Don't get between a fish tank and gravity.

[aquaculture]

skinned some parts of my left hand when the fish tank slid of its stand and i tried to catch it. caught it and ALOT of pain. The tank acyrlic and empty of water but not sand.The hand is now covered in a triple antibiotic ointment. I alos had to cut away the loose skin.

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[kevinfleming21]

yikes, looks nasty

 

[breal2001]

Just keep it covered with a sterile dreesing and use the neosporin. If it shows signs of infection, ie: throbbing, pain, red streaks, fever, pus etc, go to the dr. Otherwise you should be fine, hope you learned a valuable lesson. Remember Safety First

 

[aquaculture]

yep, just let the tank fall or get stronger. even though I got less than 1 square inch of skin removed it hurts worse than I thought an injury of this sort would.

Docs around here are mostly quacks that can't tell neosporion from hemroid cream. But if I need to I will. Whats funny is this isn't my worst injury ever , but it is the most painful. Cutting my finger half off was the most serious.

 

[frnchjeep]

Keep it out of the tank water, too. The bacteria isn't good for the cut.

 

[aquaculture]

yep, will do. Thanks for the info.

 

[lungfishlover]

ouch!

 

[aquaculture]

Heres pics of my hand from yesterday. It has healedpretty much half way now. The speed of healing is getting scary.

 

[philfreenode]

Any Update? Hows the hand healing up?

 

[aquaculture]

Pics tomorrow. It is scabbing over and no longer needs bandages, just keep my hand clean and occasional antibiotic ointment. Family thinks I am a freak.