Your experience with a Volitan Lionfish?

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Had mine in the 80s & it was a great fish. I used to hand-feed it, so I could feed it smelts or squid or any other seafood we were having for dinner. Grew it from a little guy to a 14" adult. Then one day, while cleaning its tank, after I shooed it into the corner with a net, I heard a fish jump in another tank & knock the hood askew. So I naturally looked over my shoulder at the other tank & then my Volitan swam over looking for a snack when I wasn't looking & I got 2 shots of toxin from 2 dorsal spines in my finger on the right hand. Before I could finish the thought "this is going to hurt", the pain shot through & let me tell you, it was by far the worst pain ever. I've busted my knee several times, fractured a wrist, cut open my head, but none of that even came close. I ended up pouring almost boiling hot water over my right arm and getting all burned & blistered just to stop the poison from reaching my internal organs. At one point, I was screaming at my brother to cut off my arm since I could feel the poison almost to my chest cavity & I figured I'd rather lose an arm than a vital organ. (Now I'm glad he didn't listen)

Sold the Volitan the next day.

BTW, this happened over a decade before magnet glass cleaners were invented.

Anthony

[Pan]

Originally Posted by SeaHorse_Fanatic

Had mine in the 80s & it was a great fish. I used to hand-feed it, so I could feed it smelts or squid or any other seafood we were having for dinner. Grew it from a little guy to a 14" adult. Then one day, while cleaning its tank, after I shooed it into the corner with a net, I heard a fish jump in another tank & knock the hood askew. So I naturally looked over my shoulder at the other tank & then my Volitan swam over looking for a snack when I wasn't looking & I got 2 shots of toxin from 2 dorsal spines in my finger on the right hand. Before I could finish the thought "this is going to hurt", the pain shot through & let me tell you, it was by far the worst pain ever. I've busted my knee several times, fractured a wrist, cut open my head, but none of that even came close. I ended up pouring almost boiling hot water over my right arm and getting all burned & blistered just to stop the poison from reaching my internal organs. At one point, I was screaming at my brother to cut off my arm since I could feel the poison almost to my chest cavity & I figured I'd rather lose an arm than a vital organ. (Now I'm glad he didn't listen)

Sold the Volitan the next day.

BTW, this happened over a decade before magnet glass cleaners were invented.

Anthony

Exacttly why they made eggcrate in the first place....nice little undersea prisons can be made from it

[Zoaelite]

Originally Posted by 'Ol Nobodaddy

Exacttly why they made eggcrate in the first place....nice little undersea prisons can be made from it

And I thought they made egg crate for Eggs Sorry im just in a
Eggscruciating punfull mood today.
Levi

[Pan]

Originally Posted by i2as kass

And I thought they made egg crate for Eggs Sorry im just in a
Eggscruciating punfull mood today.
Levi

Ugh...eggsasperating

[bulletsworld]

Originally Posted by SeaHorse_Fanatic

I wasn't looking & I got 2 shots of toxin from 2 dorsal spines in my finger on the right hand. Before I could finish the thought "this is going to hurt", the pain shot through & let me tell you, it was by far the worst pain ever. I've busted my knee several times, fractured a wrist, cut open my head, but none of that even came close. I ended up pouring almost boiling hot water over my right arm and getting all burned & blistered just to stop the poison from reaching my internal organs. At one point, I was screaming at my brother to cut off my arm since I could feel the poison almost to my chest cavity & I figured I'd rather lose an arm than a vital organ. (Now I'm glad he didn't listen) Sold the Volitan the next day.

HOLY CRAP! I had no idea it was THAT bad (being stung)! YIKS!!!! You could actually feel the poison movin in your body?

[bulletsworld]

Did you too ever get stung by a Volitan Lionfish? What did you do???

Did you go to the hospital?

[Zoaelite]

[quote=bulletsworld;269300] HOLY CRAP! I had no idea it was THAT bad (being stung)! YIKS!!!! You could actually feel the poison movin in your body? [/QUOTE

I got bit by a Hermit Crab Before... That was pretty bad. Mind you it latched onto my hand for over an hour and a half.

[Pan]

[quote=i2as kass;269308]

Originally Posted by bulletsworld

HOLY CRAP! I had no idea it was THAT bad (being stung)! YIKS!!!! You could actually feel the poison movin in your body? [/QUOTE

I got bit by a Hermit Crab Before... That was pretty bad. Mind you it latched onto my hand for over an hour and a half.

Why on earth did you let it?

[Zoaelite]

I was 14 and my family went to the petstore. We bought 3 Hermit crabs(Larger land species) and the guy asked me if I wanted to hold one, so my mom said ok. It was in the palm of my hand and all of a sudden BANG it latched on... We didnt buy the Hermit crabs after that.
Levi

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

I went to the hospital but after waiting for an hour & since there were still 6 people ahead of me (none of them poisoned or worse, I might add) I left & called Poison Control. They told me that poisons are enzymes, enzymes are proteins & proteins denature (break apart) in the presence of heat. By that time, I could stand a lot of heat so that's why I poured near boiling hot water on my arm to break up the toxin before it reached my vital organs. I'd rather suffer from burns & blisters than more serious damage to the organs.

It wasn't the Volitan's fault. I had trained him to eat from my hands/chopsticks, so it was only doing what came "naturally" when it saw my hands in the tank.