toxin in zoanthid that you should know

[xinumaster]

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1083843

 

[Sparkss]

interesting new slant on a very old story.

 

[jedininja]

Something similar happened to Bao from AG last summer. He was holding a ton of palys in his prop tank in his garage. His temp controller malfunctioned and boiled the tank. Him, his wife, and dog were woke up short of breath and other problems and rushed to the ER.

 

[sfsuphysics]

See you try to get rid of "unwanted" corals by doing exotic things and you're bound to get zapped.

The last frag swap I was handling some palythoas as well with my other corals, I had latex gloves on but as your mind gets busy on one task (namely putting corals into containers) who knows what sort of stuff you do without thinking like wiping your brow or touching your mouth in some way (at least the salt water gives an indication icky spittoey!)

 

[juaninsac]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9594541#post9594541 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by sfsuphysics
See you try to get rid of "unwanted" corals by doing exotic things and you're bound to get zapped.

The last frag swap I was handling some palythoas as well with my other corals, I had latex gloves on but as your mind gets busy on one task (namely putting corals into containers) who knows what sort of stuff you do without thinking like wiping your brow or touching your mouth in some way (at least the salt water gives an indication icky spittoey!)

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[Casshern]

Inhalation? At the temperature in which the toxin becomes a vapor, it might be broken up wouldn't it? That's a rather complex molecule for a gas

 

[Mr. Ugly]

Splashing boiling water can aerosolize toxins and bacteria to create an exposure hazard. The exposure was not necessarily through vapor or gas.

 

[sfsuphysics]

Yeah, the toxin most like didn't become a vapor, simply took a ride on the vapors of the steam which did get inhaled.

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