My green severum bit my arm (didn't hurt)....what did hurt was scraping my arm on the tank trim because it startled the crap out of me 
Whats the worst injury ever done to you by your fish?
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I've had my Midas take the skin off one of my knuckles. I had to do a huge water change after to get the blood out of the water. 
A buddy of mine had his pinky finger destroyed by his african pike. He was teasing it with a frozen prawn, but wasnt paying attention & his pinky went in first. The pike hits pretty hard & would not let go. His pinky was shredded almost to the bone from pulling it out of the fish's mouth. Nasty.
JakeH;3018588; said:
Not me, but my Pacu has bitten my mom's finger twice already. The first time it took off a little chunk, and the second time it cracked her nail in two places.
I've gotten stuck by fin spines of several species of catfish, mostly channels. The channels are no worse than a pin prick, but the worst was probably a 4-line pim or lima shovel nose. I had a bee sting-like reaction to them including shooting pains up my arm.
Thedaniokeeper;3014570; said:
Dude how the heck does a pleco bruise your arm??? and are we talkin the livebearer type of molly??? once again how the heck does that happen???
For me I owned an oscar that would jump half way outta the tank to get shrimp or whatever i was enticing it w/ he would swallow my whole thumb scrap up my nail pretty good and draw some blood..it never really hurt deff startled me every time, but it was the shlt to watch my friends try to feed him they would jump back and practically pee themselves like WTF!!! he's gonna eat me!!!! i just laugh, my mother wouldn't even open the lid to drop food in there she said "he is always staring at me like he wants to bite me" you know how they bite at the glass well he developed large external teeth that would scape the glass and she could hear it. she said he is trying to eat his way through and i think one day he will do it!!! she's over reacted about all of my pets: Snakes, leopard geckos, fish, dogs, squirrels, even frogs!!!! deff puts a dent in the old wallet but i don't think it's damage more like an addiction haha
like the avatar!!! is that you holding those platys??? you know male platypus actually have a rear spur that is venomous!!!! packs a whollop!!!! from what i hear......never been down under. saw a NatGeo on it.
Wikipedia::
Spur and crural gland
Venom is produced in the crural glands of the male, which are kidney-shaped alveolar glands located in the upper thigh connected by a thin-walled duct to a calcaneus spur on each hind limb. Female platypuses, in common with echidnas, have rudimentary spur buds which do not develop (dropping off before the end of their first year) and lack functional crural glands.[1] The spur is attached to a small bone which allows articulation; the spur can move at a right angle to the limb allowing a greater range of attack than a fixed spur would allow.[2] The spur normally lies flat against the limb but is raised when required.[3]
Venom
The crural gland produces a cocktail of venom, composed of over 250 different chemicals but with four major toxins. Of the four, three are defensin-like proteins (DLPs) unique to the Platypus. The different chemicals in the poison have a range of effects from lowering blood pressure to causing pain and increasing blood flow around the wound.[2] Coagulating effects have been seen during experiments on laboratory animals, but this has not been observed consistently. Unlike snake venom, there appears to be no necrotic component in the Platypus' venom - although some muscle wastage has been observed in cases of envenomation in humans, it is likely that this is due to the inability to use the limb while the effects of the venom persist.[3] It is unknown whether the pain caused is a result of the associated oedema around the wound or whether the venom has a component which acts directly on the pain receptors.
Although platypus venom has a broadly similar range of effects to snake venom, it appears to have a different function from those poisons produced by non-mammalian species: its effects are not life threatening but nevertheless powerful enough to seriously impair the victim. It is not used as a method of disabling or killing prey, and although it acts as a defensive mechanism, only males produce venom. Since production rises during the breeding season it is theorized that it is used as an offensive weapon to assert dominance and control territory during this period.[2]
Effect on humans
Although powerful enough to kill smaller animals,[2] the venom is not lethal to humans. However, it produces excruciating pain which may be intense enough to incapacitate the victim. Swelling rapidly develops around the entry wound and gradually spreads outwards. Information obtained from case studies shows that the pain develops into a long-lasting hyperalgesia that can persist for months but usually lasts from a few days to a few weeks.[3][4] A clinical report from 1992 showed that the severe pain was persistent and did not respond to morphine. There have been no reported human fatalities.[3]
Once i was moving a larger fire eel and got cut by the spiny rays on it's back; just took a second and i had a 4-5in long "reasonably deep" wound.
got spined by my Ottocinclus lol
and i plan to get bitten while handfeeding the Bichir im getting nin a month or two
and i plan to get bitten while handfeeding the Bichir im getting nin a month or two
ive been gashed by my silver...it actually left top and bottom teeth marks....then my finger started leaking
