How do you handle a Lion Fish?

[J-LUIS]

Okay I love the beauty of Lion Fish but knowing that there venomous has me wondering how do you handle them?

If you net them wont they get stuck in a net?

You can't bare hand scoop them do to there hash sting. So how do you put them in your tank with out adding the LFS water to your tank?

Plus in this you tube video you see them with a glove on. What kind of glove do they have that would be safe?





Watch this video about booming lion fish... I have not seen any in St. Augustine waters.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ar0CX8dj948







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[Loverotties]

Taste like flounder?

[Reeftanker3295]

I think only the dorsal fin is venomous, try getting him from underneath.

[Loverotties]

Yes! The 13 spins on his back!Use a net!

[J-LUIS]

Originally Posted by Loverotties

Yes! The 13 spins on his back!Use a net!

don't they get stuck in a net?

[schmnr]

They make safety nets, not sure if lion fish can poke through them, but I doubt it.

[Kimberfish]

he'll wiggle out without too much trouble - or at least mine did

[Loverotties]

Mine too!

[scubaBB1]

Interesting videos. Creepy that they are calling the infestation irreversible! Catching 1400 in one day was only a small dent. BB won't be diving east coast waters.

[chrisd]

if your worried about using a net try these.
http://www.thatpetplace.com/pet/prod...=10#resultBody

[J-LUIS]

Originally Posted by chrisd

if your worried about using a net try these.
http://www.thatpetplace.com/pet/prod...=10#resultBody

Very cool I just e mailed them asking if its strong and safe to transport a lion fish with this glove and if there spins would poke through this glove. So will see.

[jenglish]

What you want is the specimen cups like they use at the LFS instead of a net.... solid plastic cup basically.

[J-LUIS]

Originally Posted by jenglish

What you want is the specimen cups like they use at the LFS instead of a net.... solid plastic cup basically.

Ya but they give you the water as well. One thing I never do is add water from the LFS to my tank's. I always drip acclimate my fish in a bucket and then eather net them or hand scoop them in to my tanks. Some fish with bigger gill spines can not be put in a net due to them getting there gills trap in them. I learned a big lesson with my squirrel fish and he died due to being hurt buy the net.

[chrisd]

Originally Posted by J-LUIS

Ya but they give you the water as well. One thing I never do is add water from the LFS to my tank's. I always drip acclimate my fish in a bucket and then eather net them or hand scoop them in to my tanks. Some fish with bigger gill spines can not be put in a net due to them getting there gills trap in them. I learned a big lesson with my squirrel fish and he died to do being hurt buy the net.

i do the same thing but i float everything but there is no way i would put my hand into the bag with a lion fish in it.

[J-LUIS]

Okay I got a e mail back about the gloves. I sent a e mail to Drs. Foster & Smith

Here's what they e mailed me.

Dear Luis,

Thank you for your email. The Heavy Duty Aqua Gloves should be able to deflect an accidentally brush of the spines of a Lionfish, however we would not recommend using them to handle a lionfish. If you need to transport your fish, we would recommend using a large fish trap or plastic bucket, to insure that the spines on the fish are not damaged, as well as not allowing the lionfish to test the integrity of the gloves. Thank you for choosing Drs. Foster & Smith LiveAquaria for your live aquatic needs.