Palytoxin research?

[Clowning_Around72]

Is there any research as to what zoanthids/palys do not have palytoxin?

 

[Oscaror]

Is there any research as to what zoanthids/palys do not have palytoxin?

I'm fairly certain all zoas have it

 

[Clowning_Around72]

I'm fairly certain all zoas have it

What soft corals are easy to keep and easily fraggable with little toxin?

 

[Jeremy K.A.]

There are supposedly some zoas/ plays without palytoxin or with very little palytoxin but without government medical laboratory testing it's impossible to know which ones they are. I asked Mr Julian Sprung himself about that and thats the basic gist of what he told me!

 

[Oscaror]

What soft corals are easy to keep and easily fraggable with little toxin?

Mushrooms are easy to frag but it certainly is scary to do lol. You just slice em in half

 

[tehmadreefer]

The palytoxin you are thinking of is more related to those in the larger play's, as opposed to zoa's. Plenty of info out there and you can even call or PM WWC for additional info.

 

[Clowning_Around72]

The palytoxin you are thinking of is more related to those in the larger play's, as opposed to zoa's. Plenty of info out there and you can even call or PM WWC for additional info.

So the generic zoanthids do not have enough to cause a problem? I would just stick to the little ones?

 

[Clowning_Around72]

Mushrooms are easy to frag but it certainly is scary to do lol. You just slice em in half

Cool, what about toadstools?

 

[Oscaror]

Cool, what about toadstools?

toxic

 

[tehmadreefer]

So the generic zoanthids do not have enough to cause a problem? I would just stick to the little ones?

Typically yes, but you would still want to wear gloves and eye protection and make sure you are dealing with zoa and not palys.

 

[tehmadreefer]

Do a search on r2r for grandis palys, but here is a thread for example.

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/palytoxin.323754/#post-4011241

 

[ZipAdeeZoa]

What soft corals are easy to keep and easily fraggable with little toxin?

Most soft corals contain some sort of toxin or irritant as far as I know, they lack sweeper tentacles and so they use chemical warfare to bother and slow down the growth of other corals but I haven't heard anything about them being medically significant (toxic enough to cause medical issues or fatalities in humans) with the exception of palytoxin. If your really anxious about toxins than I would look into some of the easier lps and sps species as they aren't known to have any toxins but their skeletons can add a level of difficulty to fragging them in comparison to softies.