Is world's deadliest poison lurking in your tank
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Topic: Is world's deadliest poison lurking in your tank
Posted By: LearningNemo
Subject: Is world's deadliest poison lurking in your tank
Date Posted: April 05 2018 at 5:27pm
Please read and share -  http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/man-releases-worlds-second-deadliest-12310176" rel="nofollow - https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/man-releases-worlds-second-deadliest-12310176 |
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Posted By: Reefboy4life
Date Posted: April 06 2018 at 8:16am
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Very unfortunate for the family, I never knew it could become air born. ------------- 90 gallon mixed reef |
Posted By: knowen87
Date Posted: April 06 2018 at 10:54am
| It is good to stay informed on the subject but this article says it was from his pulsing xenia. I have never heard of that coral having palytoxin. I think that he had a different paly or zoa that he agitated to cause this. |
Posted By: knowen87
Date Posted: April 06 2018 at 11:00am
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The real problem is with actual Palythoa and zoanthid. Jullian Sprung has a talk on youtube about this. They have found higher levels of palytoxin in Palythoa which typically have rough stalks, brown or green color, and they get super slimy when you touch them. He talked about how he and his tank were poisoned by the mucus of a palythoa. I don't keep they palythoa cause 1) I think they are ugly and 2) they have been know to have higher levels of the toxin. But you should exercise caution with zoanthids too. Use gloves and eye protection when fragging. Dont use a band saw to cut them. NEVER Boil, Pressure wash, Or try scrubbing them off. Most of the worst cases that I have seen online are because the person did one of those last 3 things.
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Posted By: sleepingdeep
Date Posted: April 06 2018 at 2:22pm
| xenia doesn't do this. this guy is clearly uneducated on what he's putting in his tank. |
Posted By: knowen87
Date Posted: April 06 2018 at 2:32pm
| That's what I thought. I wonder how many of the poisonings happen from palythoas vs Zoanthids. The terminology in our hobby does not always represent the distinction correctly. Lots of Zoas are called palys just because they have a slightly larger polyp. |