Hello guys,
New Reefer here. Please help me identify these. Worth keeping? Will they spread like crazy? Thank you all?
New Reefer here. Please help me identify these. Worth keeping? Will they spread like crazy? Thank you all?
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Yes, I agree. People are way more scared of palytoxin poisoning now, then back then, but if there is a risk of getting hospitalized it's always better to take precautions.Palytoxin isnt a joke but I do tend to joke a little about how prevalent its become over the last 9-10 years of people freaking out about it. I will not joke here. If you dont know look it up as you have said. Good job in your willingness to research it. Wear ppe and follow all protocols involving its use. Get a hammer and chisel, break that part of the rock off or remove the entire rock. Keep them out of reach of children and pets. As for disposal I am not 100% sure how to go about it exactly but I would put them in a container wrap it in a bag or plastic and throw it away. May help to put it somewhere "safe" and let them dry out and die first.
Do you have any idea as to cause? I am not discounting you just curious as if it was user error or some other reason. I am going to be 100% honest I used to frag P. Grandis ( known to have this toxin) all the time. It used to grow like a weed in my previous reef. This time I got a 2 polyp frag a year ago and now have 4 polyps. I used to get that growth in a couple weeks. I have fragged and interacted with this coral so many time with 0 ppe. I have never felt fine before messing with my reef and ended up sick after. Probably lucky, or maybe ones that are not wild dont have the toxin or as much. I would really like to hear what people that have been confirmed as poisoned actually did or didnt do to get poisoned. I get the stories of someone boiling them causing everyone in the house to get sick, thats just dumb. (sorry if thats what you did but common sense and all).I've been hit twice by paly-toxin sickness and it's no joke. Both times I was sick in bed with flu like symptoms along with chills and hot flashes.
Looks like purple death Palys and on my behalf, I used a pipette with a Kalkwasser paste and it melted them down. I had to repeat once, but it workedHello guys,
New Reefer here. Please help me identify these. Worth keeping? Will they spread like crazy? Thank you all?