Man poisons self and family trying to remove zooanthids

[luvinbluegills]

According to PubMed.gov, the 37-year-old arrived at the local hospital emergency department with fever, hypotension and symptoms of a metallic taste in the mouth, nausea, headache, shivering and severe muscle cramps.

Symptoms appeared after he had tried to remove a colony of Zoanthids from his aquarium by pouring boiling water over them.

He, his 35-year-old wife and two 10-year-old twins all inhaled the resultant steam coming from the aquarium and had similar symptoms.

Where on earth would a person get the idea to pour boiling water into their aquarium in the first place?

Source; http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co....eeper_and_family_in_hospital&utm_content=html

 

[KellyFrancis]

And why would you want to remove zoas?? Some strange people out there...

Guess I should read the article before I ask though. Lol

I did not know that zoas were of a poisonous or venomous or whatever nature...huh...


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[Oddball]

Monsterfishkeeping is not for the timid. ...or, uneducated.

 

[Ptrick125]

That's crazy!


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[Ptrick125]

And why would you want to remove zoas?? Some strange people out there...

Guess I should read the article before I ask though. Lol

I did not know that zoas were of a poisonous or venomous or whatever nature...huh...


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It's called palytoxin, they are pretty dangerous...


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