When Nkonde Attack!!

[imagirlgeek]

I just want to share this story...

Tonight I decided to rearrange the rocks in the Nkonde tank because one of the males is taking over about 1/2 the tank.  The aggression from this one male is out of control.

So I got in there and started unstacking the rocks and laying them out on the sand.  This is a 135 Gallon, so I'm armpit deep in the tank.  All of a sudden, I feel something lock down on the skin on my forearm and just start shaking like a pitbull!   8O I yelped (mostly out of surprise) and the Nkonde let go.  But about a second later, another one locked on!  And then 2 more!  They were literally shaking their little bodies attempting to (I assume) rip some of the skin off my arm.  My sweet, gentle little Nkondes tried to make a meal out of my arm!  So much for them being vegetarians.  

Needless to say, I will be very careful about leaning too far over the tank from now on, because if any of these little guys ever get a direct shot at my throat, I'm sure I'm done for.  

[Mzungu]

Re: When Nkonde Attack!!

8O



Glad you're okay!!

[eklikewhoa]

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Hahahahahha! Awesome!

Glad to hear that your Nkonde are so full of life! Funny that you decided to rearrange tonight cause I redid my Moba tank last night! My mobas will just sniff at my arm and look elsewhere....my Ilangi's will sometimes tug on my arm hairs....then there is the cleaner shrimp in my reef tank that always jump on my hand/arm and tries to clean me.  8O

[wvgdiscus]

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You purchase gloves that go all the way to your arm pits.

[wvgdiscus]

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Here is a link to the gloves.  http://www.drsfostersmith.com/produc...71&pcatid=3871

[imagirlgeek]

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....then there is the cleaner shrimp in my reef tank that always jump on my hand/arm and tries to clean me.  8O

Glad to know I'm not the only one....    

[imagirlgeek]

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Here is a link to the gloves.  http://www.drsfostersmith.com/produc...71&pcatid=3871

Do they have those in Chainmail???

[Zulaab]

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Do they have those in Chainmail???

No but I know you can get one made a renfair come October

[imagirlgeek]

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[Spot86t]

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a little closer to home would be tractor supply company.  they have arm-length gloves for reaching into deep, dark cavities in cattle and horsess, etc.  I won't go into detail about that end of the livestock, but i hope they'll do fine for fish tanks since my sister got me a package of them for my birthday.  They don't look too thick but I havent' opened the package yet.

[fishlady]

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are you sure they're not pirahnna's trying to pass themselves off as nkonde's????? 8O

[imagirlgeek]

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I think I know which end of the lifestock those gloves are for, Spot....   8O

Loretta - It's funny that you said that because that's the first thing I thought after the attack.    

[fishlady]

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........you might want to research that some huh?....you should've had guygeek video that episode....would've been a great what not to do example at our meetings..... :wink:

[imagirlgeek]

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Guygeek just said that he's going to grab the camera next time I'm in there.  

Hmmm...this will be the 2nd time my fish escapades would have made it the What Not To Do list had it been video taped!  

[marauder_77868]

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I got hit in the face once with a Frontosa