exotic coral, pulsing xenia. Any fish tank store selling that stuff, shouldn’t
So the guy still has the aquarium.
I don’t know, if that happened to my family, I would probably bag it.
“Pulsing Xenia” — I’ll bet she doesn’t have any problems getting dates on Saturday night.
Why not just Give and Idea to evil people to Fed Ex to political opponents.
Citizens have no need to own assault coral.
Wondering if the reporter just got confused... It is more likely that he had a LOT of palythoa zoanthids as they are a more likely culprit— the fact that you shouldnt really handle them without protection is a giveaway. Palythoa are nearly indestructible, inexpensive, and are often one of the first corals a new reef keeper buys— without knowing anything about them. The Pulsing Xenia was not the problem nor the source of the palytoxin. They are more interesting but less colorful and easy to propogate. I’ve handled dozens of pieces in and out of water (it does smell out of water.) Last time I pruned, I left several large fragments in the laundry sink for a week trying to dry them out (and kill the Xenia) so I could start again. Still, a bizarre story to me in that so many were sickened by it.