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Originally posted by sharks
Along with the lions, rabbits, stone, and soap fish people should also remember that the common coral catfish has a powerful sting.

if you have any of these creatures, be aware of their location when your hands are in the tank. not only do you not want to move into them, but they can lunge with there spines. i speak from experience. i was cleaning a tank with a few Volitans in it and i was being careful to not bump them when one that was feeling more threatened than the others (they all had there spines erect but kept moving away from me) he suddenly did an El Toro move and drove one spine into my thumb. this hurt, like being stabbed with a tetnus needle. then the pain set in, burning sensation and swelling. then numbness. i had to go to the ER and had to try to explain to them what happened. well they were clueless. as in Luis' experience, it was Poison control to the rescue. i was numb for a few days and i widh it had lasted longer,,,when feeling came back it was pain, mostly when i was using the hand and blood pressure was increased.