toxin in zoas

[kaboke]

i just bought my first coral LFS sold it to me as Green star polyp I placed it in my tank with bare hands now I find out that they are zoanthids so whats the deal now with the toxin am I in trouble

Kaboke

[killingseed]

your fine with handling them. you may just want to
wash your hand after handling them. your in no danger

[Dave12678]

You gonna die!







Just kidding make sure you don't have any cuts on your hands when messing with them.

[Texa$]

my dad lost his finger to a zoo. the petting zoo's are the most dangerous.

[apex003]

If they're really green star polyps, they're not zoanthids and I don't think they have a toxin.

[Scythanith]

First thing: they lied to you or they don't know what they are talking about, don't shop there anymore.

Second thing: If you see something you like at a store, ask what it is then go home and research it a little. Buy a book, they are peer reviewed. The net is good but I could tell you that a zoanthid is a green clove polyp and how would you know. Do you just trust me?

About the toxin..... very rare. Don't work in your tank with an open wound. Use extra carbon in your filter after you frag the zoa's. Or buy some arm length gloves and don't lick your fingers!

Cheers,

Scott

[LoudProudNPunk]

toxin is not a big deal inless it gets into your blood stream.

eyes, open wounds, mouth, nose, stuff like that. I got squirted in the eye once, just washed really fast with water throughly. It was sore for a while but it got better.

[gflat65]

Originally posted by Scythanith
don't lick your fingers!

Cheers,

Scott

They can be finger lickin good.

[ZooZ]

sucks to be a thumb sucker and a reefer

[Scythanith]

Originally posted by ZooZ
sucks to be a thumb sucker and a reefer

+1

oohh, don't do that either haahaa