:mrgreen: damn those toxins..... :razz:

Another Brian Robak! Be sure to post this on RC and RDO.

Yup. Read:


http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...hreadid=158663

http://reefs.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.ph...ght=toxic+zoos

Is that the brobak thread you are talking about teevee?

Aye that it is. The first zoanthid victim I heard of.

Very useful info.

What kind of gloves should I use when working with zoos / corals and where can I get them?

You know, people come over to see my tank and see my "hazmat" equipment I use to frags zoo's and such and they laugh. They just don't realize how deadly these little polyps can be and are always surprised when I educate them a bit on it.

BTW: I wear a full face shield when fragging squishy and squirty type of corals. I've had a couple times here a zoo burst all over my face shield, was glad I wore it along with my latex gloves.

Anyways.. food for thought. Glad your ok :eek: :biggrin: :bday: . Lets hope we don't hear about these incidents very often.

Holy crap is right. Glad your feeling better.

Thanks for posting the link Sam. I was looking for it. As I mentioned in the other sting thread, seems we need to be more careful dealing with our tanks, than we think sometimes.

I have some links. Dont know if they are included in the RC thread or not. First one is regarding Mycobacterium Marinum Infection Second is on Palytoxin

http://www.emedicine.com/DERM/top

http://www.cbwinfo.com/Biological/To

Chad, you wear normal latex gloves? Do you use the non-powdered type (doubt if the powder would be good for corals)? Do you use these when simply working in shallow water? What about hand protection within the tank?

Dead links

Thanks all!! I'm glad I'm ok too. LOL!! I admit, I haven't taken the toxin danger seriously in the past. I will now. But please remember that I was affected by the effects of 2 poisons. The doctor said it looked like the bee (wasp) toxin was amplified by the coral poison. I quess I just want to say, be carefully, but don't be scared off of reefing. This was just one in a million in my opinion. Anyone else bit hit that bad in one day? Na, I didn't think so.
Just keep this in mind when you stick your hands into your tank.