The dangers we face are finally made known

[Zoolander]

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2018/04/05/man-warns-pet-owners-after-fish-tank-releases-second-deadliest-poison-hospitalizes-10.amp.html

[hkhsiao]

But they claimed the polytoxin is from scrubbing pulsing Xenia outside of water? How much truth to that?

 

 

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[cjmdh]

I saw this too. Yeah, don't scrub rocks that have palys or zoas on them.  The last incident that was in the news from Australia was from the same type of "cleaning".

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/family-of-six-hospitalised-after-being-overwhelmed-by-noxious-gases-at-aldinga-beach-home/news-story/753f3fd0e771f6830748f47cdcee791a

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[coyote]

Can you clean rock that’s been dry for 5 years with dead palys on it. Just wondering I have about 6 pieces of rock in a bucket and was thinking about cleaning it to use again.

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[Reefer Ryan]

37 minutes ago, coyote said:

Can you clean rock that’s been dry for 5 years with dead palys on it. Just wondering I have about 6 pieces of rock in a bucket and was thinking about cleaning it to use again.

This might give you some insight, but I personally have no idea

https://reefbuilders.com/2018/03/13/palytoxin-nearly-killed-my-family-and-pets/

[sroberts]

I spoke to a man in Tigard a couple week ago that was fighting what he thought was a zoa toxin after fragging some zoas.  He had been in the hospital a couple times

already and then had his eye rupture.   Evidently this can be really a serious situation.  He said he was getting out of the hobby completely.  I would be unlikely to 

want to frag zoas without someones help that was really experienced.

[coyote]

Thanks for the info.

[Emerald525]

You definitely want to wear gloves and protective eye gear. I also remove my contact lenses because even when I wash my hands thoroughly it seems like there is still bacteria that would cause some redness and a mild infection in my eye.

[CrazyInside]

Is it just palys that do this? Or would zoas do the same thing?

[Emerald525]

5 minutes ago, CrazyInside said:

Is it just palys that do this? Or would zoas do the same thing?

Palys have the toxin but when you frag zoas they can also squirt when you frag them which is not a good thing in your eyes.

[ocboat]

From what I have read, bleach will neutralize palytoxin.  I have a few rocks with protopalys on the which are the most toxic and I plan on soaking them in bleach and then I'm going to throw them away or bury them.

[pdxmonkeyboy]

from what i read it is only palys that have the toxin and not zoas.

i thought this was a very good read..

https://reefs.com/2015/09/14/the-dangers-and-myths-of-zoa-toxicity-part-1/

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