Thought I'd post this after I learned a valuable lesson last night.... If you dip zoas/palys in a peroxide/saltwater mix to get rid of algae etc, DO NOT look closely at them to see if you can see any pests etc while they're in the peroxide.... Keep your distance. I made this mistake and (IMO)suffered for it.
Story....
So yesterday I decided to dip the rest of my paly/zoa frags and small colonies that had algae issues and used a 3:1 ratio of saltwater and Hy. Peroxide. Like an idiot I wanted to see if there were any pests that might have fallen off in the mixture(None found) so I leaned in close while they were bubbling to get a good look, big mistake.... Later that (last)night around 8pm or so I started getting a bad headache, and started shaking because I couldn't get warm. I also started to get nuaseus(need spell check)and had difficulty taking a deep breath. It was well past midnight before some of the symptoms started to subside. Even now as I write this I am experiencing a Bad Headache. Now that I think about it I was extremely thirsty all night too.
The shaking was pretty bad and scared my wife(and me) pretty good. I really started to get concerned when I put 2 and 2 together and realized my symptoms could possibly be due to zoa/paly toxins.
My theory is that the zoas/palys added a whole bunch of their juices to the mix, and when the peroxide started bubbling to the surface it released and made airborne anything that was in the mix(palytoxin?). So I inhaled whatever it was that was in the container when I was looking for pests.... Brilliant!
Story....
So yesterday I decided to dip the rest of my paly/zoa frags and small colonies that had algae issues and used a 3:1 ratio of saltwater and Hy. Peroxide. Like an idiot I wanted to see if there were any pests that might have fallen off in the mixture(None found) so I leaned in close while they were bubbling to get a good look, big mistake.... Later that (last)night around 8pm or so I started getting a bad headache, and started shaking because I couldn't get warm. I also started to get nuaseus(need spell check)and had difficulty taking a deep breath. It was well past midnight before some of the symptoms started to subside. Even now as I write this I am experiencing a Bad Headache. Now that I think about it I was extremely thirsty all night too.
The shaking was pretty bad and scared my wife(and me) pretty good. I really started to get concerned when I put 2 and 2 together and realized my symptoms could possibly be due to zoa/paly toxins.
My theory is that the zoas/palys added a whole bunch of their juices to the mix, and when the peroxide started bubbling to the surface it released and made airborne anything that was in the mix(palytoxin?). So I inhaled whatever it was that was in the container when I was looking for pests.... Brilliant!
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