New to zoas. Venomous question.

[Flyride95]

Thank you guys I really appreciate everything.

[Mr Cob]

I had a Juvenile Imperator Angel eat several Zoo's one time and then swam upside down for an hour.

ok, that's pretty funny and I bet the angel still eats zoas, lol

exposure is no fun. here are three dumb mistakes that hopefully you wont make (as i did)

1. splattering in your eye of zoa/paly bits, rock fragments or dust, or water/slime while cutting frags (yep, eye protection really is important when fragging)
2. scratches or cuts on your hand while rearranging a tank with zoas/palys (yep, gloves are probably a good idea too)
3. and the coup de grace, opening the superglue tube by pulling off the lid with your teeth while glueing down zoa/paly frags (yep, pretty dumb, i know noone else here opens glue that way)

the toxins from different types of zoas/palys vary in amount and toxicity. some simptoms for me included metallic taste in mouth, extreme headache, nausea, dizziness. luckily, for me it did not trigger anaphylactic shock, but that is a real possibility. if you are exposed, dont take it lightly.

great info here! One to add...which I did not too long ago while doing a huge frag session for MCC: I wore gloves and protective eye glasses but I kept wiping my hands on the towel over my shoulder and as I was fragging over an hour + on the saw I kept cleaning my face on the same towel that I was wiping my hands on...dumb and careless move on my part. Was a miserable next few hours much like you described above Ace but I also broke into a fever.

that being said, i would bet many of us dont wear gloves.

my wife gets so mad at me everytime I'm being lazy and not cautious, I think we all just get a little too relaxed around our tanks

[grouch]

Now yuff teel mee, my wips are gued to mee teeth. LOL

E=hobogato;874943]exposure is no fun. here are three dumb mistakes that hopefully you wont make (as i did)

1. splattering in your eye of zoa/paly bits, rock fragments or dust, or water/slime while cutting frags (yep, eye protection really is important when fragging)
2. scratches or cuts on your hand while rearranging a tank with zoas/palys (yep, gloves are probably a good idea too)
3. and the coup de grace, opening the superglue tube by pulling off the lid with your teeth while glueing down zoa/paly frags (yep, pretty dumb, i know noone else here opens glue that way)

the toxins from different types of zoas/palys vary in amount and toxicity. some simptoms for me included metallic taste in mouth, extreme headache, nausea, dizziness. luckily, for me it did not trigger anaphylactic shock, but that is a real possibility. if you are exposed, dont take it lightly.[/QUOTE]