A near toxic mishap

[Hiker4twenty]

Well I was fragging some zoo's over the weekend and forgot to put my goggles on. Everything was going just fine, but then a little squirt happened. It landed about 1/2" below my left eye. I immediatly washed my face several times and flushed my eye with cold water for a few minutes for good measure. My face was burning a bit for a few hours, but everything turned out fine...luckily!

So I went to Lowes and bought a full face grinding mask to wear. It covers my whole face, ears and most of my throat.

 

[kwsm]

just get a haz-mat suit and call it a day.

 

[daugherty]

i would have done the same thing

 

[ccCapt]

I always wear glasses when fragging zoas or palys. Their juice squirts pretty far.

 

[Chris_150G]

Yikes! Its like messing with a rattle snakle.

 

[bjohanson1234]

Their juice squirts pretty far.

Thats what she said:mrgreen:

 

[dcantucson]

This was a juicy thread! :shock:

 

[reeffreak]

I knew somebody would turn that quote into something dirty.LOL

I'm glad you are okay Dave.

 

[yote]

That could have been EXTREMELY bad Dave.Happy to hear it didnt get your eye.

 

[Hiker4twenty]

Yesterday I went to the hardware store and bought everything to set myself up with a frag station. I installed a basin wash sink, bought a magnifying clamp light, exacto knife and a bunch of replacement blades, tweezers, sheers to cut the rock or coral skeletons and of course the grinding mask I got the other day. Oh yeah, rubber gloves as well. I think I'm set up good now.

 

[dcantucson]

Damn Dave. You're taking this very serious.

 

[Hiker4twenty]

Yeah, I have to. There is no need for me to get complacent and get injured.

 

[daugherty]

you can never be to safe with zoas

 

[yote]

Damn Dave. You're taking this very serious.

You gotta be serious when working with stuff that can kill you grave yard dead.

 

[SJojo3377]

Hey everyone!
So, corals....why are zoas so posionious? What is inside of them that makes them so bad? Don't know much about zoas as you can tell...please enlighten me!
Thx!:D

 

[dcantucson]

......please enlighten me

Most corals contain a poison that they secrete as a defense or protection from other corals. fish, crabs, etc. When fragging a zoo and other corals you often apply pressure causing the popping of the fluid from the coral. Kinda like a pimple! :shock: This poison can cause severe damage if it happens to "squirt" into your eye. If left on the skin it can cause a nasty rash like outbreak. In short wear protection!

 

[bjohanson1234]

In short wear protection!

As in other situations as well:mrgreen:

 

[reeffreak]

Hey everyone!
So, corals....why are zoas so posionious? What is inside of them that makes them so bad? Don't know much about zoas as you can tell...please enlighten me!
Thx!:D

They have a palytoxin inside of them.It can make you very sick and for some who are extra sensitive/allergic,kill them.

 

[yote]

I remember reading an article where a kid working at a LFS somewhere rubbed his eyes after bagging some zoanthids and was permanently blinded by the toxins on his hands.