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Poisonous Palythoa Polyps
To clarify, we first purchased the aquarium, stand and pump system which sat empty in our house for a month or so. We had no symptoms. We then purchased all the "goodies" on Wednesay May 27, and it was that DAY we all got sick for 4 days straight. We ALL handled the live rock, etc without...- dfulton
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Thank you, We just removed the Palythoa's on Monday. We felt a little ill that evening, but Dave did not get a fever. Our symptoms only lasted Monday night and a little yesterday. Apparently, I have read that it can take up to 2-3 days for symtoms to appear. Today is Wednesday and we are all...- dfulton
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Dangerous Palythoa Polyps Thank you, At the time when Dave's fever reached 103.5, we had no idea why. I called the DR and they said only to bring him in if it climbed higher. It broke. Then we started putting the pieces together that he was getting sick from the tank. Yes, originally we...- dfulton
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Poisonous Palythoa Polyps
Here is one of the clusters of the deadly Palythoa Polyps. They are a purplish-mauve color with pink stalks. The center has a pinpoint green.- dfulton
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Poisonous Palythoa Polyps
Palytoxic Poisoning I'm Dave's wife, Amy, typing here. Our family took a water sample into Saltwater City, and Andy had a cut on his thumb and he actually stuck it in the water. Immediately it started burning and stinging, and he was shocked by this. He said he has NEVER experienced...- dfulton
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The people of SALTWATER CITY are absolutely BRILLIANT. They actually could have saved our lives. Our family recently purchased a 75 gal aquarium, and then found a guy on Craigslist that was selling his live rock, anemone's, fish, etc., due to the fact that his doctor told him he was "allergic"...- dfulton
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