FarmerTy's 215-gallon SPS Tank

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First frag with the new clippers and plugs.

Not too shabby.
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ooooh...do I see my name written on that????? ;Smuggrin
 
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How much would a grandis paly polyp be in the States, I love them but my lfs wants $30 a polyp, sounds expensive to me?
I need to come sell my colony over there! Mine has 30-40 heads. I think I paid like $20 for two heads.
$10/polyp is about right in our area of the States.

They are also the same polyps that put me in the ER for palytoxin poisoning, so I don't have them anymore. Wife's orders... And after how I felt, I was glad to comply.
 

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$10/polyp is about right in our area of the States.

They are also the same polyps that put me in the ER for palytoxin poisoning, so I don't have them anymore. Wife's orders... And after how I felt, I was glad to comply.
Whoa, you got palytoxin poisoning? What happened?

I was about to tell that guy dont get too excited those are one of the most dangerous palys.
 
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Whoa, you got palytoxin poisoning? What happened?

I was about to tell that guy dont get too excited those are one of the most dangerous palys.
I didn't ever see you say you were poisoned :eek:! That's pretty scary.
Yeah, I think I posted a separate thread about it. Fragged some palys... Thought I'd use my new fancy coral saw... Basically sent the palytoxin into the air... Poisoned both me and my dog... He vomited profusely and shook the whole time... I couldn't regulate my temperature, felt pain throughout my body but specifically my joints, cramping, muscle twitches, nausea... It was not fun times.

He spent overnight at a vet for observation, I spent the night at the ER. $2200 later, I learned a valuable lesson and got the stink eye from my wife for a week after that. Deal was to continue reefing, had to remove anything that could kill me from the tank... So no zoas/palys of any kind... Which was easy for me as I had moved all zoas and palys to the sump already and just kept them to frag.
 
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Wow you didn't even get sprayed in the eyes or nothing, all from just cutting and getting in the air. Sounds like it was pretty rough. When you went to the ER did you tell them what it was?
Inhalation is one of the more direct routes of exposure... More than just dermal contact.

I told them exactly what it was and also brought them a printout of another known case in Alaska. [emoji23]
 
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I would love a frag of that voodoo majick. Such nice colors and polyp extension.
It was never on my radar as something to get but took a flyer on it at a frag swap and I'm glad I did. What an amazing piece under white and under blue lights. In today's market, it should really be a $200-$300 frag but luckily you can get it for a lot less!
 
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that name BC Hung's Truly Unbelievable made me laugh, but it's a great looking piece.

Nice pictures.
I just repeat ridiculous names like a parrot... I try not to judge too much... Except reverse gorilla nipples zoas... What the heck?!
 

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