Charlie Posted August 14, 2009 Report Share Posted August 14, 2009 Did anyone see 1 news??? the same toxins found in pufferfish has now killing our dogs :(!!! do you reckon they will be taken off the import list? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaNs Posted August 14, 2009 Report Share Posted August 14, 2009 do you reckon they will be taken off the import list? With cats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted August 14, 2009 Report Share Posted August 14, 2009 a couple of dogs ate a sea slug on the beach and died because of it so we are going to ban all puffers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaC Posted August 14, 2009 Report Share Posted August 14, 2009 The sea slug ate toxic algae didn't they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-town... Posted August 14, 2009 Report Share Posted August 14, 2009 I was wondering why that sea slug I ate at long bay the other day tasted like bad fugu :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikBok Posted August 14, 2009 Report Share Posted August 14, 2009 can toxic algae grow in our home aqauriums? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spoon Posted August 14, 2009 Report Share Posted August 14, 2009 im sure someone said cyanobacteria can be toxic? i also remember livingart saying spirulina was a type of cyano so who knows :-? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaNs Posted August 14, 2009 Report Share Posted August 14, 2009 Yes, ban puffers from our shore line, also ask the sharks not to come Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted August 14, 2009 Report Share Posted August 14, 2009 im sure someone said cyanobacteria can be toxic? i also remember livingart saying spirulina was a type of cyano so who knows :-? Yeah, it can be. There are thousands if not hundreds of thousands of species. Most are harmless, many are quite helpful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cricketman Posted August 14, 2009 Report Share Posted August 14, 2009 most toxic algae are dinflagelates or diatoms, they come under algae, but are diff to the algae we get in our tanks. +1 to what Ira said Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted August 15, 2009 Report Share Posted August 15, 2009 most toxic algae are dinflagelates or diatoms, they come under algae, but are diff to the algae we get in our tanks. +1 to what Ira said Tetradotoxin, which is found in pufferfish, is only produced by a bacteria. It is not produced by pufferfish, blue ring octopus, etc that simply store it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Posted August 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2009 what i mean is that the puffers that are importer for the ornamental trade??? do they have a direct relation??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted August 15, 2009 Report Share Posted August 15, 2009 what i mean is that the puffers that are importer for the ornamental trade??? do they have a direct relation??? Relation to what? I don't think any of the ornamental FW/Brackish puffers carry the toxin. I vaguely remember that the marine ones that do, in the wild, lose it in captivity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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