Can one die/get sick from Bubble Alage?!

[SVT519]

I was just taking off a rather large piece of round BA and i squeezed it and it sprayed me in the face. I think it pretty much got on my cheek, but possibly on my lips so i rinsed with tap water and spit for 5 minutes. Im going to do more research now...

[ClownReef®]

..You should be fine. The liquid inside are spores. They aren't made to survive in an environment other than saltwater, they cant even live in regular water (yep, i did the experiment).

[jroescher]

From a random page:


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[Ping]

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[captexas]

Don't think bubble algae will hurt you like that, especially if you washed it off soon after it happened. Of course you always want to avoid getting stuff in your eyes and be careful handling other things in your tank as some of them do have toxins that can hurt you.