Agreed. People really need to take the potential dangers within tanks more seriously (says the guy stung by a lionfish). I was more careless myself years ago. It always kills me when I hear people tell new reefers "just wash your hands and you'll be fine".
Are you saying that you repeatedly poked it with your finger?Repeatedly poked a Fireworm. What was I thinking?!
I eventually removed the worm, which was torn into 6 pieces in the process (don’t worry, all of them were retrieved).
I grabbed the bristle worm thinking it was something else… needless to say wasn’t a very good ideaRepeatedly poked a Fireworm. What was I thinking?!
I eventually removed the worm, which was torn into 6 pieces in the process (don’t worry, all of them were retrieved).
Oh ok. That's a little better. Lol
Yes. Unfortunately.
I don’t know, knock on wood, but I’ve been keeping reef tanks for over 20 years, and I’ve never had any issues from putting my hands in the tank, at least not from toxins or bristle worms (and I’ve touched a fair few of them). I have been severely stung by this weird little anemone I had years ago (very knowledgeable lfs owner didn’t know what it was, nor did I, it was about an inch and half wide and it looked sort of like the under side of a lion’s mane jellyfish or a fluffier version of a sea apple’s tentacles, only it was pastel blue, pink, and yellow), it blistered up pretty bad and looked almost like a chemical burn. I also had a dime size chunk of flesh taken out of the back of my hand by an undulated trigger, like a half sphere with the diameter of a dime, still have a gnarly scar from it. Pretty sure it swallowed the piece of meat.
Wrong person.
