Possible zoa poisoning

[ckmullin]

bring out the big boys!

[mseepman]

You should get yourself one of these too...great little device and pretty darn cheap.

http://innovative-marine.com/auqa-gadget/accu-drip.html

No more "sucking" for siphon to drip acclimate.

[jason604]

Originally Posted by mseepman

You should get yourself one of these too...great little device and pretty darn cheap.

http://innovative-marine.com/auqa-gadget/accu-drip.html

No more "sucking" for siphon to drip acclimate.

where can i buy this thing? i hate suckign on the tube lol

[Scythanith]

Originally Posted by ckmullin

bring out the big boys!

Those are for going in DEEP!

[Zoaelite]

Would love to see a photo of the zoanthid in question.

[11purewater]

Me too!

[jason604]

I purchased 3-4 diff types of zoas that day

First is the water melon


A mix of fire n ice with some other zoas I forgot the name of


And lastly the green dragon eye. They have been closed since I moved them to my tank so I cant really take a pic so I got this one from google img


The zoas look ****ty in my pic cuz I'm using my iPhone and I had to turn off my blue light or it's very hard to see on camera

My arm is feeling a little bit better today but still a bit numb. Dam zoas! Lol

[The Guy]

Originally Posted by Zoaelite

Would love to see a photo of the zoanthid in question.

I don't think it matters what one it is, they all give off a toxin when there being handled. I learned the hard way as well when handling them. Also if you are fragging out of the tank wear glasses. I use powder free throw away gloves as well.

[Zoaelite]

Originally Posted by clown lover

I don't think it matters what one it is, they all give off a toxin when there being handled. I learned the hard way as well when handling them. Also if you are fragging out of the tank wear glasses. I use powder free throw away gloves as well.

Wrong, only certain species from the order contain the toxin.

I'm not down playing how toxic the toxin is simply my opinion that 90% of the accusations put onto the internet don't have a credible base of evidence.

During this investigation, we found that many of the zoanthids commonly sold in the home aquarium trade are non-toxic or weakly-toxic, but a highly toxic variety of Palythoa (possibly P. heliodiscus or P. toxica) is indeed available

Found here.

Every single one of the corals you added was a zoa, very unlikely they contain the toxin.

[mrhasan]

I would also like to point out something that Denny said few months ago in a similar thread...."paly" toxin. The name says it all. I am no expert but as far as I know, paly and zoas are different. Levi should correct me if I am wrong.