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Post by lindsey1984 on Jan 21, 2013 21:39:09 GMT -5
did he get him from you Christian? LOL!!!
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Post by jess on Jan 21, 2013 21:45:13 GMT -5
I sometimes get little bumps on the tips or sides of my fingers that disappear after a few days. My anemones never bother me when i handle them. My ex one time got a NASTY sting from a monster carpet anemone i had lol. I was at work and when i came home his whole forarm was a blazing red rash. A powerhead had falled off the side and onto the anemone. When he went to seperate the powerhead from the carpet it curled around his arm. Took him a bit to wrestle him off haha
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2013 21:50:16 GMT -5
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Post by scoobnoob on Jan 22, 2013 6:17:12 GMT -5
I'm not kidding..my wife thought I was joking till she went downstairs and waved her finger about an 1" above the water and he poked his head out nipping at her! I'll take a video when I get the gloves later today.....I think I may have traumatized it by putting it in the pumpkin aquarium for 6hrs.
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Post by bampy on Jan 22, 2013 13:24:33 GMT -5
This is turning into a good topic.
Brings to mind a friend of mine. He was keeping a large fw tank with fish and turtles. He used his mouth to start a syphon. He contracted hepatitis. Almost killed him. After over a decade he has not completely recovered. Joint troubles ETAL.
I have seen people I would not have expected it from use their mouths to start a syphon. Very dangerous. Even if you don't take water into your mouth, you are still taking in all the moist gasses in the syphon tube.
There are a lot of ways to set up a syphon that are easier.
My favorite is to simply fill the hose with water, place thumbs over each end of the tube, stick one end in the water to be drawn from and the other in the receiving bucket and release. Your syphon is going.
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Post by lindsey1984 on Jan 22, 2013 14:15:03 GMT -5
I think gloves are in my near future! hahahha
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Post by ryansweatt2004 on Jan 22, 2013 14:21:09 GMT -5
Yea gloves really are a must. Aside from any corals or anemones that can sting, older aged tanks are usually filled with little hitchhikers like bristle worms, vermetid snails or other little critters that can really leave a bad sting or rash.
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Post by scoobnoob on Jan 23, 2013 18:39:42 GMT -5
Used my gloves for the first time today. I ended up with the coralife gloves commonly available...I have a strong hatred of the brand and was hoping for something else. Anyways the gloves are really thick and hard for intricate movement, even picking up and placing coral was much more difficult though easier with branching lps, I struggled to pick up encrusting corals, such as an Acan I needed to move to another tank. I'm not a fan and will probably only use them during water changes. I'll probably use some vinyl gloves when fragging.
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Post by ryansweatt2004 on Jan 23, 2013 19:01:39 GMT -5
I've never been a huge fan of them either
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