Condi pains
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Topic: Condi pains
Posted By: Biznitch
Subject: Condi pains
Date Posted: August 22 2007 at 4:58pm
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I am starting to think my condi doesnt have stinging potential. Has anyone been stung by one and what is the pain comparable too? As I posted before my Blue Hippo loves to host in this monster and it touches him with no damage or even a flinch. The other day while I was cleaning the condi tried to shake my hand and it just felt like velcro but there was no pain or burning. So please can someone enlighten me as to the what these feel like when they arent broken? ------------- Adam Sainsbury West Jordan 801-859-5969 |
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Posted By: rstruhs
Date Posted: August 22 2007 at 5:17pm
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My condi feels just like yours, just like velcro with no pain or burning. I think some people are more sensitive than others and some condi's are less potent than others. I have let my grandkids touch the condi with no pain or burning.
I do not think yours is broken. ------------- Rodney, Sandra, Jeffery, and Laura Struhs South Jordan, Utah 98th South & 40th West. (801) 282-2744 75 gallon reef 55 gallon reef 55 gallon FOWLR 20 gallon FOWLR |
Posted By: BobC63
Date Posted: August 22 2007 at 7:16pm
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An anemone's "sting" is not nearly as powerful or painful as a jellyfish; at least not the majority of anemones that are commonly kept in home aquariums. (Although I have heard there are certain carpet anemones that can produce a painful rash on human skin, and tube anemones can kill off and eat small fish with ease.)
The "velcro feel" (stickiness) that you mentioned is perfectly normal. That is what helps them catch their food and get it to the mouth parts. In fact, a "sick" anemone often loses that stickiness and becomes unable to feed itself...
There are many other fish, other than clownfish, that can tolerate the "sting" of an anemone; it's not that unusual to have something else hosting in it. People who report that an anemone "ate" or "killed" one of their fish usually had a dead or dying fish to start with; healthy fish do not normally get swallowed up by anemones in a home tank unless they are very small fish and the anemone is very large.
Sounds to me like your anemone is perfectly normal.
 ------------- - My Current Tank: 65g Starfire (sitting empty for 2+ years) - * Marine & Reef tanks since 1977 * |
Posted By: -TYR-
Date Posted: August 23 2007 at 5:08pm
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what the hell am i alergic then i got that velcro feeling from my condy but when i took my hand outta the water and it hit air felt like my hand was on fire so could mine be over active or im sensitive to them ------------- Blub Blub |
Posted By: Boomer
Date Posted: August 24 2007 at 12:27pm
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I agree wtih Carlos and more than likely TYR you are just sensitive. There are some anemones that can hurt you and hurt you a lot.
In fact, a "sick" anemone often loses that stickiness and becomes unable to feed itself... True to a point, it is just the anemone shutting itself down. How they do this no one seems to know. Although they do have both chemoreceptors and mechanoreceptors ( two kinds, touch and frequency responsive [ 5-55 Hertz] mechano ). ------------- Want to Talk Chemistry ! http://reefcentral.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=112 - The Reef Chemistry Forum |