kingtech Posted August 20, 2004 Share Posted August 20, 2004 I have brushed Fire Coral many times while diving .. and it is usually comprable to a jellyfish sting if you have ever been stung by one. Burns like hell for a few hours. As long as you dont rub it .. its not too bad.. If you rub it (which is your natural reaction to a sting ) you spread the mucous on your skin and voradent he area to wcich the nematcysts can sting you. I guess Fire Coral would be considered an LPS Link to comment
BJK2 Posted August 20, 2004 Share Posted August 20, 2004 lol jelly fish stings hurt like hell! Link to comment
matt the fiddler Posted August 20, 2004 Share Posted August 20, 2004 fire coral hurts worse. i was ona dive when some no boyancy noob got above me.. and pushed me into a huge colony of firecoral now.. i swim close to the reef [3-5 inches ]... but i have been diving for 8 years so not a problem... darn peopel who get near me and can't control their boyancy.. i don't mind it if 1- they don't hurt the reefs 2- they don't hurt me.... Link to comment
kingtech Posted August 25, 2004 Share Posted August 25, 2004 I too like to hug the reef .. being an avid cave diver as well it is rare that I touch the reef..However, I am an Instructor so I usually have 5 or 6 noob divers right on top of me at all times. Link to comment
matt the fiddler Posted August 25, 2004 Share Posted August 25, 2004 oh man. yea- reef hugger should be my middle name. i learned most of my boyancy skilles doing research around massive firecoral heads [with pencil and waterproof paper for added fun] in 6-20 feet of water, a high current, and 4 foot sweels. yowsers. those were the days living at the crest of the reef for severa hours..... and then some dumb rec dive i do is the first i get stung yuck yea.. i choose my buddy carefully. but when some one comes on your 6, and you arn't paying attention to the new breathing pattern.. and it catches you off guard.. . Link to comment
matt the fiddler Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 so here is the pic of the frogspawn with aprox. inches added. i am pretty sure this ruler is with in about 1/4- 1/8th of an inch.... even though the ruler was added after the fact... so this is 7" extension. that froggie was 4.5-5" across when fully opened.... Link to comment
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