Fragging Zoas And Palys

Shooter000

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IMPORTANT INFO,, PLZ!!! Everyone be careful when fragging these little guys, especially OG hallucinations, I had my eye protection on, I thought my gloves were good, but little did I know my glove had a hole in it, while fragging these beauties last night I started to become ill about an hr or 2 into it, by the middle of the night I was puking profusely, cold sweats, and the most agonizing back pain I have ever felt, I don't even have any cuts on my hands, so this is telling you that they are decently toxic people, be careful, be safe, always check your tools for defects, I am poisoned proof.....
 
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Cliff

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Canfield, Ontario
Damn. That sucks. How r u today?
That's one of my biggest fear with pallys
Too bad that they are one of the corals I can actually grow
 

Kman

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Palys are the worst. Palytoxin is the second deadliest poison in the world. A little of that stuff goes a long way. When I frag them I don't touch them I use tweeters to place them. For gloves you need to use the thicker gauge because I found the thin ones don't protect me enough to my liking. You should go get check out as a precaution as this can cause liver failure. Just let them know the kind of toxin you were working with. Hope you feel better.
 

SamB

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Nightmare for you Sean !
Palys and zoas have differing toxin levels - some stronger than others and I guess that you were fragging a powerful one !
I previously had a asterina starfish problem and I noticed that while they ate my expensive zoas, they left the green button polyps alone - which proved to me that the toxin levels differ and some are definitely very strong
Thanks again for the warning - tough thing to deal with
Hope that you feel better soon
 
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Shooter000

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Wow! That's sucks, hope you're feeling better and I hope I'd don't make you rush by coming over later!
no this was after you had left, I started fragging for londons show, did up like -15 OG's then by about 11pm things went down hill, feeling a bit better now, still kinda woozy and Still got back pains, no more puking or cold sweats so that's good:)
 

Nonuser

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So anyone going to make a video of fragging theses? Or will there be a demo at frag fest?

I have a bunch of cool palys in my old tank attached to a large rock and would like to transfer them to the new tank. But it ain't worth dyin over
 
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Shooter000

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well 2 1/2 to 3 days later and Shooter is feeling about 75% better. Seriously everyone!!!, BE CAREFUL with these bad boys, Zoas or palys. I can't stress this situation enough, I can only imagine what could of happen to me if I had actually had a cut on my hands, the palytoxin only absorbed into my skin, I'd probably be in the hospital or on deaths bed if I had cuts, PLZ EVERYONE use my mistake and misfortune as a HUGE warning to you, you know what they say don't F with a F'er or you'll get F'ed, I got F'ed!!!

Be cautious
Be safe
Be smart
Be a reefer


Thx sean
 

Shooter000

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So anyone going to make a video of fragging theses? Or will there be a demo at frag fest?

I have a bunch of cool palys in my old tank attached to a large rock and would like to transfer them to the new tank. But it ain't worth dyin over
I'll post a vid of fragging Zoas &palys tomorrow night as I still want another day to recover, don't want to get the shakes while doing it...
 

SamB

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Thanks for the update Shooter
What a nightmare Bud - glad that you are recovering but don't push it
Your system has had a shock and needs time to stabilize !
Sheesh, the stuff we do for our hobby eh ?:rolleyes:
 

Shooter000

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Thx Sam

I know right apparently almost worth dying for, lol, but not really lol, lol:), ya gonna take another day to recover drink lots of fluids and rest up, need all the strength I got to do the rest of my Zoas, will definitely be pouring water in my gloves before I put them on to see if there are any holes in them!!!
 

Nonuser

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Also this isn't my first palytoxin run in...
It's like inception, you're quoting yourself.
I read you can just cut off the heads to frag? Said will take longer to regrow.
So just pry them up off the rock, or get a knife and try getting under them?
 
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