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" to his fishtank. Everytime the guy stuck his hand in the water, he would get "sick."
We thought that was odd, but purchased all his stuff, which included about 90 pounds of live rock. That night we brought it home, and without gloves, transferred all the sand, live rock, sea anemone's, etc.
We really didn't know anything about the type of creatures we had on the rock, which happened to include poisonous Palythoa Polyps. That night our whole family became dreadfully ill.
We were all sick for 4 days, myself the worse, as my immune system had already been compromised, therefore leaving me with a fever for three days which peaked at 103.5.
We all had difficulty breathing, terrible body aches, nausua, diarreah, headaches and we were coughing up green flem. After 4 days, we recovered, but that next weekend, I put my hand in the tank and got another fever of 101.7. This was repeated 5 times.
We researched on-line and thought I may have Salmonella Paratyphi B, but we called Andy at Saltwater City, and he said I either had Vibrio, or that we had Palythoa Polyps growing in our tank. I went to the doctor which determined I did NOT have Salmonella or Vibrio. It was the Palythoa Polyps, just as Andy had suggested.
We brought a water sample into the store, and they discovered how toxic our water was. We have quickly removed these deadly polyps and thanks to SALTWATER CITY, we are on our way to enjoying a healthy happy tank.
We called the previous owner, and asked what his "allergy symptoms" were. They were identical to ours, including the fever. He was not allergic.
These rare Polyps have been used by islanders to make poison arrows. One gram of Playtoxin from these polyps can kill up to 600 mice. You must wear gloves and goggles whenever handling these dangerous polyps. Scratching your eyes after handling without protection may result in permanent blindness. My son, wife and I had symtoms from just "breathing" the fumes from the tank! We had 4 large clusters in our 75 gallon tank. If you ever have a Reef Tank question you need answered, please contact these guys at 425-644-7050.
We thought that was odd, but purchased all his stuff, which included about 90 pounds of live rock. That night we brought it home, and without gloves, transferred all the sand, live rock, sea anemone's, etc.
We really didn't know anything about the type of creatures we had on the rock, which happened to include poisonous Palythoa Polyps. That night our whole family became dreadfully ill.
We were all sick for 4 days, myself the worse, as my immune system had already been compromised, therefore leaving me with a fever for three days which peaked at 103.5.
We all had difficulty breathing, terrible body aches, nausua, diarreah, headaches and we were coughing up green flem. After 4 days, we recovered, but that next weekend, I put my hand in the tank and got another fever of 101.7. This was repeated 5 times.
We researched on-line and thought I may have Salmonella Paratyphi B, but we called Andy at Saltwater City, and he said I either had Vibrio, or that we had Palythoa Polyps growing in our tank. I went to the doctor which determined I did NOT have Salmonella or Vibrio. It was the Palythoa Polyps, just as Andy had suggested.
We brought a water sample into the store, and they discovered how toxic our water was. We have quickly removed these deadly polyps and thanks to SALTWATER CITY, we are on our way to enjoying a healthy happy tank.
We called the previous owner, and asked what his "allergy symptoms" were. They were identical to ours, including the fever. He was not allergic.
These rare Polyps have been used by islanders to make poison arrows. One gram of Playtoxin from these polyps can kill up to 600 mice. You must wear gloves and goggles whenever handling these dangerous polyps. Scratching your eyes after handling without protection may result in permanent blindness. My son, wife and I had symtoms from just "breathing" the fumes from the tank! We had 4 large clusters in our 75 gallon tank. If you ever have a Reef Tank question you need answered, please contact these guys at 425-644-7050.
