Coral is always making me sick
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Originally Posted by Sparty059 http:///forum/thread/381714/coral-is-always-making-me-sick#post_3326944
This whole thread is news to me. For the 4 months I've been in this hobby I've never heard of such intense illness. I typically get cuts on my hands when working with stuff... (I'm a guy with soft skin... how embarassing) and I always put my hands in my tank and just let the burn slowly settle. After it goes away that's when I can finally get my work done inside the tank. However, I always wash my hands to keep any infection of getting in. As far as the zoas... that's insane! I plan on getting Zoa's someday and I must say that worries me to ever think of fragging some or just taking them out of the water to work with them... I'm glad I noticed this on my recent threads! I'll keep this in mind next time I'm working with a coral.
yeah, you don't want to get any sort of open skin in the tank. You can get really really ill. The reality is you're more likely to get sick from some sort of bacteria than a toxin from a coral. But some basic precautions like never expose an open wound to your tank, and wear gloves should protect you from 99.999% of all issues.
Originally Posted by Sparty059 http:///forum/thread/381714/coral-is-always-making-me-sick#post_3326944
This whole thread is news to me. For the 4 months I've been in this hobby I've never heard of such intense illness. I typically get cuts on my hands when working with stuff... (I'm a guy with soft skin... how embarassing) and I always put my hands in my tank and just let the burn slowly settle. After it goes away that's when I can finally get my work done inside the tank. However, I always wash my hands to keep any infection of getting in. As far as the zoas... that's insane! I plan on getting Zoa's someday and I must say that worries me to ever think of fragging some or just taking them out of the water to work with them... I'm glad I noticed this on my recent threads! I'll keep this in mind next time I'm working with a coral.
yeah, you don't want to get any sort of open skin in the tank. You can get really really ill. The reality is you're more likely to get sick from some sort of bacteria than a toxin from a coral. But some basic precautions like never expose an open wound to your tank, and wear gloves should protect you from 99.999% of all issues.