SO the gig with zoos is palytoxins.
they done be bad. there is one dude on RC, who lost his dog do to a tioxin it had injested.
because during a move, in which he was removing corals from his tank (therefore "Ripping" the matt of zoos) and storing them in a rubbermaid on the floor in tank water.
his dog drank that water, injested a large amount of toxin, and passed.
at first i was way paranoid after readin all about it. so i did alil more research and found many accounts of people eating HH crabs because the crab ate their prized red zoos:barf:,squishin zoos with their fingers, scraping them withh a razor intank, bare handed, gettin shot with zoo goo in the eye etc.
and they're obviously not dead.
so theen a few months ago on RC some dude gets zoo goo in his eye, his eye swells up, he goes to the ER blah bla blah.
turns out what mussed up his eye was a corneal abrasion and a bacterial infection that was treated as such.
turns out a few doctors have fishtanks. these guys got way into how paly toxin was researched for possible medical purposes, and biological warfare.
these studies found that yea, zoo goo is darn toxic. but how much is in each type of zoo, how much gonna be transferred through skin, how many of your TUBS BLUES it takes to kill you, how to treat it etc are just unknowns.:wall:
now ive heard of reefers who refuse to keep zoos for this reason.

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ive bought frags from a dude who has a very impressive set-up (no voucher for common sense) and an infinate amount of knowledge of this hobby (been at it since the 80's) who grabs a colony of zoos, scaple, and cuts what i want right there , no gloves, nothin.:eek3::jaw:
so imean what ive taken from this topic being discussed by people who know mountains more about it is this.
dont eat zooanthids. dont slice yourself open emo-status and squirt zoo goo in your open bloody flesh wounds.:jaw-dropping:
matter of fact:idea:, lets all be safe and wear gloves, because, you just never know