Stop Eating My House!!

Teach your son not to mess with the tank.

Any of my children would take torture over sticking their hands in my tanks. Not because I've brow beat them, because I take the time to teach them the importance of not messing around with them.
They all know the fish is venomous and that's a deterent in itself.

 

+1

Children can be taught without abuse. I've had aquariums since I was only 8 years old, and I've raised 3 kids to adulthood without a single issue.

 

thats cute.

 

That's great Mike!!!

BTW, the amount of venom any of the species of fang blennies have wouldn't even affect an infant (unless there's an pre-existing allergy). With that said, I think that "Hands-Off!!! Unless and adult is with you", is a wise policy with tanks. People only worry about fang blennies, certain rabbits, zoanthids. However, there are all sorts of things that are bad. Take zoanthids. Palytoxin is also in many sponges, some macroalgaes, animals that eat sponges, macroalgaes, and macros. Do these things concern me? Not really. I was my hands often and if I have saltwater on my hands, I never eat, rub my nose, nor my eyes (mucus membranes). If your children aren't mature enough to remember these rules 100% of the time, it's the adult's responsibility to watch them (and preferably make them wear gloves) while in the adult's presence. JMO

 

lol funny pic!

with my daughter i taught her from a young age that you can look dont touch and she is very good with it (shes 4) although now she does open the doors to the sump to check on the flowers (mangroves) to see if everythings good. she even says "hey dad your flowers are good, water levels fine, and you might need to empty the skimmer soon" lol.

 

LOL that's great! My son does the checking out the sump thing on my tanks too.

Thanks

Thanks Curt.

 

I told my son he will get sick and his hand will fall off if he sticks it in the water........So far it's working great!!!!!