My run in with Palythoa grandis- Palytoxin!!

[MSreefdoc]

@Mael
I think wearing gloves only when you handle palys/zoas is just fine, however, if you have a cut on your hand(whether it's bleeding or scabbed over) just go ahead and throw your gloves on to play in your tank regardless of what you might be handling. You can get a few nasty infections from our little closed systems. As to your colony "melting"... if it was only a day I wouldn't think that is from being buried for just one day unless there is some high population of a bad bacteria living in you sand that killed the polyps. Irritation from sand for one day should not kill them.

 

[Mael]

Thx for the advice. Not sure what it was unless he buried it the day before(depending on work schedule I may not see the tank with lights on for a cpl days) still 2 days in there shouldnt have caused this to happen. Chalk it up to bad luck and make sure it doesnt happen again.

 

[mikid]

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a few years ago I was fragging zoas into pack and rubbed my face....got into 1 eye...swelled shut for a few days, watered,nothing worked....call advise nurse...they said to come in asap....but after talking to others, there is no nero-toxin to us...went away in a few days....never again....put hands in tank all of the time.=, but will never frag zoas/paly...anything without gloves....wasn't a good experiance to have....:crazy1: