Stung by Lionfish or Foxface?

[madmax7774]

Has anyone in wamas actually been stung by a Lionfish or a Foxface? if so please describe in intimate detail how it happened, what it felt like, how long the symptoms lasted, etc. I am interested in first hand accounts, not friend of a friend stories...

Thanks,

John

[Nitro Junkie]

I wasnt there but can relay what happen to a very close friend when he was stung by his Lion.

 

First his hand went numb, then an aching pain went up his arm followed by numbness this feeling then passed to his chest and had difficulty breathing. 911 was called to come get him and taken to the emergency room where he was given something cant remember what (antivenom ??) recovered pretty quickly. The next day or shortly after an animal control office showed up to his house to verify what happen, and to make sure he had no illegal animals.

[treesprite]

Has anyone in wamas actually been stung by a Lionfish or a Foxface? if so please describe in intimate detail how it happened, what it felt like, how long the symptoms lasted, etc. I am interested in first hand accounts, not friend of a friend stories...

Thanks,

John

[zoozilla]

Contemplating on putting your hand in the water? :wink:

[madmax7774]

no, nothing as exciting as that. It's just that I recently became the owner of a very pretty scribbled fox, and lately I have noticed that when I reach into the tank, she comes to investigate, and I get a little nervous as to what could happen if I were to somehow spook her and cause her to sting me. I was allergic to bees when I was a kid, (haven't been stung since I was a kid) and I am wondering how that bodes for me if I take a hit from the fox. I am not particularly interested in spending time at the hospital.

[trble81]

You could get a pair of aqua gloves. The hand part is prett thick plastic and might give you the added piece of mind about sticking you hand in the tank.

 

 

--Mike

[davelin315]

I was stupid enough to get stung by a large black volitans lion that I had in law school. It was about 16" pectoral fin to pectoral fin stretched out and it was an awesome fish. I had my hand in the tank (a 30 tall - no idea why I was stupid enough to have my hand in there) and it jabbed me in the finger.

 

The pain was incredible, I sat with my hand in ice water for 4-5 hours before the pain finally subsided. It was excruciating, a throbbing pain that went all through my body but was concentrated in my finger tip. I cried like a baby the whole time in complete agony and was unable to even move away from the water (I was in Chicago and was running the sink which had incredibly cold city water). My whole hand turned white from the cold water and I couldn't even stand up to get actual ice. In retrospect if I would have thought about it I would have called 911, but I was in too much pain to even think about it and simply sat on the floor crying with my hand in the running water. This, by the way, was when I was 22 years old, so it's not like I was a little kid unaccustomed to pain. This hurt more than any injury I have ever had, including tearing all of my ligaments in my ankle last winter, chipping a bone in my elbow and having it float around in there, and numerous other hockey injuries I have had.

[Guest BadFish]

I have been 'lightly' stung by my foxface, felt like a wasp stung me.

[DaveS]

I was stupid enough to get stung by a large black volitans lion that I had in law school. It was about 16" pectoral fin to pectoral fin stretched out and it was an awesome fish. I had my hand in the tank (a 30 tall - no idea why I was stupid enough to have my hand in there) and it jabbed me in the finger.

 

The pain was incredible, I sat with my hand in ice water for 4-5 hours before the pain finally subsided. It was excruciating, a throbbing pain that went all through my body but was concentrated in my finger tip. I cried like a baby the whole time in complete agony and was unable to even move away from the water (I was in Chicago and was running the sink which had incredibly cold city water). My whole hand turned white from the cold water and I couldn't even stand up to get actual ice. In retrospect if I would have thought about it I would have called 911, but I was in too much pain to even think about it and simply sat on the floor crying with my hand in the running water. This, by the way, was when I was 22 years old, so it's not like I was a little kid unaccustomed to pain. This hurt more than any injury I have ever had, including tearing all of my ligaments in my ankle last winter, chipping a bone in my elbow and having it float around in there, and numerous other hockey injuries I have had.

 

Wow, great story (for us) thanks for sharing. Just out of curiosity, why cold water? I recall the generally accepted guideline to be hot water for such stings.

[jason the filter freak]

According to a show on discovery channel, take it or leave it you should run a sting under as hot as water as to not cause tissue damage to denature the venom. That being said I've been stung by both large catfish and a small lion while working for petco and pet smart. They weren't unakin to each other, felt like a hornet sting, throbbed and sharp pain for 15 minutes or so, then a numbing, then numb for the better part of an hour then the pain slowly subsided. BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL IF YOU ARE KNOWN TO HAVE ALLERGIES TO OTHER TYPES OF VENOM, SUCH AS BEES< HORNETS, WASPS, ETC. aside from the inital typical reactions to the venom shock, can cause a dangerous drop in blood pressure due to vasodialation (James ring in if you want, i believe I'm correct)

 

All kidding aside we don't need another steveoutlaw event.

[bk_market]

man im staying away from foxface for life. Any chance for a story about sting by a hippo tang?

[davelin315]

Wow, great story (for us) thanks for sharing. Just out of curiosity, why cold water? I recall the generally accepted guideline to be hot water for such stings.

 

Didn't know that you were supposed to use hot water, all I could think of was numb the sucker because it hurt so much.

 

By the way, no Pacific Blue tang story, but I did get my finger sliced open by a yellow tang before - it's like an extremely painful paper cut with salt being rubbed in it...

[Nitro Junkie]

I missed the friend part of the post, was the repost realy needed geez

[treesprite]

i was in a weird mood when I did that

[toastiireefs]

I did get my finger sliced open by a yellow tang before - it's like an extremely painful paper cut with salt being rubbed in it...

 

 

 

ouchie!!!