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Darkxerox said:
Jeez a venomous and poisonous rabbitfish would be my nightmare
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Just the dorsal spikes, and I don't make a habit of petting my fish. I looked into it and it sounds like it's only slightly worse than a bee sting for some and can be quite painful but not deadly to others. I never had any issues with my last rabbit fish but I knew what behavior to look for and didn't work in the area my fish was in.

The paly toxin is the only thing that really worries me with the baby growing in the house.
 
H2OPlayar said:
Just the dorsal spikes, and I don't make a habit of petting my fish. I looked into it and it sounds like it's only slightly worse than a bee sting for some and can be quite painful but not deadly to others. I never had any issues with my last rabbit fish but I knew what behavior to look for and didn't work in the area my fish was in.

The paly toxin is the only thing that really worries me with the baby growing in the house.
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It depends on how hard they hit you, etc. They can hurt really bad if they get deep enough. I've had dozens of lionfish stings, which all were less then my worst rabbitfish hit. I couldn't work for a week, or use that hand. When you handle thousands of fish, you're bound to get hit.
 
BAYMAC said:
It depends on how hard they hit you, etc. They can hurt really bad if they get deep enough. I've had dozens of lionfish stings, which all were less then my worst rabbitfish hit. I couldn't work for a week, or use that hand. When you handle thousands of fish, you're bound to get hit.
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I didn’t know about rabbit fish spines for a long time and have grabbed them with my hands in the past. Always got lucky I guess. Much more careful now. I’ve only had lion fish twice. Was t fun the first time was much worse.
Do you know if dwarf is less bad than full size?
 
Coral reefer said:
I didn’t know about rabbit fish spines for a long time and have grabbed them with my hands in the past. Always got lucky I guess. Much more careful now. I’ve only had lion fish twice. Was t fun the first time was much worse.
Do you know if dwarf is less bad than full size?
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They feel the same to me. I don't react to lionfish that badly at all. My old boss had an employee go into convulsions and had to be rushed to the ER.

I'm more scared of large triggers, and maroon clownfish then lionfish. They both go right for the webbing between my fingers. My friend had a Titan take his eye brow off, skin and all, while diving.
 
BAYMAC said:
They feel the same to me. I don't react to lionfish that badly at all. My old boss had an employee go into convulsions and had to be rushed to the ER.

I'm more scared of large triggers, and maroon clownfish then lionfish. They both go right for the webbing between my fingers. My friend had a Titan take his eye brow off, skin and all, while diving.
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Silly anecdote, one time I was diving in a quarry in the outskirts of Chicago. It was shallow so I wore a wetsuit that didn't cover my arms. While swimming along I felt something on my arm like a prick. I look around and didn't see anything so I continued on.

A bit later and I feel it again and it's starting to hurt. A couple times more and I realize it's happening to the birthmark on the back of my arm and I notice a bluegill right by me.

Little bastard was trying to eat the birthmark off me. Must've thought it was a bug. Didn't quite get me to bleed but felt like it was on the path to. I did my best underwater ninja attack at it and it mostly ignored me. I did the rest of the dive with my arms crossed covering the birthmark.

Stupid fish.
 
richiev said:
Silly anecdote, one time I was diving in a quarry in the outskirts of Chicago. It was shallow so I wore a wetsuit that didn't cover my arms. While swimming along I felt something on my arm like a prick. I look around and didn't see anything so I continued on.

A bit later and I feel it again and it's starting to hurt. A couple times more and I realize it's happening to the birthmark on the back of my arm and I notice a bluegill right by me.

Little bastard was trying to eat the birthmark off me. Must've thought it was a bug. Didn't quite get me to bleed but felt like it was on the path to. I did my best underwater ninja attack at it and it mostly ignored me. I did the rest of the dive with my arms crossed covering the birthmark.

Stupid fish.
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I'm an ex divemaster... I learned pretty quickly to make sure I didn't have anything to flashy on me LOL
 
Got a coral and nem shipment from Aqua SD. Great prices and huge nems. Too many $5 frags to count.


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Looks like you have the painter's bench and step ladder combo, I might have to do that too for maintenance!

Can you hear the parrotfish munching away when you're at your desk?
 
Kensington Reefer said:
I will say that all the wires on the floor makes me nervous...
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PjFish said:
Toss the nest in a Rubbermaid bin
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Probably through almost a 60 gallon change by now. The skimmer is almost running as clean as I like it.

About time to figure out the dosing, and the rats nest. I have the controller board from my last build, but I am actually not using much of the same equipment right now.

Still liking the Neptune Wav pumps, one power brick shared between 3 pumps is nice.

In other Neptune news, my Trident got shipped to Neptune and back. Originally I was upset with them because I worked with their team to try and debug my test B fail. The person on the phone recommended a self service kit, which I got and didn't fix the issue. Upon reaching back out, a new person let me know Test B fail could only be fixed by sending the unit back for refurb. I was upset because I was out the $75 for the self service kit, but to my surprise, they took that money off my bill for the refurbishment of my unit. So score one for Neptune there to cover for their mistake.
 
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Darkxerox said:
Looks like you have the painter's bench and step ladder combo, I might have to do that too for maintenance!

Can you hear the parrotfish munching away when you're at your desk?
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I like having both ladders. I do not hear the parrotfish. Likely both because it is mostly eating pellets, and because there is a decent hum from the big pumps and water flowing in the 5 tanks.
 
For dosing, the Balling method makes the most sense to me. It gives you control of the 3 major elements, lets you adjust amount of trace element based on coral stocking, and mitigates the slow increase of sodium chloride that is made from dosing 2 part by itself.

I finished setting up my dosing today to include trace elements, magnesium and carbon dosing in the form of vodka to complete the Balling method. I am using a Reef Dose 4 combined with my Dos. The Dos does my Alk and CA with feedback from my Trident. Right now I have 3 heads of the Reef Dose set up to be Mag, part C Balling, and Trader Joes Vodka.
 
H2OPlayar said:
For dosing, the Balling method makes the most sense to me. It gives you control of the 3 major elements, lets you adjust amount of trace element based on coral stocking, and mitigates the slow increase of sodium chloride that is made from dosing 2 part by itself.

I finished setting up my dosing today to include trace elements, magnesium and carbon dosing in the form of vodka to complete the Balling method. I am using a Reef Dose 4 combined with my Dos. The Dos does my Alk and CA with feedback from my Trident. Right now I have 3 heads of the Reef Dose set up to be Mag, part C Balling, and Trader Joes Vodka.
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The hangover! vs balling
 
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