Marine aquarium cautions

[Mike-fish]

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

[fishoholic]

Originally Posted by Mike-fish

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

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.

[HaZRaTTy]

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

[gregzz4]

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

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

[daniella3d]

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:

Originally Posted by HaZRaTTy

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

[fishoholic]

Originally Posted by HaZRaTTy

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

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

[RipCurl]

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.

[gregzz4]

Originally Posted by RipCurl

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