Anyone else, palytoxin related question, LFS?

[Sump Crab]

Am I the only one who quit taking my kids to the LFS after learning about palytoxin?

 

[KrisReef]

Am I the only one who quit taking my kids to the LFS after learning about palytoxin?

That seems like a very cautious approach to raising them.

 

[DenverSaltyFarm]

There are dangers to pretty much anything in life, you have to live life to the fullest without fear and enjoy it

 

[gbroadbridge]

Am I the only one who quit taking my kids to the LFS after learning about palytoxin?

Crossing the road to the LFS is certainly dangerous

 

[FUNGI]

There are dangers to pretty much anything in life, you have to live life to the fullest without fear and enjoy it

Especially chocolate donuts.......

 

[Bitter old man]

Am I the only one who quit taking my kids to the LFS after learning about palytoxin?

 

[VintageReefer]

Blown way out of proportion. Risk is essentially zero unless they are literally cooking palythoa in an oven, or cutting up playthoa grandis on a chopping board

Look at my mountain of them, one polyp is the size of a full plug of favia

I am not concerned at all and work barehand in my tank

 

[smitten with ocean life]

sorry, but that seems pretty extreme. that thought has never even crossed my mind!

 

[edsbeaker]

Am I the only one who quit taking my kids to the LFS after learning about palytoxin?

I think you might be. I haven’t heard of anyone getting infected with it just by visiting the LFS. What worries you?

 

[vandy]

Wait until you hear about the electricity in the walls. You might never flip a light switch again!

 

[smitten with ocean life]

just curious. did someone tell you a scary story about it? or what made you decide this?

 

[Cichlid Dad]

Especially chocolate donuts.......

 

[Cichlid Dad]

Blown way out of proportion. Risk is essentially zero unless they are literally cooking palythoa in an oven, or cutting up playthoa grandis on a chopping board

Look at my mountain of them, one polyp is the size of a full plug of favia

I am not concerned at all and work barehand in my tank

I just added my first on Saturday. It was exactly what my tank was missing.

 

[Cichlid Dad]

Am I the only one who quit taking my kids to the LFS after learning about palytoxin?

The risk is not even close to the walk from the car to the front door of the LFS. The people who have gotten sick do dumb things like place their rock in an oven and cook it. literally.

 

[VintageReefer]

I just added my first on Saturday. It was exactly what my tank was missing.

That colony in my pic…started out as 8 polyps mounted on flat 2x2 (maybe 3x3) tile. There is nothing under it to give this dome shape, the stalks are THAT long. probaby 5” stalks

This was 1 year after I got it

 

[Cichlid Dad]

That colony in my pic…started out as 8 polyps mounted on flat 2x2 (maybe 3x3) tile. There is nothing under it to give this dome shape, the stalks are THAT long. probaby 5” stalks

This was 1 year after I got it

I was surprised, mine brown with greenish ring. What surprised me was how it made the rest of the tank pop if you get what I mean. I found it to be one of my favorites pieces in the tank.

 

[VintageReefer]

I was surprised, mine brown with greenish ring. What surprised me was how it made the rest of the tank pop if you get what I mean. I found it to be one of my favorites pieces in the tank.

Mine started off somewhat plain / dull but as they grew the green got More and more intense. And to make room for more polyps the existing ones kept getting taller. It’s a awesome coral

Feed it. They love to eat and it helps them grow faster. Mysis. Flake. Pellet. Those polyps will grab it like a Venus fly trap

 

[Sump Crab]

My kids are both real young and after reading the horror stories about palytoxin I just sort of thought to myself why even bother exposing a 25lb child to palytoxin in a LFS. Its like do i really trust the 16 year old kid fragging grandis minutes before i walk into the store lol?

I don't even keep zoas or palys any longer in my tank TBH.

As a side note to ppl suggesting that I may be some type of helicopter parent, I'm really not Lol. The palytoxin rabbit hole just freaked me out a bit.

 

[Tamberav]

Am I the only one who quit taking my kids to the LFS after learning about palytoxin?

The drive in the car to the LFS is much more statistically dangerous than palytoxin because your kids are not going to be putting palys in their eyes/wounds at the LFS.

And not to scare you but not only palys have palytoxin... some cyanobacteria has it... and fairly certain some dino too...

So technically one should not have a tank at all if they are trying to 100% avoid palytoxin but having a body of water in the house is more dangerous to young children than what it is it.

I didn't bring my young kid to the LFS but that was because the LFS had teeny tiny pathways and he was a tornado until about 2.5. Bull in china shop for real.

 

[Uncle99]

My kids are both real young and after reading the horror stories about palytoxin I just sort of thought to myself why even bother exposing a 25lb child to palytoxin in a LFS. Its like do i really trust the 16 year old kid fragging grandis minutes before i walk into the store lol?

I don't even keep zoas or palys any longer in my tank TBH.

As a side note to ppl suggesting that I may be some type of helicopter parent, I'm really not Lol. The palytoxin rabbit hole just freaked me out a bit.

Understandable.
If that brings you ease, then thats just fine.