Warning to all

[breckco.ky]

Ok....just to save anyone of you some serious illness NEVER frag any zoo's or polpys without GLOVES and EYE PROTECTION!! Friday at 6:00 est I worked on removing brown button polyps from some of my LR for 3 hrs. Did not use protection for 1 hour......I got SEVERLY SICK and now its sunday and Im still not over it. For anyone that doubts this thread google PALYTOXIN.....wow its hard to believe I've messed with this stuff for 5 years with no respect for it whatsoever....

 

[bang guy]

Originally Posted by BreckCo.KY
http:///forum/post/3228724
Ok....just to save anyone of you some serious illness NEVER frag any zoo's or polpys without GLOVES and EYE PROTECTION!! Friday at 6:00 est I worked on removing brown button polyps from some of my LR for 3 hrs. Did not use protection for 1 hour......I got SEVERLY SICK and now its sunday and Im still not over it. For anyone that doubts this thread google PALYTOXIN.....wow its hard to believe I've messed with this stuff for 5 years with no respect for it whatsoever....
Just for clarity, there are hundreds of toxins produced by our corals that can make you very ill. Palytoxin isn't one of them. In my opinion gloves are not optional when handling Zoanthids and any water laying around after fragging them should be treated as highly toxic material.

 

[tur4k]

What type of gloves do you use? Vinyl? Latex?

 

[bang guy]

Originally Posted by tur4k
http:///forum/post/3236744
What type of gloves do you use? Vinyl? Latex?
I just use the really cheap plastic stuff. If you have a desire to have your hands in the tank a lot I would resommend investing in some quality reusable latex.