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11-07-2005, 01:01 PM
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| | Coral Banded Shrimp
Join Date: May 2005 Location: Atlanta, GA
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|  Fireworms...
They don't call them that for nothing. I was cleaning my tank earlier, and accdentaly brushed up against one....felt like I was stung by a hornet.:mad:
For what it is worth, vinegar and ice help out a lot. | 
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11-07-2005, 03:51 PM
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| | Coral Banded Shrimp
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5 hours later...still burns...I am going to switch from Topical vingar to an oral Jack Daniels and Coke solution...I am confident this will help. | |
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11-07-2005, 04:27 PM
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| | Vlamingii Tang
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11-07-2005, 05:25 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Los Angeles, California Age: 21
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also, to get the stingers out you can try putting mud letting it dry and then peeling it off, works with the spikey plants  _________ Tank Specs:
55 Gallon Mixed Reef
48" Tek Light: 4-54W T5 HO Fluorescents
Bulbs:
1 x 54w Fiji Purple T5 HO Fluorescent
1 x 54w Super Actinic Blue T5 HO Flourescent
1 x 54w 14000K AquaBlue 75/25 T5 HO Fluorescent
1 x 54w 10000k AquaSun T5 HO Fluorescent
Hard Stuff:
100+ lb. Fiji Live Rock
65+ lb. Live sand
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11-08-2005, 05:11 AM
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| | Coral Banded Shrimp
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Doing great today! A couple of cocktails, some topical vinegar and ammonia, and a little ice, and all is well. Hurt most of the night though. I would equate it more to a jellyfish sting, or even fire coral. Definitely on of my list of things to NOT do again. :-) Thanks! | |
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11-08-2005, 05:39 AM
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| | Whip-Lash Squid
Join Date: May 2004 Location: PhillySuburbs, Pennsylvania Age: 42
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Youch! Glad you are feeling better! _________ http://www.3reef.com/uploads/BirdSig3.jpgI Love My Sig By John Hawkins!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Date Started 9/04 58 gallon Oceanic Tank, 20 gal DIY sump/fuge w/ Kent Marine Auto top-off, Air Water Ice RO/DI, 10,000 K 175 W MH, 2 VHO 03's 96W each, AquaC EV 120 Skimmer
80 lbs LR, DSB in FUGE, 1 - 2 " LS in tank
Black Brittle Star, Chevron Tang, Crocea Clam, red & green Lobophyllia, Frogspawn, Porites Frag, Caulastrea Frag, Green Ricordia, Asst. Zoas, hermits, astreas, stomatellas, fighting conch  | |
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11-08-2005, 06:05 AM
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| | 3reef Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wethersfield, CT Age: 39
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Did you pull the bristles out with a tweezer, assuming that there were bristles stuck in your skin? | |
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11-08-2005, 06:13 AM
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| | Coral Banded Shrimp
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Yup, used tweezers to get the ones I could see. Then I took some medical tape and used is to pull out the ones I could not see (thanks to www.e-medicine.com for that bit of advice). | |
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