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04-16-2008, 08:58 AM
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| | Coral Banded Shrimp
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Michigan Age: 22
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Has anyone been hit with a foxface's venomous spines. I just bought one, he is gorgeous but now I am afraid to put my hand in the tank. I heard they are excellent at eating hair algae, I'm just a little nervous now to do any maintenance in my tank.
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75 gallon:1 shrimp-killing long nose hawk, leather toadstool, yellow leather, branching hammers, favia, zoas, mushrooms, frogspawn, flower looking clover polyps, anthelia, green star polyps, pearl bubble coral, red brain thing, elegance coral and a orange sun coral looking thing. Hermits, sandsifting snails, turbo snails.
Nano: 2 Nemos, a royal gramma, 1 clener shrimp, a couple hermits, 1 turbo snail, a mushroom rock and a sebae anemone. | 
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04-16-2008, 09:03 AM
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| | 3reef Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wethersfield, CT Age: 39
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Tangster just got zapped last week when feeding the fish but besides just a sting that lasts a little while, there were no ill effects.  When I added the fish to the tank, I took it out of the bag with my hands (prefer this method to using a net) and didn't get stung at all. They really don't want to sting you so they'll avoid it at all costs. | |
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04-16-2008, 09:06 AM
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| | 3reef Sponsor
Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Va/Ct
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Matter of Fact I just had ours to spike me last week when I was feeding them.. He /it was so much in a hurry and defensive at feeding time and I poked him or he poked me ? But Don't believe all you read and or hear It to me is less then a bee sting and a little spot .. Just hold it under some warm water .. And a Vinegar dip would not hurt (: I just let mine be Like I said to me its about like a bee sting
We put ours and the Rabbit also in the tank by hand as I do all my new additions .. Never use a net.. _________ Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible (Doug Larson) | |
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04-16-2008, 09:42 AM
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| | 3reef Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wethersfield, CT Age: 39
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Is there an echo in here?  | |
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04-16-2008, 09:45 AM
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| | 3reef Sponsor
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No I hit post then saw your post (: I guess you must have started to reply 10 mins after I did ? | |
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04-16-2008, 09:49 AM
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| | 3reef Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wethersfield, CT Age: 39
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I was 3 minutes ahead of you | |
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04-16-2008, 09:51 AM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 59
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Great minds think alike...  _________ AG "125," AquaC EV 180, 30 gal sump, "SCWD", 80 lbs LR, CoralSeaLife "Moonlite" Hood, PFO 250W HQI Mini-Pendant (SPS HQI 14000k bulb)
12 Gallon NanoCube - 24w stock PC 50/50 light "...nothing good ever happens fast in a reef tank, only bad things happen fast..."
- MIKE PALLETTA - (2008 Reef log) ("OmarD"/"Scott") | |
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04-16-2008, 10:08 AM
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| | Coral Banded Shrimp
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Michigan Age: 22
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Thanks guys for all your help. I was really concerned. I was afraid that I would be making a trip to the emergency room if I got hit. | |
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04-16-2008, 02:03 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: TN Age: 31
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Originally Posted by amcarrig  Is there an echo in here? | echo echo echo! _________ [center]Renaming Our Corals "Believe those who are seeking the truth; doubt those who find it." Andre Gide | |
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04-16-2008, 02:35 PM
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| | Peppermint Shrimp
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Detroit, Michigan
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all depends if ur allergic to it! i heard of a guy not so long ago who almost died from it, im not kidding, he was severely allergic.....just try not to get stung.....just incase.....
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120g, 3 niger triggers, 2 tomato's, 2 puffers, 2 anglers,
eel, lrg black lion
5g, 4 baby black ociis, haitian, rock and bubble tip anemone, frogspawn, hammers, candycanes, blue ricordia, zenia, leather, plate coral, peppermint shrimp, yellow jawfish, porcelain anemone crab, lrg ass. bristle worms | |
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