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Here is my 55 gal and our first fish, Carl, a green chromis

The specifics are not discussed, but the MSDS for any product explains the risks. Weaponizing is a complicated process, thankfully outside the scope of all but the most determined people. Other accidental exposures are far too common. Everyone knows what happens when you mix bleach and...

After my trips to the desert, the Chemical Corps started digging into weaponizing "home grown" toxins for Homeland Security. And I can tell you there is stuff everywhere.

Got a pm from the mods they approved my links. Most everything can be dangerous, after all many salt water fish are poisonous/venomous. Clowns can build up nematocysts in their slime coat, making them mildly toxic, some clams and crabs are that way too. Cone snails, lion fish, stone fish, and...

Handling rock is safe, just use common sense. Don't touch face ect before washing hands, don't bare hand corals. The toxin needs a way in. It can be soaked through skin but takes a large ammount and a decent exposure time. Boiling the rock puts the toxin in arisol form, and that is where the...

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/04/05/worlds-2nd-deadliest-poison-in-an-aquarium-store-near-you/#.UcHib2fCuqA

Not all zoa, paly, and anems have the same concentrations, and the polyps don't always have to he visible to release the toxin, but there is some pretty scary stuff in our tanks that a lot of people take for granted.

Seems my last post did not stick. I was a 74DL4 in the US Army, chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear warfare specalist. I can post reference materials later today when I am on my PC

For credentials, I was 74D in the us army, Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear specalist. For real world examples: http://www.advancedaquarist.com/blog/personal-experiences-with-palytoxin-poisoning-almost-killed-myself-wife-and-dogs...

Never fully got away the last time, my parents had salt from the 60s all the way to 1997. Things have changes a ton since then.

I have a 55 gal FOWLR, a 20 long turtle/goldfish tank and a small pink betta tank in my daughters room

That is what concerns me, boiling water mixed with live rock is a real real bad idea.

Hi, my name is Nik. Relearning salt after several years out of the game.

You should never ever boil live rock. Some rock can give off palyotoxin and kill you and anyone else in the house.