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06/15/2018, 07:40 AM | #1 |
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What's the worst injury you sustained working on your tank?
What's the worst injury you sustained working on your tank?
For me, I used to have a UVC sterilizer in my sump. Ignored the warnings and cleaned out my sump for an hour with the UVC nearby. Next day and for a week had a major sunburned face. Im a dumbaxx. Another time, I was working with Kalk powder. Dud smthg to cause a temp cloud of it in the air and took a couple breaths not knowing it was bad for you. Firvthe next 3 days my throat and lung were slightly sore. Again, I'm a dumbaxx Last month I killed off a bunch of ugly palys in the DT by smothering them with homemade Kalk paste. A day later I did a deep clean on my sump. With all those palys dying the water must have had a bunch of palytoxin in the water. For 2 days I lost my appetite, had a headache, felt lightheaded. what are some if your injury stories? |
06/15/2018, 08:56 AM | #2 |
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I just placed an order for a bubble home for you. Should be at your door tomorrow before you start your weekend maintenance.
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06/15/2018, 10:04 AM | #3 |
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Multiple multiple bite wounds from my female clown. The male just stays near the eggs but the female will do a full blown attack.
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06/15/2018, 10:07 AM | #4 |
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I had a large female maroon clown who would draw blood whenever I put my hand into the tank....
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06/15/2018, 11:22 AM | #5 |
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Oh where to start, stuck by a long spine urchin, stuck by a lionfish, bit by various clowns and even a shark once, cut myself on various corals and tools.
By far the worst was electricity related. My canister filter popped a hose and was spraying water all down the back of the tank. I reached to unplug the power cords not realizing they were covered in saltwater. I woke up and luckily I had passed out on dry carpet...
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06/15/2018, 11:26 AM | #6 |
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Scraped my knuckle a bit on a rock once..
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06/15/2018, 12:57 PM | #7 |
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Got a nasty vibrio infection in my hand one time - month long course of antibiotic took care of it. Fortunate that my doc is also a reefer.
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06/15/2018, 01:22 PM | #8 |
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Pulled my back pulling carpet and pad out of the basement after my sons tank seam burst. Poor kid was also in tears.
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06/15/2018, 01:25 PM | #9 | |
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Gary 180 gallon, 40 gallon sump, 3 250 W MH + 4 80W ATI T5's, MTC MVX 36 Skimmer, Apex controller Aquamaxx T-3 CaRx Current Tank Info: A 2 Barred Rabbitfish, Red Head Salon, Yellow/Purple, McMaster Fairy, Possum, 2 Leopard Wrasses, Kole, & Atlantic Blue Tangs, 2 Percula Clown, 3 PJ and 1 Banggai Cardinalfish , Swallowtail, Bellus and Coral Beauty Angels |
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06/15/2018, 01:27 PM | #10 |
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Does Palytoxin poisoning count. Not really an injury, more a result.
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06/15/2018, 01:32 PM | #11 |
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What's the worst injury you sustained working on your tank?
Electrocuted from a light fixture that was all corroded. No gfi cos I plugged it in to see if it actually worked or not.
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06/15/2018, 01:33 PM | #12 |
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Spent a week off work after getting just a little too up close and personal with texas trash palys.
Many years ago (pre-GFI) I had a powerhead stop working on my undergravel filter. Unplugged it and took it to the kitchen sink to clean. Took it all apart, cleaned it up and put it in a bowl of water to test. Plugged it in and nothing happened, so I reached into the bowl to give it a good shake. Let me repeat that. Reached into the metal bowl, sitting in the metal sink. I woke up a few seconds later across the room leaning against the wall. Walked around the house for about an hour telling myself "Sure - I'm ok". Shoulda gone to the ER, but I worked there and didn't want to be laughed at by my coworkers. Easily could have killed me.
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06/15/2018, 02:21 PM | #13 |
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LOL, this was 35 years ago, pre Home Depot, Lowes, computers, internet and forums. GFI might have existed back then, but at 10 years old I had never heard of it. I was the only one I knew that even had a Saltwater aquarium. I was learning as I went with books and TFH magazine. Now...yes...everything GFI!
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06/15/2018, 03:05 PM | #14 | |
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Exact same thing for me, she was the killer fish (leopard wrasse) in my tank. Last month i exchange her for a baby at my lfs, so the male will undergo the female transformation and get more agressive once the hormones start to work... Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk |
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06/15/2018, 05:35 PM | #15 |
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When I was scraping algae of the glass, my doliatus rabbitfish jumped out of the tank and I grabbed it mid-air. Got stung over 5+ different places on both may hands and couldn't do anything with my hands for 2 days due to swelling and pain.
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06/16/2018, 08:04 AM | #16 | |
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06/18/2018, 09:39 AM | #17 |
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So far it's only been injuries to my wallet.
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06/18/2018, 09:52 AM | #18 |
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Those will never stop.
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06/18/2018, 11:14 AM | #19 |
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broke my thumb hand tightening a bulkhead. I was in ER filled with people with nasty flu on new year's eve. I can use my thumb again now after 6 months, but still does not feel right.
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06/18/2018, 11:17 AM | #20 |
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Stuck my elbow into the top of a 12" round carpet anemone.
Had to use a plastic scraper to slowly get him off my arm. |
06/18/2018, 02:59 PM | #21 |
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Pinched nerve on my shoulder trying to reach over my sump to get to my Reactor and unscrew it under tight and narrow space.
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06/18/2018, 07:43 PM | #22 |
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Yeah I broke my wallet too
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06/18/2018, 07:52 PM | #23 |
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Local hand infection from rock scrape.
Scraped back of hand on rock. Got local aeromonas infection. Resolved with oral antibiotic. No pain. No spread or systemic effects.
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06/18/2018, 08:34 PM | #24 |
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Bent over to pick up a full 7 gallon bucket (the tall ones you sometimes see) the wrong way. Threw out my back and spent most of the week on the couch. That water change took a while to finish haha.
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06/19/2018, 11:37 AM | #25 |
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This.....(wait for it)
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