cinnamon polyp

ninjamini

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I have an opportunity to get a cinnamon polyp. Do they grow quick and spread well creating new polyps?
 

teresaq

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I'd like to know too. I just picked up 2. how much was yours if you dont mind. I paid ten bucks each. but they are the size of a quarter
 

ninjamini

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I was quoted 12 for about 1.5". I did not get it cuz I was going to dinner. I plan to stop by later in the week.
Hey I know you. How are you? How are those fish doing?
 

ninjamini

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Here is a rock that I bought at

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for $20 in November. When I got it it had 6-7 green polyps on it and this guy. Bonus. Well I call it a a rock but it looks more like a flower pot skeleton to me.
I find it curious that the green polyps which were next to the cinnamon only grew away from it.
Do you know how to propagate them so that I have more cinnamon?
 

reefkprz

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that is a Palythoa Grandis it is hands down one of the most toxic palythoa on the market, DO NOT handle without gloves one cut on your hand and your hospitalized. they reproduce just like any other paklythoa, good light and meaty foods and you will have plenty of them, they can be fragged just like any other palythoa or zoanthid, peel the base away seperate and superglue gell it to the rock. it will probably spread faster if you get it away from the quicker growing greens.
 

ninjamini

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Originally Posted by reefkprZ
that is a Palythoa Grandis it is hands down one of the most toxic palythoa on the market, DO NOT handle without gloves one cut on your hand and your hospitalized...
Whoops. That bad. What if I don't have a cut? Will it go through the skin?
 

reefkprz

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not likley but if its on your skin and you rub your eye..... or touch food. I personally have a better safe than sorry theory with those, I dont touch them without gloves, all it takes is a split cuticle that you dont know about for a bad day. if you do handle it with out gloves wash your hands and fore arms afterwards.
 

ninjamini

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I have a rule. Hands in the tank I dont even dry them off. Its right to the sink for a good wash up to my elbows.
 

reefkprz

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good rule, even the nontoxic corals carry bacteria like pseudomonis and vibrio
here is some info on vibrio
What type of illness does Vibrio, vulnificus cause?
V. vulnificus can cause disease in those who eat eat contaminated seafood or have an open wound that is exposed to seawater. Among healthy people, ingestion of V. vulnificus can cause vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal pain. In immunocompromised persons, particularly those with chronic liver disease, V. vulnificus can infect the bloodstream, causing a severe and life-threatening illness characterized by fever and chills, decreased blood pressure (septic shock), and blistering skin lesions. V. vulnificus bloodstream infections are fatal about 50% of the time.
V. vulnificus can also cause an infection of the skin when open wounds are exposed to warm seawater; these infections may lead to skin breakdown and ulceration. Persons who are immunocompromised are at higher risk for invasion of the organism into the bloodstream and potentially fatal complications.
kinda makes ya pause and think doesn't it.
 
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