Worst Injuries...

[Jolieve]

What are some of the worst things you have ever done to yourself while working on the tank?

I'll share mine: I was finishing up with the kalkwasser paste after nuking several aiptasia. I looked over at my husband who was gabbing at me about something, then I looked directly down into the cup where I was putting the remaining paste back in with the syringe.. and promptly shot myself in the eye with it.

J.

 

[Anonymous]

the only thing I've done, besides getting bitten or stung by my eels or lions, was put a flat head driver through(yes, all the way through) the webbing between my left thumb and forefinger- it had slipped off the clamp screw I was cranking down on. I have sensory nerve damage in my hands and arms, so it didnt hurt really, but it was interesting trying to revive my roomate after I had asked him to help remove it from my hand

 

[Anonymous]

Nothing more than minor bump and bruses. My wallet take a worse beating than I do.

 

[melas]

i broke two ribs while working on my tank. . . i have a 90 gallon with a 10 inch canopy so i built a little two setp platform that i could place in front of it. well when i designed it i did not think to make any non-slip surfaces. there was water on the step as i was leaning to reach the sand bed 30+ inches below and my foot slipped. well i came crashing down on the edge of the step and broke two ribs. i really didn't even feel any pain at first, i was too busy gasping for air. ouch!

 

[Jolieve]

Ouch! Did you end up carpeting the steps?

J.

 

[Anonymous]

had my left wrist sliced down to the bone, from falling onto a tank from a ladder while acclimating a shipment.(hand was hanging from the arm at the wrist).

after close to 15 yrs, my left hand is only about 40% 'good'-still has nerve damage, dexterity/manipulation issues, etc etc.

you can find a pic of the kewl scar somewhere in the sump, hehe. :wink:

 

[Anonymous]

oh-also...

almost lost a finger to both a piranha (bit me through the bag after i'd caught it for a customer, back in the late 70's) and a tesselata about 3 yrs ago(nicked me ring finger-nice small puncture wound that bled ALOT)

why don't lfs employees ever get hazard pay ? :lol:

 

[melas]

Ouch! Did you end up carpeting the steps?

J.

well i got that sandpaper-like stuff you use on deck steps etc. . . works pretty good. . . geesh!

 

[dubbin1]

The wife busted me upside the head once after I returned from the LFS

 

[Anonymous]

had a good halide burn or two.. also some electrical shocks but all in all i have been fairly lucky.

 

[Sugar Magnolia]

had my left wrist sliced down to the bone, from falling onto a tank from a ladder while acclimating a shipment.(hand was hanging from the arm at the wrist).

after close to 15 yrs, my left hand is only about 40% 'good'-still has nerve damage, dexterity/manipulation issues, etc etc.

you can find a pic of the kewl scar somewhere in the sump, hehe. :wink:

Ow. And yuck. I probably would have passed out.

Got a nasty mysterious rash on both hands and forearms once when working on aquascaping a nano a few years back. Turns out I'm allergic to the toxin secreted by filter feeding cukes. The little bugger showed himself a few days later and was promptly yanked from the tank.

 

[Anonymous]

then there was the time i got burned on both forearms by a 16" carpet anemone as it draped over both arms while lifting it out of a show tank for a customer

had a rash for 2 weeks, that re-ignited every time my arms got wet, showers included


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like i said, where's the hazard pay ? :twisted:

 

[fishfanatic2]

I remember a thread here a while back about someone who killed a few nudi's via squishing and later almost died/had to go to the hospital from something they secreted. 8O

 

[Anonymous]

I got an electrical shock a few times.....once while trying to retrieve a light that fell in my tank.

 

[HClH2OFish]

My bowtie damsel turned me into a newt...
























I got better....

 

[Anonymous]

I stepped off my ladder into a bucket of water once and had the most spectacular bruise on my foot and ankle. Had to go right to a golf lesson, when it was over I could hardly get my shoe off.

 

[Anonymous]

Do these have to be tank related??

I once rolled my ankle in the parking lot of the Birch Aquarium. Hurt so bad I had to sit down right where it happened. I heard popping noises too. Wasnt good. Made me breathe hard

 

[Anonymous]

HClH2OFish
Very good... I'm not dead yet... :lol:
~wings~

 

[HClH2OFish]

:wink:

 

[Len]

I scrapped my forearm up on some Acropora ("Green Slimer"). It was minor abrasions that I didn't think much of at the time. The problem is, everytime I put my arms into the tank for extended sessions, I break out in a rash. This would be my worst injury since it's chronic :?