A lil fyi over at reef central as well as reefs.org is a post re zoo and there toxins. Please go over and check it out. Better yet if someone can get the post over to this site so the zoo owners can read it Im sure it would go a long way I'm sure.
got Zoo's??
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Palytoxin's some serious stuff. My little story is pretty benign compared to this poor guy who lost his dog, but I'll share it anyhoo.
I was messing with a colony of zoos several months ago (was a green matting-type colony), and ended up dropping them (polyp-side down) into another rock. They closed up and starting spewing out this milky-gray liquid. Stupid me, didn't think much of it, went plunging right back in and finished my tinkering. I had a cut on my hand at the time which STUNG like a ***** for several hours afterwards. The skin around the cut puffed up and got very red. The discomfort went away which was followed by a mild numbness around the cut which lasted through the next day. I have no way of knowing if the zoos were responsible, but I strongly suspect it.
With the large amount of reefers out there and the small amount of cases of serious poisoning, I tend to think the risk is small. But it's still something to think about. I know I'm a little haphazard when working in my tanks, but after this experience, I wash well after playing in there.
I was messing with a colony of zoos several months ago (was a green matting-type colony), and ended up dropping them (polyp-side down) into another rock. They closed up and starting spewing out this milky-gray liquid. Stupid me, didn't think much of it, went plunging right back in and finished my tinkering. I had a cut on my hand at the time which STUNG like a ***** for several hours afterwards. The skin around the cut puffed up and got very red. The discomfort went away which was followed by a mild numbness around the cut which lasted through the next day. I have no way of knowing if the zoos were responsible, but I strongly suspect it.
With the large amount of reefers out there and the small amount of cases of serious poisoning, I tend to think the risk is small. But it's still something to think about. I know I'm a little haphazard when working in my tanks, but after this experience, I wash well after playing in there.
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- Union Square, NY
I have been stung several times by a large piece of frogspawn I used to own. If you get your hand close to the mouth area you may feel a numbness in your hand for an hour or so afterwards.
Always be careful when reaching into your tank.
Always be careful when reaching into your tank.
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