Public Anemone #1
New member
Last night I was transfering some softy corals betweens tanks (Pulsing Xenia, Mushrooms, Zooanthids and Kenya Tree Coral). I normally wear gloves for this sort of thing ever since I heard the story about the poor guy's dog dying after drinking change water from a stressed softy tank due to Paleo toxins in the water from button polyps. Last night I didn't think I was going to have a lot of contact with the corals as was going to be just moving rocks. It wound up I did peel a few pieces of the Kenya Tree, Zooanthinds and Xenia off of a couple of the rocks with my bare hands. I did wash them after with soap and warm water. About 4am I woke up with the worst shakes, headache, fever, nausea, diariha and cough. I am wondering if I just had the flu or if coral toxins had gotten in my system and I was feeling the effects of these? I still feel weak and sick today but am improving. Has anyone had a similar experience or am I looking too deep into this - there isn't much info online about coral toxins and there side effects. Thanks!
