Mixing is sufficiently violent inside the bioball-filled column of the ETS skimmer that it is plausible that proteins in the water are being denatured and rendered into a more skimmable state.
That high temperature could denature (destroy), or at least alter the absorbance capacity of, pigment proteins with possible photoprotective abilities is a quite interesting thought, ...
Many medications can be "denatured" by the UV light, so the sterilizer should be turned off when using medications, especially chelated copper treatments.
Regardless if wild or maintained in the aquarium, keepers should be aware of this fish and its attributes, and never resort to handling them directly. Be careful! If stung, as hot-as-you-can-stand water denatures the poison in the wound and ...
While envenomation by this fish is unlikely to be fatal to humans, it IS excruciatingly painful! In cases of envenomation, soak affected area in hot water to denature the venom (which consists of a cocktail of proteins that are deactivated by heat), ...
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