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?

do you reckon they will be taken off the import list?

With cats

a couple of dogs ate a sea slug on the beach and died because of it

so we are going to ban all puffers?

The sea slug ate toxic algae didn't they?

I was wondering why that sea slug I ate at long bay the other day tasted like bad fugu :lol:

can toxic algae grow in our home aqauriums?

im sure someone said cyanobacteria can be toxic? i also remember livingart saying spirulina was a type of cyano so who knows

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Yes, ban puffers from our shore line, also ask the sharks not to come

im sure someone said cyanobacteria can be toxic? i also remember livingart saying spirulina was a type of cyano so who knows

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Yeah, it can be. There are thousands if not hundreds of thousands of species. Most are harmless, many are quite helpful.

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

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.

what i mean is that the puffers that are importer for the ornamental trade??? do they have a direct relation???

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.