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I work at the largest reef and saltwater fish store for about 350 miles in any direction.
A regular day involves maving my hands in the same tank as triggers bigger than your cat, lions the size of basketballs, 6 different kinds of rabbit fish, the occasional scorpionfish, stonefish, and fang blenny, plus several thousands of gallons of corals and liverock with all associated creatures. Every week I see a new and different kind of anon's favorite creature, nudibranchs (most of which I promptly kill). This thread reminded me about some other encounters. Long spine sea urchins sting me about once a week, either not paying attention cleaning the tanks, crabbing coral etc...or prying one off a rock and getting it in a bag to sell. Pricks don't hurt so much as annoy the hell out of you...kinda itchy/stingy, and they stick it in and break it off, sometimes it's hard to get the spines out..and they always leave a purple tattoo for a few hours/days. They are amazingly easy to prick yourself with, they sense you and start waving the spines around, and ANY pressure drives them home.
Also Fire Coral, millepora, we don't order them cuase they are not very pretty usually. Why have a Millepora, when you can have an Acropora millepora? I know, right? But they will come in assorted boxes sometimes. I've grabbed them, grazed them etc... and never experienced anything. Same with most anemones...Most you can never feel. Some of the carpets though CAN stick to your skin with their nematocysts, but there is no pain. Though I have seen a person that looked like their arms got 3rd degree burned from a reaction after letting a moster carpet stick to their arm.
Also pistol shrimp, I play with them all the time, most are too small to hurt you, though it feels funny when a large one snaps in your hand, small ones you can't feel. We mostly deal with the Randalls and Tiger pistols since thats what most shrimp gobies pair with.
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