Stung by something... what would do this?

[saltyhog]

Did you feel a prick while working in the tank? I got a small puncture from a vermetid snail tube that got infected and looked like that.

 

[krash7172]

Hard to say what it was. Different people have different reactions to what they touch in reef tanks. I've touched or accidentally grabbed torches, hammers and frog spawn without this happening. Same goes for bristleworms. They cant seem to penetrate my calloused hands. My sister on the other hand, has had a bad reation to bristleworms. Said it was similar to stinging nettle, for those that have ran into that before.

Nettles in the midwest.... I'd rather be stung by a jellyfish. Seriously though, you are right. Everyone reacts differently.

 

[fishguy242]

Euphelia sting
Dip finger in peroxide and let it fizz. hold on to a bag of ice and if you have, take a Benadryl

exactly

 

[krash7172]

I jinxed myself. Dealing with poison ivy now. Lol. Dangit.

 

[fishguy242]

I jinxed myself. Dealing with poison ivy now. Lol. Dangit.

a laugh,like,n a sad ,all in one

 

[Lithoman]

Had a buddy years ago that was tearing down a tank. Guy came to pick up the tank, so my buddy is emptying it, and all the live rock in it, and grabbed a bristle worm on rock he picked up, and looked exactly like the picture I attached, but on multiple fingers. ER didn't even know how to help him. He went home and removed them by putting duct tape on it and pulling, repeatedly.

Your Buddy went to the ER? Sounds like an expensive lesson..

 

[reefiniteasy]

Feels pretty good today. Pressure hurts but no burning. Sprayed my medicine again this morning. Definitely think that helped.

 

[H3rm1tCr@b]

This is what a bristle worm does. Granted it's a really extreme example, but still.

I think I’m immune to the stings, I don’t feel them anymore I’ve been stung so many times.

 

[H3rm1tCr@b]

Hey everyone! Had to move a zoa this morning. Nearby corals are couple of Zoas, frogspawn, devil’s hand and Hollywood stunner chalice. What would cause this burning blister?

Maybe you have a secret Bobbit worm that bit you! Google if you don’t know what that is... actually don’t you won’t sleep.

 

[Miller535]

Maybe you have a secret Bobbit worm that bit you! Google if you don’t know what that is... actually don’t you won’t sleep.

I googled it, god God that thing does not look like a worm, but one of those creatures out of that movie tremors.

 

[reefiniteasy]

Maybe you have a secret Bobbit worm that bit you! Google if you don’t know what that is... actually don’t you won’t sleep.

No Bobbit worm, and if there was I would burn the tank down.

 

[Eggs]

From past experience with a Euphyllia dominated tank, likely the Frogspawn (I used to get blisters fairly frequently, especially on the soft skin of the inside wrist). Chalice have a strong sting, too, so that's always a possibility.

I’ve been tagged by both a Hammer and a Galaxea, +1 on the Frogspawn.

 

[H3rm1tCr@b]

I googled it, god God that thing does not look like a worm, but one of those creatures out of that movie tremors.

Yeah, a dude couldn’t figure out why his fish would occasionally disappear and eventually broke down his tank and found one that was SIX FEET LONG.

 

[Miller535]

Yeah, a dude couldn’t figure out why his fish would occasionally disappear and eventually broke down his tank and found one that was SIX FEET LONG.

Thanks, you just made my nightmares SO much worse. lol