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[the_lock_man]

cor what is it...pick on Hayz day today? must have missed it on my calender?

Sorry Hayz.

 

[Harlequins]

Thanks for the info

Hope hubby is ok

 

[Fintastic!]

The guy at my lfs told me about that some time ago. Hope your hubby is ok Hayz. That would freak me out! It's mad as their such docile creatures in the tank aren't they?!

 

[Akasha72]

Forgot to say hope your hubby is okay.
They are supposed to be docile but I have noticed mine will guard the food. When I drop in their catfish pellets and the guppies try to steal them they put their bodies over them .. it's funny. It's like a dog growling and saying Mine!

 

[jcabs100]

I absolutely know what your talking about hayz one time me of course when I started fish keeping I didn't know about the corys so I was cleaning the tank and there's always a fish who decides to swim as fast as you can to avoid the net so what I did was just stick my hand in there and just grab and when I did I felt an unbelievable pain fortunately nothing happened but yes those pointy little fins are very much pain never again will I do that

 

[MBOU]

I think the toxin is so mild that unless you have allergies already, most people are unlikely to react...

You might still get an infection because when you get stabbed byt their pectoral fins, the skin comes off their fin (which is a hard sharp cartilage/bone) and embeds in your skin... pretty gross, generally peoples bodies push it back out or break it down, same as a splinter.

I have a fish allergy (ironically!) and have had this happen several times, unfortunately it seems to be getting worse each time.

Saying that, the last one was a dead cory i didnt know was there, stabbed me and within 10 minutes my arm was swollen and so was my throat, tho only slightly, luckily my automatic reaction was to run my hand under hot water, as hot as i could tolerate and take 2 piriton tablets. Kept it under control, though was really sick... everywhere lol.

I have had same reaction to synodontis and pictus catfish too...

The worst was an unknown marine invert, thought to be a red spidery crab thing (found afterwards)...

That had me in a+e and really very sick and what, 4-5 months later it still aches and i now have a far worse reaction in that hand, like i cant handle frozen foods like prawn or krill or mysis etc in my right hand as swelling is almost instant... my left hand doesnt react LOL.

Ahhh love working in the aquatics trade, every day fraught with danger

 

[HayzH]

yes, his hand and arm swelled near on instantly, but he did take pyriton, and this did the job, thankfully.
Funny as before i told him i had googled it, he said it feels like a bee sting. Good job he had the sense to take the pyriton!

 

[Fintastic!]

Yikes! I have a shellfish allergy Mbou, wonder would I be similarly affected. I don't ever want to find out! Viewing my corys a bit differently now....