chimera Posted February 9, 2005 Report Share Posted February 9, 2005 fire coral or millipora. if you ever get one, take real care handling it. alois gave me one a while back, I was ripping out some hair algae tonight and the bastard stung me on the wrist. holy @#$%!@# it hurts!!! oh great.... http://www.emedicinehealth.com/articles/27758-3.asp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pies Posted February 9, 2005 Report Share Posted February 9, 2005 There is a news flash. *said with heavy sarcastic tone* The pain from some fire coral stings can be so bad that before they knew that vinigar can help nutralise it there were cases of people taking aputation over leaving the pain, which can last for months. Pie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted February 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2005 news flash: chimera can no longer clean his reef tank or arrange his corals. he has no arms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted February 9, 2005 Report Share Posted February 9, 2005 Donations to buy Chimera a stick to play in his tank with? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lduncan Posted February 9, 2005 Report Share Posted February 9, 2005 I have a scar on my wrist from one of those as well. Brushed past it when i was moving stuff around. Luckily it wasn't too bad. But it felt like pins and needles, and string burning sensation. It blistered as well. Layton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cracker Posted February 9, 2005 Report Share Posted February 9, 2005 got a picture of it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lduncan Posted February 9, 2005 Report Share Posted February 9, 2005 I don't have a photo. But are these graphic enough? http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showt ... genumber=1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skuzza Posted February 10, 2005 Report Share Posted February 10, 2005 I got a sting from an anenome i had.The tips of the tenticles stuck to my hand.It looked like bee stingers stuck in my hand and f#@k*n hurt.They turned into mini boils.It also tryed to eat all my fish. 8) I sold it to an anenome lover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiverJohn Posted February 10, 2005 Report Share Posted February 10, 2005 OK, those sensitive individuals i apologise in advance but I thought you guys might like a funny storey I heard from some american tourists.... They were out diving on a boat and the lady got stung by a jelly fish. Well Pies is right, vinegar does work. But alas the dive boat had no vinegar! And the locals (whom I under stood to have a very poor grasp of English) weren'ty much help. So many miles off shore, and not requiring amputation, hubby was pressed to provide a "suitable alternative" to the vineagr. So off he raced to the gally, grabbed a coffee cup, ducked into the head (the proper name for a loo on a boat! ) A short time later he returned with a coffe cup full of, shall we say, "yellow liquid" and he proceded to quench the burning. In a strange twist to the storey there were no coffee cups on board the next day And FYI this is actually a legitimate First aid treatment for jelly fish stings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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