How poisonous is a rabbitfish?

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I have a gold spot rabbitfish in QT. It's become pretty used to me and wags it tail like a dog only inches from my finger while I put algae in it's clip.
 
As above, apparently similar to a bee sting. One of the few common things i havent been got by, handled plenty of rabbitfish and never had a problem with them.
Have a magnificent who likes to eat out of my fingers and is always having a nose at whatever I do in the tank. I'm more worried about animals I can't see.

Think I'm right I that hot water denatures the venom protein like lionfish but worth a check.
 
Great fish... loved mine, but he had to go. Perfect behavior for a year, then... he ate two wall hammers and a clam in under a week.

Never been stung by one, but having mine nose around when I'm in the tank was common. As long as you're aware, I don't think it's a big deal.

As above, I'm pretty sure I've heard that hot water will break down their venom quickly.
 
I love my one spot, he is tame. But I also noticed after about a year he started munching on my Toadstool and a disk coral.
As long as the sticks to picking at the Toadstool I am okay with that, He killed the disk coral ...

He has never tried to sting me.
 
It's a good burning bee sting, lingers a bit longer than a bee sting
 
Yep, mine got me during a tank transfer and it hurt worse than a bee sting. Then again, I am not bothered by bee stings usually. Just wasps. More like the wasp sting for me. Possible it depends on your body's reaction.
 

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