How do you frag zoanthids or anything with palytoxin?

[biocubebrandon]

How do you frag zoanthids or anything with palytoxin?

This is something I have never done and would like to hear others input. I have zoanthids, some palythoas and a colony of cinnamon polyps (20 of them). Whenever I do handle them I avoid touching them and use gloves as an extra safety precaution.

 

[york1]

I put on my reading glasses so i can see what I am cutting. Once I am done anything that has come in contact with the zoa/palys while I am fragging gets washed in hot soapy water. I tried using gloves but it just didn't work for me.

 

[dball711]

I wear disposable latex gloves and a sharp razor blade, sometimes a small bone cutter to cut some of the rock the zoo/paly matt is growing on. I grow most of mine on Pukani rock so that usually cuts with a razor blade.

 

[Steve Burton]

Easiest way for me is to place a piece of rock or frag plug in the middle of them and wait for them to grow onto it.

 

[Shawn]

So I wear a face shield when I'm fragging zoas and palys - https://www.homedepot.com/p/Bullard-Professional-Face-Shield-HHFS880PM/308987077
This keeps them from squirting in my face.

There are numerous ways to frag them. I grow them out on discs that are easily cut.

 

[ActiveAngel]

Ditto on @dball711 above.

Glasses, latex gloves, a sharp knife... a good light, a face mask, and i frag underwater. All this will decrease squirts.

 

[Rainblood]

Whoa. I must be living on the edge...I don't use any safety gear.
I just eyeball the frag plug for the best cut lines, use the razor to cut any connective tissue, and then cut the plug with bone cutters.