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12-09-2008, 11:15 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 1,545 City: Dunwoody State: GA Occupation: IT Contracting and Resourcing
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Live rock got me. Got you yet?
So I can't find any posts on people getting their fingers stuck or pricked by live rock so I'll post one to see what everyone says. I was moving rock today and got pricked in my finger tip. I dug around to make sure no slivers were in there but now my finger tip is swollen a bit. I hope it goes down tonight.
Guess it's time to get some gloves. Who else has gotten stuck and what happened to you? |
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12-09-2008, 11:35 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 4,144 City: Valdosta State: GA Occupation: Restaurant GM Other Interests: Resto work
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Oh yeah. Stabbed my pinky with some and it was bigger than my thumb for 2 days. I think it was an old vermatid tube that got me. Nothing Jack Daniels couldn't help me through.
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12-10-2008, 12:04 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 1,975 City: Buford State: GA Occupation: Aquarium Manufacturing Other Interests: Kayaking, reptiles, rock climbing and caving
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I have ended up with literally thousands after recieving a ton of liverock and decided to scrub all the rock before curing. I was picking them out for days.
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12-10-2008, 12:14 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 311 City: Athens State: GA Occupation: ecology student Other Interests: dressage, photography
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I've gotten stuck by bristeworms a few times and my finger will swell up for a day or two. Nothing too bad.
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12-10-2008, 12:18 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 4,539 City: Roswell State: Ga Occupation: gigolo Other Interests: spluenking
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There are some pretty nasty bugs that can be on LR. Do you have a living will in place?
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12-10-2008, 12:25 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Age: 26
Posts: 2,020 City: Loganville State: GA Occupation: Chef Merito sales Rep Other Interests: God, Cars, Weightlifting, Boxing, Sharks, Dogs,
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I hate touching LR because of this. I always hurt nyself! LOL! Glad to know im not the only one!
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12-10-2008, 3:46 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Age: 34
Posts: 5,092 City: Lawrenceville State: GA Occupation: Mortgage fraud investigator Other Interests: Diving, Snow Skiing, EDM Music/DJing, Cooking
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No joke... people do not realize how bad of stuff you can catch from your reef tank. If it does not get better within 24 hours, I HIGHLY recommend that you go to the doctor. If you start feeling hot around the area, go to the doctor! If it starts making red streak marks, GO TO THE DOCTOR! If/when you go to the doctor, make sure they know you go a wound from your aquarium. Most common, you can have Mycobacterium marinum. Not fun stuff to get:  Other nasty bugs you can get from your aquarium: Clostridium perfringens, Clostridium tetani, Erysipelothrix rhusopathiae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Seriously, not stuff you want to play around with. Last edited by Xyzpdq0121; 12-10-2008 at 3:57 AM.. |
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12-10-2008, 8:22 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Age: 30
Posts: 1,589 City: Centerville State: GA Occupation: Student Other Interests: Flying, baseball, biking, diving, and trying new Beer.
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 I have cut my finger on a small feather duster tube before, and sprayed blood all throughout my tankbefore I realized what I did....biiiig water change after that. |
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12-10-2008, 8:36 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Posts: 911 City: Auburn State: GA Occupation: Supervisor Other Interests: Music, Reef keeping, Sports Memorabilia
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Yeah, sharp little suckers, those small feather duster tubes. Lost about a pint myself once moving things around.
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12-10-2008, 8:54 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 2,603 City: Mt Dora State: Fl Occupation: Retired
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When I first started out I had a rash on the back of my hands for about three months after doing the initial aquascape of my rock and I got nailed by a bristleworm once. Since then I wear heavy shoulder length rubber gloves whenever I'm handling rock and the thin rubber ones anytime I have my hand in the water.
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12-10-2008, 1:31 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Age: 34
Posts: 5,092 City: Lawrenceville State: GA Occupation: Mortgage fraud investigator Other Interests: Diving, Snow Skiing, EDM Music/DJing, Cooking
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We had someone in the club get Mycobacterium marinum about two years ago. You can see the pictures and read the thread here. Nasty junk. Takes about 5-6 months to clear it up!
There is a good write up about it from Steven Pro and Don Tuttle's fight with it. You can find the write up here. Nice pics too!  Last edited by Xyzpdq0121; 12-10-2008 at 2:05 PM.. |
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12-10-2008, 1:45 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 4,539 City: Roswell State: Ga Occupation: gigolo Other Interests: spluenking
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Don't support image hotlinking! Bad el presidente!
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12-10-2008, 2:12 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Age: 34
Posts: 5,092 City: Lawrenceville State: GA Occupation: Mortgage fraud investigator Other Interests: Diving, Snow Skiing, EDM Music/DJing, Cooking
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Ya... I forgot about that is was coming from RC... Picture fixed!!!
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12-10-2008, 4:00 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 1,545 City: Dunwoody State: GA Occupation: IT Contracting and Resourcing
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Good thing mine feels better already, that finger is nasty.
 Still going to pick up some gloves this weekend anyway and hang them on the stock tank. |
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