Don't Bite the Hand That Feeds You: Have you ever been bitten, stung, or poked by a member of your reef?

[BubblesandSqueak]

not bitten or stung but grabbed and pulled in!

 

[RelaxingWithTheReef]

I have this one percula clown with really sharp teeth that for some reason, hates my guts. This little guy will relentlessly bite me, and it's truly unbelievable how aggressive this little fish is!

 

[timmyrules]

not bitten or stung but grabbed and pulled in!

I absolutely love octopi! I my lil guy crawled out of the tank and onto my hand once.

 

[BryanM]

I have not yet been bitten or stung, but I'm sure its coming.

My clownfish pair don't mind me in the tank, but they seem very chill, but certainly are interested in whatever I'm doing.

 

[drumandbassrunner]

poked by bristle worms

Same here.

 

[Brian60077]

The clowns... They're small, but scary.

They'll swim around my hands, in between my fingers looking all cute and friendly, then BAM a nibble.

Little monsters...

my clowns have never tried to bite. they usually hide

 

[Salty87]

Used to scoff at peoples stories of being bitten by fish until my inch sized rescue percula clown relentlessly bit my fingers when it went near his goniopora home. He doesn't draw blood yet but dang is he persistent and it's quite a bit of a jolt getting nipped when you don't expect it.

 

[curiousreefer]

Bristle worms are the worst

 

[PharmrJohn]

Been bit a few times by O. Clowns. More of a surprise than painful.

 

[sfin52]

I have not yet been bitten or stung, but I'm sure its coming.

My clownfish pair don't mind me in the tank, but they seem very chill, but certainly are interested in whatever I'm doing.

If they have an anemone or coral don't mess with it. If you do game on

 

[JayM]

My current pair of clowns don't bite, but one I had previously did. Or tried to anyway. It just felt like she was running into my hand. My skunk cleaners don't bite per se, but they go into full attack mode every time my hands are in the water.

 

[tobster]

Have pair of clowns that would bite every time I cleaned their tank- a biocube 32. They seemed to bite harder every time so I put them in the big tank with tangs and such and now they don’t pay me any mind when I’m cleaning.
Crazy how hard a fish that small can bite.

 

[RichReef]

Just a Maroon clown. Would bite me every now and then scaring the crap out of me. Took a chunk once.

Now I just put a large net in the water before I work on the tank and everything disappears.

 

[KrisReef]

Maroon clown would go after the skin between thumb and forefinger. She would even draw blood.

My black widow bta grab me all the time. Where they grab will get a little itchy.

I've also had a carpet nem that grabbed and wouldn't let go. I had to peel it off.

I now have to wear goggles working over the tank. I have a black ice female clown who i believe told the male to get me. She nudged him and he jumped out of the water at my face.

Not sure how this link popped up while I was reading this post?

 

[crazyfishmom]

Stung by my baby fox face… feels like a bee sting.

Stung by several of my hammers.

Bitten by my maroon clown pair… both the boy and the girl are little tyrants.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

Mostly bristle worm pokes for me, and scrapes on live rock, but I was swimming off a house boat in Lake Powel a number of years back, and the darn little fish kept biting the hairs on my legs. lol

 

[SleenGrimer]

I am bitten by my clownfish every time I put my hand in the tank, and the bites have been getting worse lately! And I am unsure if I've been stung by my lps corals, as I felt something other than pain when touching them. It probably wasn't a sting though.

 

[Uncle99]

Hit by a 6” mantis shrimp I didn’t know I had.
Nasty critter.
Trapped and destroyed.

 

[edsbeaker]

Bitten by clownfish,
And groomed by cleaner shrimp.

 

[revhtree]

All of the above!!