Really Palytoxin?

[RtomKinMad]

Zoas or Palys? Are they under 3/8" each?

Theg don't look like palys from the picture.

Zoas shouldn't be a problem.

Just siphon the free floating ones out and flush them down the toilet.

They are larger than zoas. I think they are blue palys? Grow like weeds and take over everything but star polyps! I will try to get out the floating ones they are still
Attached but look like about to fall off. We have frequently found them on the sand bed growing. Thank you very much.

 

[Chuk]

Zoas or Palys? Are they under 3/8" each?

Theg don't look like palys from the picture.

Zoas shouldn't be a problem.

Just siphon the free floating ones out and flush them down the toilet.

there's really no way to tell without cutting them up and doing genetic testing.

 

[Ron Reefman]

Back to the OP's question, yes, palytoxins are a real issue. Both Palys and zoas have them but palys are worse. I don't have any issues with them being in my tand or even handling them. But if/when you frag some, be careful. A cut or squeeze in the wrong place and they can literally squirt fluid at you. To touch it doesn't bother 99.9% of the population. But get it in your eye, inhale it or swallow it and it can be real trouble. A friend of mine had massive issues with one eye after fragging some palys and then wiping his eye with his hand without thinking. It was well over a year before his vision in that eye returned to anything close to normal.

 

[CC13]

lol here we go again......

just dont boil, bake, chew, eat, manhandle zoas/palys and youll be fine lol

This.

There is nothing to worry about if you use your brain and think logically lol

 

[sandswhitson]

Our Rotweiller almost died from something out of our fish tank. I had done a bunch of cleaning and trimming and had rocks in and out of the tank. He must have ate something that came off one of the rocks but he stayed two days at the vet on his death bed but finally pulled out of it. So I suggest thoroughly vacuuming/mopping the floors after any major work on your tank.