Are your fish messy eaters?

[Dez]

In one of our old tanks, the dwarf lion fish was so used to us hand feeding that when my wife went to feed him, he got so excited and jumped right out of the tank.

My wife went with her first instinct to get the fish back in the water as fast as possible - so she picked him up with her bare hands and put him back in the tank. Needless to say - she got stung. This was an hour before she had to go shoot pictures for a wedding.

[daniella3d]

What happen when you get sting by these fish? hospital or it goes away on its own?

Originally Posted by Dez

In one of our old tanks, the dwarf lion fish was so used to us hand feeding that when my wife went to feed him, he got so excited and jumped right out of the tank.

My wife went with her first instinct to get the fish back in the water as fast as possible - so she picked him up with her bare hands and put him back in the tank. Needless to say - she got stung. This was an hour before she had to go shoot pictures for a wedding.

[Dez]

Originally Posted by daniella3d

What happen when you get sting by these fish? hospital or it goes away on its own?

It apparently hurts A LOT. You're supposed to run really really hot water (as hot as you can physically handle) over the spot where you got stung. Then eventually the pain goes away.