under cold tap water and it goes away.
I have Rose Bubble Tip Anemones also, in a species-specific tank. When I first got it (one RBTA has turned into 9 RBTA's), I'd get stung pretty good. A nice little rash for a day and then it would go away. But now, I can put my hand directly into the 'nem when I'm feeding and no stings at all.

BTW, this has been a really interesting thread to read, good topic!!! Thanks tehauthority!!

mikey3165 · 10/27/2008, 01:38 PM

my boss got stung by the foxface at work ...dont knwo what happened to him havent seen him since .... lol just joking but he was ok

Orochimaru · 10/27/2008, 01:43 PM

got stung by sea urchin once and lion fish the other time. This is what I got for playing around with tanks at 2am and buzzed.

0rbital · 10/27/2008, 02:55 PM

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Originally posted by arc eye
Interesting on the torches and hammers.............I have handled mine bare handed and never had a problem.........just some slime on my fingers.

Can anyone else who has had issues with these corals chime in?

My torch stung me. Wasn't a big deal but while handling without gloves it did sting me. Hurt a bit for a couple hours nothing intense though.

Handling Zoa my fingers and arm have had tingling pain before. I still will occasionally handle things without gloves but usually I do know.

ReefEnabler · 10/27/2008, 03:54 PM

I've had my elegance coral touch the edges of my fingers a few times. It felt more "sticky" than anything, exactly like putting your hand into a sea anemone. No pain was felt.

When I was just a kid living in San Diego, we used to stick our hands into anemones out on the jettis

greenbean36191 · 10/27/2008, 06:02 PM

I've only been stung by one coral and I don't know what it was. I had been taking samples from very deep anemones in the Red Sea and I was slowly working my way back up to shallow water (probably still a bit narced) and I saw some coral that looked like a cross between Blastomussa and elegance. I didn't recognize what it was so I gently nudged it with the back of my finger to see if I could get it to close up and show me some of the skeleton. It lit my finger on FIRE. It burned like crazy for a few hours and swelled up pretty nicely. It itched like poison ivy and stayed red for about 2 weeks. Just the day before I got a whopper of a sting from some sort of planktonic hydroid too that had my whole arm throbbing and going numb. Not a very lucky week for me.

I had a girlfriend once that sat on a jellyfish in the Bahamas. I couldn't stop laughing. We didn't last long after that.

Rae C. · 10/27/2008, 06:40 PM

Capn Hyliner got stung by a longspined urchin and ended up in the hospital with blood poisoning. Use those gloves folks, you never know when you might have a bad reaction!

"I had a girlfriend once that sat on a jellyfish in the Bahamas. I couldn't stop laughing. We didn't last long after that. "

My husband got stung in a sensitive area when we were visiting Santa Rosa beach in Florida. Made for a painful vacation!

giambi4343 · 10/27/2008, 06:58 PM

ive been stung by a foxface. left a mark on my hand but no swelling suprisingly. i got most of the venom out by squeezing it out. so not much got in me.

reefworm · 10/27/2008, 07:09 PM

Euphylia ancora - kind of surprise pinprick, then a little red spot for a day or so. Also got nailed by the ocellaris it was hosting [NOT the other way round

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10/26/2008, 08:50 PM	#26
IFbettas Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Woodridge, IL Posts: 1,953	I've never been stung by any of my corals before. I too am interested in hearing about if hammer corals sting, because mine has never stung me when I touched it. __________________ Current Tank Info: 180G SPS Dominant, 75 Gallon Sump/Fuge, 3x250w Reeflux 12k in Lumenbrights, Octo Extreme 250 Skimmer, Lots of flow

10/26/2008, 08:54 PM	#27
Chihuahua6 Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: West Hempstead, NY Posts: 2,124	Just recently one of my Bubble Tip Anemones stung me. It hurt a bit but not too bad. It's not as bad as a fire ant bite. I do have a high tolerance to pain though. __________________ Leah Amanda Current Tank Info: First salt tank 1985, current tank 150 g acrylic

10/26/2008, 10:13 PM	#29
Vapour1ze I'm an Addict. Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Yorkville, IL Posts: 3,036	wow, the lionfish story was crazy, im scared to get one . hahaha __________________ 93 Reef \| 220 Reef \| Basement Fish Life Support Room \| Empty Savings Account

10/26/2008, 10:37 PM	#30
sanababit Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Uranus Posts: 3,094	Well everytime i put my hand in the tank, my female percula nips my hand just between the finger where it hurts the most, it scares me everytime, i have actually touched all my corals and nothing has harmed me in any way...... sana __________________ Senior Member of the "Hardly any Water Changes, Temp Swinging, T5ing, No Qtining, Frag Exchanging for Fish Food Current Tank Info: 90RR inwall, Octopuss Skimmer, 2 MP40 wQD, 1 MP10 WQD, 2 Radions G4 Pro, Apex Doser, Apex Controller, 400w heater, 30 Gal Sump, Biopellets, Carbon, Gfo, Macroalgae

10/26/2008, 10:58 PM	#32
flyyyguy King of the white corals Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,239	Ive been sick from zoanthids a few times. Nothing serious, but headaches and and one time some nausea. The worst pain I have ever felt by far was from my large hot pink yuma in a open cut on my hand. And I was stupid enough to do it a second time just a couple months ago. Both times it felt like someone was repeatedly hitting my hand hard with a big rubber mallet.......for like an hour or two straight. I wont do it a third time. lol Right before I picked the thing up the second time with bare working man hands, I did think about the first time it happened and for some reason didnt think it would happen again. It did. The headaches from the zoanthids I will give a 2. the yuma gets a 8. __________________ I like holding hands, snuggling, and long walks on the beach

10/26/2008, 09:30 PM	#28
JustinReef Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 3,715	I have been stung by my blue spotted rabbit fish. Hurt really bad for a few hours. The swelling was insane. I couldn't hold anything in my hand the rest of the day. The pain was gone after about 2-3 hours though. Swelling was gone the next day. Not so bad but very scary.

10/27/2008, 01:33 AM	#33
Vapour1ze I'm an Addict. Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Yorkville, IL Posts: 3,036	really ive always kind of just grabbed zoanthids never really thought anything of it,,,, =/ well the rock there on but my fingers have touched them when they're closed. __________________ 93 Reef \| 220 Reef \| Basement Fish Life Support Room \| Empty Savings Account

10/27/2008, 01:36 AM	#34
flyyyguy King of the white corals Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,239	if you have cuts on your fingers, and are fragging a bunch of them in the same bucket of water the water can get who knows what in it, and it gets into your cuts and your bloodstream. At least thats how it has always happened to me. Ive never been sick simply moving or gluing them. Its always been when I have been cutting them __________________ I like holding hands, snuggling, and long walks on the beach

10/27/2008, 08:20 AM	#35
LobsterOfJustice Recovering Detritophobe Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Cary, NC Posts: 7,443	My large frogspawn stings the crap out of the underside of my arm when I have to reach over it to get to the back corner of the tank. It never used to sting me when it was smaller, but maybe that's just because it wasn't in a postition where I touched it with an area of sensitive skin. It results in a burning itching lasting for maybe 30 minutes... I dont really remember how long it lasts, as I dont let it happen anymore... __________________ If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right. I remember when zoanthids were called things like "green" and "orange" and not "reverse gorilla nipple." Current Tank Info: 180g reef with all the bells and whistles

10/27/2008, 09:38 AM	#36
cdness Premium Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Fargo, ND Posts: 870	I have handled a hammer many times and never get stung. I have also never had any issues with zoas (knock on wood) even though I know they can be dangerous. No lion but when I have room for a FOWLR tank I will have one. I think the thing that should be said here and hasn't yet is you should have a set of gloves when working in the tank to prevent this. There have been a couple people on here that have been very ill from just the tank water entering a cut on their hand or arm. Others have developed rashes or infections when fragging. Yes these are extreme cases but wouldn't you rather prevent it from happening in the first place? Take all the precautions you can as you never know what could scrape your hand while in the tank... __________________ 125G Reef, 40G sump, Marineland 4500 returns, Dart Closed Loop, OM 4-way, LED and Apollo LED Red River Valley Reefers - Fargo, Moorhead, Grand Forks Reef Club -http://redrivervalleyreefers.com Current Tank Info: 75G display, 20G sump, Additional 10G Fuge, drilled, Ocean Runner 6500 for closed loop, Catalina Aquarium CA4000 Return pump, MSX 160 Skimmer

10/27/2008, 10:18 AM	#37
BigJay Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Southlake, Texas Posts: 1,872	Does getting bitten by an angry clown count? I put my fingers near her anemone to feed it and she went nuts all over my arm. While not venomous, it probably hurt worse than any of the mild rashes I've gotten from BTA and hammer corals. __________________ PBITAWA

10/27/2008, 10:32 AM	#38
cody6766 Super Best Friends! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: OKC, OK Posts: 3,772	My condy anemone stung me with some lasting results recently. When I got it and moved it I could tell it was stinging me, but it was nothing more than an odd, almost numbing sensation. As I came into contact with it more, I became more sensitive to the sting. Now, when it brushes my forearm it stings/tingles, almost like being pricked by little needles. It used to do this w/o any lasting effects. Eventually it started leaving red marks for a short time, but the last time it left lines of welts, looking and itching very much like poison ivy. Pain was probably a 3-4, just a nuisance really. Itch was a 6-8 for about a week. I've heard of a few people having bad reactions to frogspawn/hammer/torch stings. They do nothing to me unless I have an open scratch, but I guess then can be pretty nasty to some. __________________ "The moral is the chosen, not the forced; the understood, not the obeyed. The moral is the rational, and reason accepts no commandments." - John Galt Current Tank Info: Cadlights 60G Arisan II mixed reef with 2x MP40s and 24" ATI

10/27/2008, 12:36 PM	#39
Fig70g Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Scottsdale, AZ Posts: 637	I was stung by a yuma as well, watermelon looking one. I happened to brush past it, trying not to touch an anenome and when I pulled my hand out there was a film on 2 fingers. It felt hot and really red for about 5-6 hrs, not too bad, but I stay away from them now! __________________ Kevin "The older you get, the more rules they are going to try and get you to follow. You just gotta keep on livin', man. L-I-V-I-N" Current Tank Info: 75g mixed reef, 30g sump, Little Giant 3MDQ return, split to 5g fuge. ASM G1x skimmer. T5 lighting

10/27/2008, 12:46 PM	#40
Vapour1ze I'm an Addict. Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Yorkville, IL Posts: 3,036	wow, thats crazy I used to have a condy! ahhh lol, the guy told me I wouldn't get stung or anything, ha. Yea and cdness is right, after I bought that condy and heard of people being stung etc, I bought the orange and blue aqua cloves for like 13 bucks somewhere and now I don't even get wet when entering my tank, and I can position anything and everything without getting stung and or my contaminents in the tank! works good for me, any of you guys ever been STUNG THROUGH GLOVES? __________________ 93 Reef \| 220 Reef \| Basement Fish Life Support Room \| Empty Savings Account

10/27/2008, 01:15 PM	#41
Joe LoPresti Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: san diego Posts: 240	I've been stung by my big frogspawn before. It's more of an irritant than anything else and usually goes away in about 10 minutes. I have also been gotten by my branching hammer coral, but that's usually when I'm cleaning the tank and have gotten little cuts on my fingers. Again, more of an irritant than anything else, usually lasts a very short period of time, I'll go wash my hands off under cold tap water and it goes away. I have Rose Bubble Tip Anemones also, in a species-specific tank. When I first got it (one RBTA has turned into 9 RBTA's), I'd get stung pretty good. A nice little rash for a day and then it would go away. But now, I can put my hand directly into the 'nem when I'm feeding and no stings at all. BTW, this has been a really interesting thread to read, good topic!!! Thanks tehauthority!! __________________ Deep Thoughts, by Jack Handey- "Better not take a dog on the Space Shuttle, because if he sticks his head out when you're coming home his face might burn up." Current Tank Info: 82 gallon custom-built reef tank, 29 gallon softie cube, 29 gallon anemone cube and a 40 gallon Tanganyikan cichlid tank!!!

10/27/2008, 01:38 PM	#42
mikey3165 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: new york Posts: 350	my boss got stung by the foxface at work ...dont knwo what happened to him havent seen him since .... lol just joking but he was ok

10/27/2008, 01:43 PM	#43
Orochimaru 1 of 3 legendary ninjas Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Leaf Village of OC Posts: 3,324	got stung by sea urchin once and lion fish the other time. This is what I got for playing around with tanks at 2am and buzzed. __________________ Gintama, episode 118 = "Live an honest life even if your back is crooked." STD(s) are not Pokemons, you don't have to catch them all!

10/27/2008, 03:54 PM	#45
ReefEnabler Premium Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Cary, NC Posts: 3,760	I've had my elegance coral touch the edges of my fingers a few times. It felt more "sticky" than anything, exactly like putting your hand into a sea anemone. No pain was felt. When I was just a kid living in San Diego, we used to stick our hands into anemones out on the jettis __________________ - Ryan B "that is enough skimmate to ruin lives." - GSMguy Current Tank Info: 220g Display, 70g sump, 35g frag, 50g fuge, 2x250w MH, 1x400w MH, 2x80w T5, 2x140w VHO Actinic

10/27/2008, 06:02 PM	#46
greenbean36191 Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Ft. Lauderdale Posts: 10,598	I've only been stung by one coral and I don't know what it was. I had been taking samples from very deep anemones in the Red Sea and I was slowly working my way back up to shallow water (probably still a bit narced) and I saw some coral that looked like a cross between Blastomussa and elegance. I didn't recognize what it was so I gently nudged it with the back of my finger to see if I could get it to close up and show me some of the skeleton. It lit my finger on FIRE. It burned like crazy for a few hours and swelled up pretty nicely. It itched like poison ivy and stayed red for about 2 weeks. Just the day before I got a whopper of a sting from some sort of planktonic hydroid too that had my whole arm throbbing and going numb. Not a very lucky week for me. I had a girlfriend once that sat on a jellyfish in the Bahamas. I couldn't stop laughing. We didn't last long after that. __________________ Some say the sun rises in the East. Some say it rises in the West. The truth must be somewhere in the middle. Current Tank Info: tore them down to move and haven't had the time or money to set them back up

10/27/2008, 06:40 PM	#47
Rae C. Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Colorado Posts: 916	Capn Hyliner got stung by a longspined urchin and ended up in the hospital with blood poisoning. Use those gloves folks, you never know when you might have a bad reaction! "I had a girlfriend once that sat on a jellyfish in the Bahamas. I couldn't stop laughing. We didn't last long after that. " My husband got stung in a sensitive area when we were visiting Santa Rosa beach in Florida. Made for a painful vacation! __________________ Rae C It's 8:30, kids. Turn off the tank and go to bed! Current Tank Info: 65 gal, softies, 1 mandarine, 1 clown

10/27/2008, 06:58 PM	#48
giambi4343 Moved On Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 651	ive been stung by a foxface. left a mark on my hand but no swelling suprisingly. i got most of the venom out by squeezing it out. so not much got in me.

10/27/2008, 07:09 PM	#49
reefworm Registered Member Join Date: May 2000 Location: Waxhaw, NC USA Posts: 2,139	Euphylia ancora - kind of surprise pinprick, then a little red spot for a day or so. Also got nailed by the ocellaris it was hosting [NOT the other way round ] __________________ "The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter." - Thomas Jefferson Current Tank Info: 29 gal. reef/assist with 75 gal. at the school