Anybody ever get cut by their clown loach's eye blades?

[JakeH]

Let's hear it--Who has shed blood thanks to their clowns? Hard to believe those barbs are so sharp!

[Totenkampf]

lol nope, i have always been aware of them. they make getting them out of a net a PITA though

[JakeH]

Amen to that--I try not to use a net on them, but I put their frozen food cubes in a little piece of net hanging from a veggie clip & they have gotten stuck before. I was trying to rearrange some driftwood one time & the big alpha got cornered, so he slashed my thumb. I think he was making a point....

[eklikewhoa]

Quick reflexes happens and I snatched on once.

[moganman]

I can imagine. I caught a 30" Spanish Mackerel on a topwater last year. Netted it, went to grab it and slice!!!!!

[JakeH]

Cool. I mean...not cool that you got cut by a 30 inch fish....Just I was unaware mackerel had eye blades.

[wesleydnunder]

Cool. I mean...not cool that you got cut by a 30 inch fish....Just I was unaware mackerel had eye blades.

Sharp gill plate most likely.

My clowns never cut me but my yoyos sure did.

Mark

[JakeH]

Gotcha--gill plates can certainly do some damage. Teeth hurt too: My buddy had an african pike that almost took his pinky off while he was feeding it a frozen mouse. He was watching through the side & not paying attention to the top, so his pinky hit the water surface just before the mouse did & WHAM! It left a mean scar too. Afro pikes are pure E_V_I_L!

[Totenkampf]

i am still lulzing about "him making a point". its punny.

[jeb102385]

I haven't by clowns... But my pictus cat caught me a bunch of times

[aquabee]

I watched one of my rogue clowns slice into a platy. I think he had mad loach disease cuz he went bat sh! crazy later on and tried to attack some really huge fronts. That didn't work out so well for him...