My family owns the LFS, and i always take care of the rays we get in because nobody cares more about them as me =D, but we carry motoro stingrays from time to time, and use to carry the teacup reticulated rays and i never had any issuses with cleaning their tank, feeding anything.
But one day during a tank cleaning, i was scrubbing algae...
its a 4'x2' 120g and i was scrapping the back glass with my head turned. i thought i had accounted the rays were on the other side of the tank, but.....
BAM! stinger straight into my right hand-ring finger! i yank my hand out yelling HOLY F^%*, blood squirting out of my finger; it had swollen to about twice its size instantly. As i think my finger is going to explode i run to the office to grab some towels, then head down to the emergency room with my girlfriend.
When we arrive i sit in the lobby for about 10 minutes. during this time if anything touched my finger it felt as if it was flash freezing while burning unimaginably bad. *AFTER THE HOSPITAL GETS DONE GOOGLEING WHAT TO DO* they have me stick my hand in veryy hot water for about 30-45 minutes. after that the pain was minimal, but i still had a small not on my finger that was painful for about 3 weeks.
The stingray itself was a 12'' Disk Motoro stingray. unfortunatly 2 weeks after the incident the ray got some kind of bacterial infection and past away. =[
This was about a year ago, and has not deterred me from keeping stingray.
Maybe some of you can relate to my feelings. i feel like i have a connection to them now, i know what they are all about, and i greatly respect them!
This incident has fueled my fondness of rays.
We currently have 3 little healthy motoro pups that i take care of, and clean their tank regularly.
Bottom Line, don't underestimate rays, Those stingers work !
But one day during a tank cleaning, i was scrubbing algae...
its a 4'x2' 120g and i was scrapping the back glass with my head turned. i thought i had accounted the rays were on the other side of the tank, but.....
BAM! stinger straight into my right hand-ring finger! i yank my hand out yelling HOLY F^%*, blood squirting out of my finger; it had swollen to about twice its size instantly. As i think my finger is going to explode i run to the office to grab some towels, then head down to the emergency room with my girlfriend.
When we arrive i sit in the lobby for about 10 minutes. during this time if anything touched my finger it felt as if it was flash freezing while burning unimaginably bad. *AFTER THE HOSPITAL GETS DONE GOOGLEING WHAT TO DO* they have me stick my hand in veryy hot water for about 30-45 minutes. after that the pain was minimal, but i still had a small not on my finger that was painful for about 3 weeks.
The stingray itself was a 12'' Disk Motoro stingray. unfortunatly 2 weeks after the incident the ray got some kind of bacterial infection and past away. =[
This was about a year ago, and has not deterred me from keeping stingray.
Maybe some of you can relate to my feelings. i feel like i have a connection to them now, i know what they are all about, and i greatly respect them!
This incident has fueled my fondness of rays.
We currently have 3 little healthy motoro pups that i take care of, and clean their tank regularly.
Bottom Line, don't underestimate rays, Those stingers work !
