anyone got sting by corals when handling them ?

[giantbicycle]

As above ...just interested to know..share your experience...

[FuEl]

Actually all corals will sting, it just depends on whether our skin is thin enough for the nematocysts to penetrate to cause real damage. Most corals won't be able to do much harm to human skin, with the exception of fire corals. Anyway, carpet anemones are quite strong in their sting, you don't feel the pain, but you can feel the 'stickiness'.

Some people have allergic reactions to corals too.

[triggerpuff]

i got stung by my green bubble tip anemone when trying to remove it. It was stuck firmly on a piece of LR but i had to remove it by hook or by crook cos the buyer was standing right in front of me !!

forefinger turned red & swell a little...

[clownman]

me stung by a bubble coral once. swelling kinda like mosquito bite.

anyway, gone in 2~3 days

[JustinK]

Been stung by both my green BTA and my bubble before. Got a red allergy reaction on my left arm after that... but it depends on individuals, i have sensitive skin, so i guess the reaction is more obvious for my case...

[FuEl]

Hmm..i never got any allergic reactions from these corals before..

[alanseah]

same for me.. touch here and there never gatta any sting be4....

maybe hand too rough and thick..

[ReDDeviLs]

i been with hammers,octo,frogspawn,bubbles,few kind of anemones..

but lucky no problem

[giantbicycle]

ohh...so its not that serious larh...fatal is it pain ??

[bum]

i was at ML about 2 months back...

i saw something that looked like a mushroom,

except that the texture was rougher.

i just exclaimed that it was cute, looked like mouldy bread

then i touched it....(it was placed in the ricordea tub)

i thought i felt a sting, but then mushies dun sting right?

so i tickled it again...

this time i felt the sting distinctly.

i asked henry what it was, he told me:

"heh heh, Hellfire anemone...DUN touch it,

UNLESS you have an affinity for pain "

of cos, by then too late liao...

He was good enough to rinse my finger, with disinfectant soap but

my finger was already swollen, bit numb yet painful in some places

was a weird feeling.

i went to the toilet...then peed on my finger

honest!! but not mush relief

My wife spent the whole day laughing though

till today, there's still abt 20 odd little marks on my left finger

where i got stung

[strat]

i went to the toilet...then peed on my finger

honest!! but not mush relief

Wah..using "poison to counter poison"?

[giantbicycle]

i was at ML about 2 months back...

i saw something that looked like a mushroom,

except that the texture was rougher.

i just exclaimed that it was cute, looked like mouldy bread

then i touched it....(it was placed in the ricordea tub)

i thought i felt a sting, but then mushies dun sting right?

so i tickled it again...

this time i felt the sting distinctly.

i asked henry what it was, he told me:

"heh heh, Hellfire anemone...DUN touch it,

UNLESS you have an affinity for pain "

of cos, by then too late liao...

He was good enough to rinse my finger, with disinfectant soap but

my finger was already swollen, bit numb yet painful in some places

was a weird feeling.

i went to the toilet...then peed on my finger

honest!! but not mush relief

My wife spent the whole day laughing though

till today, there's still abt 20 odd little marks on my left finger

where i got stung

******************LOL*********** yOu tickle it..hahahahhaha...is it chubby... It should be very pain though.. poor thing

[dradttg]

Bum...your pee dont work lah. Need virgin "tong zi" then can.

[sunnymau]

i was at ML about 2 months back...

i saw something that looked like a mushroom,

except that the texture was rougher.

i just exclaimed that it was cute, looked like mouldy bread

then i touched it....(it was placed in the ricordea tub)

i thought i felt a sting, but then mushies dun sting right?

so i tickled it again...

this time i felt the sting distinctly.

i asked henry what it was, he told me:

"heh heh, Hellfire anemone...DUN touch it,

UNLESS you have an affinity for pain "

of cos, by then too late liao...

He was good enough to rinse my finger, with disinfectant soap but

my finger was already swollen, bit numb yet painful in some places

was a weird feeling.

i went to the toilet...then peed on my finger

honest!! but not mush relief

My wife spent the whole day laughing though

till today, there's still abt 20 odd little marks on my left finger

where i got stung

it was lucky for me

i was there few weeks ago. henry stop me in time before i touch it.

thx God for that

[ervine]

So far only thing I've encountered is slimming... think my corals in my tank pretty safe...

[typrobin]

my skin is thick enough for anemone, hammer and frogspawn....so far no prob....hope is dun have to pee on my fingers ever again....i heard pee helps to dilute the poison....if kena sting by urchin, have to urine on the injured part to help....

[ReDDeviLs]

hm..sounds interesting..

i heard from a reefer that he saw his friends step on stonefish and eventually die...the weird thing is that,if u step on it during low tide..

the next lowtide than the pain kicks in..

sorry kinda off topic.

anyway the slimmy thing on corals stinks!

[RAV-65]

i was at ML about 2 months back...

i saw something that looked like a mushroom,

except that the texture was rougher.

i just exclaimed that it was cute, looked like mouldy bread

then i touched it....(it was placed in the ricordea tub)

i thought i felt a sting, but then mushies dun sting right?

so i tickled it again...

this time i felt the sting distinctly.

i asked henry what it was, he told me:

"heh heh, Hellfire anemone...DUN touch it,

UNLESS you have an affinity for pain "

of cos, by then too late liao...

He was good enough to rinse my finger, with disinfectant soap but

my finger was already swollen, bit numb yet painful in some places

was a weird feeling.

i went to the toilet...then peed on my finger

honest!! but not mush relief

My wife spent the whole day laughing though

till today, there's still abt 20 odd little marks on my left finger

where i got stung

Saw dat nasty anemone too, luckily Henry warned me b4 I could do anything stupid!!

Vincent Ho

[giantbicycle]

whao...so anemones have the most powerful sting.. ..Thats why Workers at CF use glove and spade to handle them.. ... Anymore experience to share..???