Oh my god of course a WOLF FISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You see the teeth on that fish it could take your hand off if it was hungry.
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DANGEROUS FISH?
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Kutty said:
I used to shoo my 5 inch Ps away with my hand when im doing tank maintenance. I was aware but not too much =) . Im more cautious when my hand is in my 15 inch flowerhorn tank.
i have to re visit this thread.. it started out as dangerous fish... how many fish kept in aquariums are actualy dangerous to humans? are they sneaking out of teh tank at night and trying to bite you?
my sh wants to kill any thing thats moves by his tank
he is so bad i cover the tank when im down there
he is so bad i cover the tank when im down there
i woke up one day to see my goldfish trying to get one of my wifes kitchen knife.
Seriously you are derailing this thread.
Seriously you are derailing this thread.
There are a lot of comments about stingrays here, and coincidentally, that's what I'm considering taking on as my next challenge. I'm looking for some more informaiton on them, and will probably post in other forum areas as well, but of those of you who have kept them, are they really THAT dangerous? I understand that their sting can be very painful, but fatal? Also, what sort of habitats have you set up for them?
i got a fresh water stingray book im selling for 8 shipped
some rays will try to sting you
90% of my rays ate from my hand
some rays will try to sting you
90% of my rays ate from my hand
spryandspringy said:
Stingrays are considered dangerous because they have spines that are poisonous and a sting will definitely land you a visit to the hospital. Symptoms include but not limited to: swelling, extreme pain and nausea . Ive never heard of a hobbyist dying from a stingray , just from amazon natives who die of infection from a sting.
Stingrays are not aggressive however and they only attack when they feel threatened. If you do not plan on putting your hand in the tank, then keeping them would be safe. There are nets, thongs and other devices that you could use to do maintenance.
Lastly, I suggest buying Barron's Freshwater Stingrays if you want to be armed with the basics before taking care of rays. Well worth is since its not even fraction of a cost of the cheapest stingrays.
butane216 said:
that answer to that would be none. There is no fish kept in aquariums that are dangerous to humans. Fish cant do anything to people while they are in their fish tank. People consider certain fish dangerous because they so happen to get injured by the fish while the had their hands/arms in the tank and was due more to human stupidity and carelessness.
Now if you broaden that range from fish to other aquatic animals, then yes there are some dangerous ones like say the blue ring octopus which CAN crawl out of your tank.
