What happens if a couple polyps from zoanthids rip off from each other? My hands were in the water while this happened!!! What should I do?

its alright... put them in a cup with some rubble in it and put it in the bottom of the tank.. they will attach no prob

Did they release any toxic that could hurt something or me?
I need to finish my aquascaping.

chill out man!!! its alright.. their toxin isnt that harmful.. in huge amounts it is.. just take a chill pill

Alright :exhale:, so the small amount of toxic woun't harm me or the corals and fish?
Can I finish the aquascape?

you will be FINE!

LOL, this is funny. Only because the first time I heard about palytoxin and got zoa juice on me, I was all IT POISONS ME!!!!! AHHHH!!!!

I hate to break it to you....

but, youre gonna die!!!!!

LOL, yeah I forgot to tell you....it did kill me......dead.

this is not correct. palytoxin is actually is a very potent toxin (second most non-peptic toxin known to man), and while i don't think it should be unnecessarily feared, it should be treated with seriousness and respect.

Per wikipedia, "Typical symptoms of palytoxin poisoning are angina-like chest pains, asthma-like breathing difficulties, tachycardia, unstable blood pressure, hemolysis (destruction of red blood cells), and an electrocardiogram showing an exaggerated T wave. The onset of symptoms is rapid, and death usually follows just minutes after."

see this report from the NIH regarding palytoxin poisoning resulting from the handling of an aquarium zoanthid, even with intact skin: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19545971

See. Nothing to worry about....

You'd be dead already.
Prolly on the keyboard, actually....

come to think of it, has th OP even replied since the first post?


...uh-oh.

Edit: just saw the responses from the op....Phew!

dodged a bullet on that [awkward] situation!

ive never heard of palytoxin ingestion from zoanthus sociatus only palythoids

well if you want to see how much it takes to die, go buy a colony. go in bathtub and fill (78 of course). Lay in tub and cut one zoa at a time until you feel deathy. then cut 5 more and your results confirmed.

i loled.

wait... we may not be in the clear here yet. all of his posts came in a 7 minute span, and nothing since then (in this topic or any other)!

... this could still be awkward.