OUCH?! Did I get zapped???

[Norstar]

Actually, it felt like I got zapped. I had a small cut on my finger that I hadn't noticed. It's amazing how much pain salt water can cause on an open wound. It has happened to me twice now!

Vynil gloves, here I come!

Btw, guys, if ever you go to a tropical destination, don't shave just before you go for a swim in the ocean!!!

[banditpowdercoat]

I find SW makes my cuts and scrapes heal faster

[Norstar]

Cool! Does that mean it won't hurt as much the next day?

[i have crabs]

its probably stray voltage in the water not the salt causing the zap feeling, you can just feel it through your cut where your skin would normally block it, get a grounding probe and check your powerheads and heater

[e46er]

your skin blocks something like 32 or 35volts
so chances are its just a little bit of stray voltage in the tank which you could now feel since the skin was penetrated.
grounding probe will solve the problem

[christyf5]

Its the salt, believe you me, this coming from a chronic nail biter, its the salt. Gets me every time

[Jack]

I've had the same thing from cuts! Ouch!

[Norstar]

Btw, I do have a ground probe in the tank. Stray voltage is something to consider. But I'll be darned if the pain doesn't come from a the slightest cut on my fingers I hadn't noticed before

[kodak]

oh yeah I've felt it a few times now.. both cuts and a little voltage (I had a little overflow problem wet cords, hand in the sump and zap, hand in the tank and zap) ouch... lol Its long cleared up by now, the electrical that is...

[Seek828]

OUCH! sounds really painful!
I don't think I have had that experience before, but it almost always make my hand/arm itchy after putting it in the water. I try my best to put on my long sleeve glove as much as possible but sometimes its just get kind of too annoying, you know..........?