palytoxin symptoms

[fencer]

Doug give up....this person is determined on her opinion right or wrong and it is obvious she has the proof too say otherwise...this is not a topic that is debatable. Paly toxin exists. Because it is in the home reef system there is plenty of potential of getting poisoned by it. I don't have a lot of education but hypersensitivity to paly toxin comes with time. One day your immune system goes in to overdrive and you get nuked. In my case the incidents of asthma and body chills occurred within minutes of working close to paly colonies. Clearly an immuogenic response. In this case I was using tweezers to remove some algae off the paly rock. There must have been enough toxin to dispersed into the air to affect me.( the tank was half empty to expose the area I wanted to clean). What the hey, I am stupid enough to get poisoned by Palys twice, who knows I far I can take it.Like I said don't have a lot of smarts so I rely on people's anecdotal nonscientific, non government funded stories about this hobby. Remember DRINK and DRIVE ALWAYS...it is the only way to increase your chances of early expiration. Oh yeah...2-4D is absolutely safe to use never had a problem until I got into my 3rd eye.

[ALang]

^^well said, Fencer.

[blaster]

These articles will bump the cost of buying them.

[hillegom]

Originally Posted by blaster

These articles will bump the cost of buying them.

Goodie!! I have some

[reef-keeper]

A newbie Like me and others specially with small children that when cleaning their tank that just a puff of toxin can seriously harm their 4 or 5year old that always wants to help daddy or mommy with the tank duties. I am glad that I read that article. As for the price they may drop to nothing because no one in their right mind with the helpful child would want them in the tank. That is just my opinion.

[wickedfrags]

How?

And everything is toxic - it really just depends on the dose.

Originally Posted by blaster

These articles will bump the cost of buying them.