Your really having a rough start at this. I almost always wear gloves when I have to handle anything in my tank now. A box of 100 blue nitrile gloves sells for $10 and lasts for a very long time. They're pretty tough yet disposable and they don't have any powder inside like the latex gloves typically do.

Unless I missed it somewhere in this thread. What is the treatment for anemone stings. And fox face stings

Frogspawn stings
 

Hi,

I have had my frog spawns sting me (especially my largest one) and I immediately run hot water (hot as I can stand it) over the rash for as long as I can stand it. This will help prevent some swelling. I can't remember where I learned this. I am guessing this treatment may "kill" or wash out the sting nematocysts that the coral "flings out" at you.

It's been my experience that you don't have to get very close to the coral - a couple of inches will do to ellicite a reaction from the coral.

AquaAddict
PS I sold that large coral in order to have more maneuvering room.

well, my allergies seem to be going away as I have less and less skin reaction and itch, but I will try the hot water trick next time, thanks a lot.

When I was badly stung by a maxi mini nem I ran my hand under hot water and soaked it in vinegar which helped take the initial sting out. I had red welts and it was itchy for a week but one thing that really helped was an anti itch cream like Benadryl.

When you guys state a "Rash" what doesn't your rash look like is there any Folliculitis occurring after the sting/exposure?

I was target feeding my Black Long-spined Urchin recently, and, as the saying goes, 'Don't bite the hand that feeds you', except apparently my urchin doesn't know this ...

Instead of feeding him Nori with a feeding prong, I thought I'd try a hand feeding
As he was on the front glass, I figured it would be easy to poke a piece of nori into his general area. I held the nori against the glass with 1 finger and slowly pushed it towards him. He started to get the idea and was crawling up the glass towards the nori (and my hand)
I kept my hand against the glass the whole time, and his spines were checking me out, but nothing major ...
He keeps coming up the glass, finds the nori, and then he suddenly flares out and pokes me on a knuckle :surprise:

I don't know if it was a reaction form him or not, but it hurt at first
I kept my hand in the tank until he grabbed the nori, so my sting was in the water for over a minute
By the time I got my finger to the sink for hot water it was a black dot, like I'd been poked with a pencil
After a couple of minutes of hot water, the pain went away and after a couple of hours the pain was gone

The next day my knuckle was back to normal

Mine look like poison oak rash, so I am guessing that my skin reaction is caused by my own body producing istamine rather than by the substance itself since the reaction is too similar to a simple allergic reaction.

This photo is not mine but it look similar to this, with little pimples and red rash around, and it itch like crazy. If I put cortisone cream it goes away in a day or two:

http://byebyedoctor.com/wp-content/u...h-pictures.jpg

Here's pic's of my hand after I was stung

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/i...t/1B8E3EF2.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/i...t/EA351AC4.jpg

How to Get Rid of Zoas?
 

Hi! I'd appreciate any advice on how to remove some of my Zoas or at least slow them down from reproducing so quickly. I'm not really a big fan of them any longer.If anyone would like some, we can swap live rocks.

You should post this in the 'Coral' section
This thread is not relevent to your dilemma

Go to Reef, and find the Coral sub-thread at the top left of the page

i thought it was palys (paly toxin) zoas iv never had a problem with

I had read this before on different forums but just ignored it like most people thinking it can't be that bad.
I had 2 scrapes on my hand and I went to pick up big frogspawn coral that had fallen down next to Anenome. I don't know if one or both got me but that was painful lesson. It hurt for days. The cut where the skin was off from didn't heal fully for a month.
learned to listen to other hobbyist when they tell u something.

Bought the 20$ coralife gloves the same week .


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OOOOHHHHH MAN! U SAID IT BROTHER! My wife has gone "wifezilla" on me a time or two.My only defense is there are far worse things I could be doing with my spare time and (lack of LMAO) spare cash

In my EMS education and Dive training (rescue diver and Divemaster cert) both talk about treating jellyfish stings with warm salt water or distilled white vinegar to neutralize the sting. Then using salt water and baking soda mixed into a paste and smeared all over the site then scraped off to help remove stingers.
Calamine lotion, Benadryl (the liquid oral stuff can be smeared topically as well) and ibuprofen can help decrease the after effects of stings/pain.
(http://www.aabana.de/Health/Health-2...jellyfish.html)

Of course always seek medical assistance as a CYA...

and have to be careful with nitrile gloves, due to their permeability can only be worn for so many minutes before they start to break down and decrease effectiveness as a barrier device (will have to ask the clinical educator I spoke with for the AHS documents on this). I believe for medical purposes, we are told to change our gloves after 8 mins as they are not effective at protection (especially when dealing with contagious bodily fluids). Double gloving does not prevent/decrease this process either.
(interesting right?!)

Depending on the type of gloves you use they are said to be good for approx 20 minutes. If you double glove that cuts your time in half due to the heat, moisture and increased tension.

Remember all our gloves have micro tears and through moving stretching and heat these slowly fracture and become bigger. Always good Practise to wash hands after.

glove
 

Thanks for the great info I will differently get some gloves

gloves
 

try the gorilla gloves.you can get them thicker than most nitrile gloves

Not an animal living in our tanks but watch out for electricity....Got a pretty good scare the other day when I stuck my hand in the tank and I could feel it. Not a strong shock more like an irritant and then the breaker blew in the house. Looked in my sump after and a heater was filled with water so it must have failed because I had vinegar bathed my return pump and was moving rock around in the sump and must have damaged it. Thinking I will get a volt meter to test water prior to sticking my hands in the tank going forward.
A GFI (believe that's what there called) would be very beneficial to every reef keeper as well.
Maybe its common sense that electricity and water don't mix but its something I stopped thinking about after the couple years I have been in the hobby.