Danger In Our Tanks?

[seffieuk]

Makes an interesting read and a good reminder to wash your hands straight after being in the tank

http/www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0018235

 

[fishy55599]

yeah, read many of these. but i still want loads of em

 

[jameshughes1989]

I have got loads, maybe I should be more careful!

Will take into account of this for the future. Thanks for the link!

 

[weezawoo]

Its pretty scary, have read a lot of stuff about it but only after I had received my zoa frags and handled them into my tank haha! Luckily didnt touch them, only the base as I didnt want to anger them!
Theres a thread I saw on here where someone posted a story of someone going to hospital from squashing a bug that had been on the zoas! Scary stuff!

 

[woody88]

Its pretty scary, have read a lot of stuff about it but only after I had received my zoa frags and handled them into my tank haha! Luckily didnt touch them, only the base as I didnt want to anger them!
Theres a thread I saw on here where someone posted a story of someone going to hospital from squashing a bug that had been on the zoas! Scary stuff!

Thats the one i originally read before many others ans I still handle them without gloves.

I guess I better stop giving them all a goodnight kiss of an evening then!

 

[-Nemo-]

Gloves + face mask + goggles when I frag zoas, they are no joke.

 

[MissG55]

But they are so pretty!!! Then again you know what they say if it is really beautiful or terribly ugly steer clear!

 

[woody88]

Zoas schmoahs!

Nothing like a bit of paleotoxin in your bloodstream! Lol

No seriously you need to wear gloves as a minimum AND wash your hands afterwards. (I don't wear gloves but I always wash my hands before and after).

 

[dannywrc]

good read. have to be more careful from now on

 

[dayzofspeed]

when i get some zoas i'm gonna use them to make poison tipped arrows for the neighbours cat

 

[weezawoo]

Ive been threatening the BF if he does anything wrong its the zoas for him! Noone would ever know

 

[seffieuk]

Ive been threatening the BF if he does anything wrong its the zoas for him! Noone would ever know

Oh why the hell didnt I think of that

 

[woody88]

when i get some zoas i'm gonna use them to make poison tipped arrows for the neighbours cat

Nah, tip some darts with em and fire them from an air pistol and shoot the chavs on street corners!

See if you can knock them off the wall they always sit on.

10 little chavs, sitting on the wall. 10 little cha...................(milk bottle song)

 

[StandbySetting]

In my eyes glove should always be worn in marine tanks, there are so many different things in there that you could be allergic to, I'm allergic to nematocysts and found out the hard way.

 

[woody88]

In my eyes glove should always be worn in marine tanks, there are so many different things in there that you could be allergic to, I'm allergic to nematocysts and found out the hard way.

C'mon mate do tell us the story!

It would make a great bedtime story for my little boy.

"once upon a time there was a man that got poisoned by some zoanthids and..................."