Ok, so as the title says I had a complete nervous breakdown tonight! About 2 and half years ago I got my first zoanthid frag! Of course I was hooked as soon as it was placed into my tank. It was a small 10 polyp frag of what some ID as "Neon Greens". It has been growing unfragged since, and now has to be over 200 polyps large, and takes up the whole left side of my tank! I came up with the great idea tonight to frag a nice chunk, and place it in my brand new prop tank (20 gallon long with a 10 gallon sump). The rock that these zoos are growing on is a massive 10"x10" flat type rock with a natural cave opening on the side (really sweet rock). So instead of taking the rock out and bringing it down to the frag table and doing things properly...I decided I was going to make the frag while in the display tank (don't try this at home!) SO I approached the tank with a brand new flat chisel in hand, when my fiancé (god bless her heart for this one) said, "You better be wearing gloves for this"! SO I went down and grabbed a pair of Nitrile gloves...which I normally don't wear of course, and proceeded to reach into the tank and scrape a chunk of zoos off. I couldn't get enough leverage, so I reached my other (left) hand in to get a good hold of the rock so I could take a nice chunk off. I had a nice section scraped off when the chisel slipped, and embedded itself into the side of my pointer finger of the hand holding the rock! Brand new chisel versus pointer finger...put your money on the chisel! It was a razor blade type clean cut, and very deep. A wave of panic raced through my body! It was bleeding fairly well, and my only thoughts were of a negative reaction to Palytoxin! I cleaned it out really good about 5 times, and doused it with peroxide twice before settling on Neosporin and a band-aid! Of course for the next 2-3 hours a panic attack ensued as I read horror story after horror story of the dangers of Palytoxin! 4 hours later now, and countless body temp checks and blood pressure checks (I am a little bit of a hypochondriac) and all seems to be fine! Just thought I would vent about my interesting and night!
Anyone elkse have any interesting stories about dumb things they have done in the tank???
Anyone elkse have any interesting stories about dumb things they have done in the tank???