Anyone ever bitten by a trigger?
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Ouch, no. Worst thing that ever happened to me was being bit by a Coral cat....now that hurt.
The "scariest" thing that ever happened was target feeding my brittle stars...the big one (about 15" tip to tip) darts out of his cave, and wraps himself completely around my hand to get the chunk of scallop. Hubby says the look on my face was priceless. All I remember going through my head was "this star is cool, and I've had it for years..and I know it's harmless....but it better let go, or I'm going to jump up and down and scream and fling it against the wall". Luckily for it (me?) it let go. LOL
Is your clown okay? How's your hand?
The "scariest" thing that ever happened was target feeding my brittle stars...the big one (about 15" tip to tip) darts out of his cave, and wraps himself completely around my hand to get the chunk of scallop. Hubby says the look on my face was priceless. All I remember going through my head was "this star is cool, and I've had it for years..and I know it's harmless....but it better let go, or I'm going to jump up and down and scream and fling it against the wall". Luckily for it (me?) it let go. LOL
Is your clown okay? How's your hand?
mps9506
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I can't even begin to describe how many fish have bitten me over the years between working at a fish store and interning at the aquarium.
triggers, clowns, wrasses, cichlids, catfish, even small bonnethead sharks....
That being said, the worst fish bite I've seen is when one of the volunteers at the aquarium was bitten by a 2.5-3 foot barracuda. The fish literally came flying out of the water like a torpedo flew out of the pool and sliced right through her hand at feeding time.
triggers, clowns, wrasses, cichlids, catfish, even small bonnethead sharks....
That being said, the worst fish bite I've seen is when one of the volunteers at the aquarium was bitten by a 2.5-3 foot barracuda. The fish literally came flying out of the water like a torpedo flew out of the pool and sliced right through her hand at feeding time.
michael_cb_125
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I have been bitten by a grey ocean trigger. Yes it drew blood. They have some wicked teeth
~Michael
~Michael
razorvines
Member
That is where my really big "mother hen" clown bites me every time. Most of the time she draws blood!
Now I'm scared. I have just set up my first saltwater, no fish yet. I have freshwater fish and if I ping back at them they leave me alone but no teeth. I love Cesar's methods, I wish that would work. Seriously should we be wearing gloves? Are saltwater fish alot more aggresive, does pinging water at them work?
burlybear
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jeffreyKTM
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my good friend lets his 6" blue jaw bite him at feeding time.....doesnt usually draw blood his hands are very callous from masonry work....I wouldnt do it though.....my triggers are definitely taking a good chunk out if they get you.....
I have been bit many times by clownfish. They look cute, but have an evil side to them sometimes
l3fty999
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My pinktail trigger tried to bite me, but I guess what happened is he wasn't trying very hard... maybe just curious more than anything. After all, they don't have hands or whatever to examine us. It could have been pretty ugly though, it's about 10 inches long. Kinda strange, it ordinarily *tolerates* my touch.
Aaron
Aaron