Snail on Zoeanthid! Paranoid, help please!

BobsReef101 · 06/25/2018, 04:26 PM

Hey Everyone! Just joined up as i need some help now and in the future!
I am a newbie currently 1.5 months in on my 50 gal marine tank.

I bought my first zoa 2 weeks back and i am paranoid in case it lets off toxins and harms my family and i.

My question is will a snail stress out my zoa for it to let off toxins if it is currently on it?

The snail is brown/black with a rather different looking shell, more like a stone if that makes sence.

Thanks in advance!

homer1475 · 06/25/2018, 05:07 PM

As long as it's in submerged water, it cannot harm you. If it could, we would probably all be dead by now(think of the billions of zoa's in the ocean that are annoyed daily).

And to answer your question, no a snail crawling on them will not harm them or cause your family to suddenly come down with PALYtoxin.

Palytoxin while real is often blown way out of proportion.

mcgyvr · 06/25/2018, 05:25 PM

I'd be dead 3000 times over now if that was the case..
relax.. don't worry.. Just don't remove a massive rock with them from the tank and lick it up and down or put it into a pot of boiling water trying to make zoa stew and you will be just fine..

BobsReef101 · 06/25/2018, 06:37 PM

Thanks for your replies! you have put me at ease lol. I can now get back to enjoying it

idan555 · 06/26/2018, 10:48 AM

Sound like a fire snail to me. If it is it'll eat the Zoeanthid!
Can you upload a photo?

06/25/2018, 04:26 PM	#1
BobsReef101 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2018 Posts: 2	Snail on Zoeanthid! Paranoid, help please! Hey Everyone! Just joined up as i need some help now and in the future! I am a newbie currently 1.5 months in on my 50 gal marine tank. I bought my first zoa 2 weeks back and i am paranoid in case it lets off toxins and harms my family and i. My question is will a snail stress out my zoa for it to let off toxins if it is currently on it? The snail is brown/black with a rather different looking shell, more like a stone if that makes sence. Thanks in advance!

06/25/2018, 05:07 PM	#2
homer1475 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 5,313	As long as it's in submerged water, it cannot harm you. If it could, we would probably all be dead by now(think of the billions of zoa's in the ocean that are annoyed daily). And to answer your question, no a snail crawling on them will not harm them or cause your family to suddenly come down with PALYtoxin. Palytoxin while real is often blown way out of proportion. __________________ 80G SCA Build: http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2560256 Originally posted by der_wille_zur_macht: "He's just taking his lunch to work"

06/25/2018, 05:25 PM	#3
mcgyvr Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 20,050	I'd be dead 3000 times over now if that was the case.. relax.. don't worry.. Just don't remove a massive rock with them from the tank and lick it up and down or put it into a pot of boiling water trying to make zoa stew and you will be just fine.. __________________ Who me?

06/25/2018, 06:37 PM	#4
BobsReef101 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2018 Posts: 2	Thanks for your replies! you have put me at ease lol. I can now get back to enjoying it

06/26/2018, 10:48 AM	#5
idan555 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2017 Posts: 174	Sound like a fire snail to me. If it is it'll eat the Zoeanthid! Can you upload a photo?