It is entirely possible although just speculation as zoanthids have never been proved to contain palytoxin to date, at least according to Coral Magasine.
The fact that fish eat it and don,t die is another step in that direction, that's all. If palytoxine is that toxic, eating it should not be very good for the fish and I seriously doubt that so many species of fish have adapted to it, especialy that blue hippo are not exactly coral eater in nature. Mine don't toutch any of my coral. Amphipods also eat zoanthids as well as many other fish like the filefish and many angelfish....
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Originally Posted by Delphinus
What's toxic to one kind of critter (mammals) might not be for another (fish). Fish have evolved alongside zoannthid for millenia, it's entirely possible they have built up immunity or resistance to the palytoxins that other critters might not have.
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12-12-2010, 12:01 PM
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