Ever been bitten?

ReeferDave01 · Apr 7, 2017

Well here's one thread I haven't seen yet. Have you ever been bitten by your critters? Lets hear it.

I was doing light maintenance today, stuck my hand in the tank and for the first time ever, my Niger Tang thought my finger was a tasty snack. I definitely felt his nibble. Didn't break skin but if I could, I'd have slapped him silly lol

happyhourhero · Apr 7, 2017

My clowns mercilessly attack me any time i put my hand in or even near the water.

rantipole · Apr 7, 2017

Never been bitten by fish. I've kept reptiles extensively and been bitten by those quite a bit. BTW, even baby anacondas HURT!

Cheers,
rant

Labridaedicted · Apr 7, 2017

My old female clown used to bite the fool out of me every time my hand was in the tank

5altkreep · Apr 7, 2017

My female clown strikes at my hand occasionally. Even though i know to expect it, once in awhile i flinch and splash water all over, lol.

Years ago i had a (flowerhorn?) Cichlid that i inherited. He was about 10" and would break the surface and take food out of my fingers...really neat. One day i was showing him off to a friend, and he got a good chunk of my thumb with his meal! Even drew blood.

Reduck · Apr 7, 2017

Clown gets me every time. I think she knows when I'm not gloved and that's when she goes for it.

saltyhog · Apr 7, 2017

The only critters to bite me maliciously has been my clowns. I get bitten/struck on the hand every day by my wrasses, tang and copperband butterfly. It's one of the consequences of hand feeding your fish. Never is anything more than a tickle but it's a little of a shock when you're not expecting it.

vlangel · Apr 7, 2017

I worked in a lfs and I was gently trying to swish an eel out of his den. It was not a snowflake that just has the 2 fangs in the front. This eel had 3 rows of razor sharp teeth and he sliced my ring finger down to the bone. As a seasoned employee I did not want to alarm the customer too much so I just closed my hand into a fist, (as the eel's tank instantly turned red with my blood) and excused myself to go to the office and survey the damage. It was almost quitting time so I washed it out good, put lots of neosporin in it and butterflied it until I got home.

alten78 · Apr 7, 2017

My clowns are the only ones that would maliciously bite/whip my hand. My foxface bites the crap out of my fingers trying to get at food....i dont trust his spines so i finally got smart and quit thawing food in the tank.

5Bucks · Apr 7, 2017

Had a spotted moray about 25 years ago. Used to entertain friends by making a ring with my fingers that he'd swim through. One day he latched onto a finger. He didn't want to let go. Had him hanging by my finger out of the water for about 30 seconds before he let go after a lot of shaking on my part. These days female clown very aggressive. Nips my hand every time my hand goes I the tank. Also get an occasional nip from a domino damsel

mdlc805 · Apr 7, 2017

rantipole said:
Never been bitten by fish. I've kept reptiles extensively and been bitten by those quite a bit. BTW, even baby anacondas HURT!

Cheers,
rant

I have a ball python and it bit my brother but never me

JaimeAdams · Apr 7, 2017

Reptiles...I had a small alligator stuck to my nose once. I had to pry it's mouth open. Large monitor lizards, pythons, anacondas, boas.

Fish... I have a Clarki who is very mean. Today at work I got stung by a fox face. Waiting for the Moral either at home or at work to bite me.

Jisko · Apr 7, 2017

happyhourhero said:
My clowns mercilessly attack me any time i put my hand in or even near the water.

yup.. mine even jumped out of the tank and attacked me haha

DarkSky · Apr 7, 2017

In my reef tank? The female clown would go after me if I went near the nem.

Outside of the reef tank? I had a snapping turtle get a piece of my finger. I let him go after that.

Efranco · Apr 7, 2017

My male clown thinks he a great white shark or something when my hand is in the tank...its a real pain to do any type of maintenance in the lower half of the tank

Crashjack · Apr 8, 2017

I used to have paired tomato clowns. They attacked me every time I stuck my hand in the tank... so much that I got so used to it, I didn't even flinch.

cmcoker · Apr 8, 2017

Female clown, sneaky little bugger. I can usually keep an eye on her and wave her off, unless I'm trying to adjust something near the bottom of the tank. Then she will sneak up behind me and bite the back of my arm. I've smacked my lights a few times being startled, good thing it's leds.

Maddlesrain · Apr 8, 2017

My female clown has drawn blood before. This isn't a bite, but I've also been stabbed by a long spine urchin I had. Didn't so much hurt as it being a shock.

40B Knasty · Apr 8, 2017

My Figure 8 Puffer play bites me. Happens when I take my finger and swirl it around the top of the tank. He spins around in circles trying to catch it. If he did latch on to me that would stink, because he has a beak that smashes through snails and clams.