Billiethekid
FishBox Member
Join date: 2010-06-23
Age: 22
Location: Shoreline
 | | Subject: Flesh-Eating Fish Tank Bacteria Wed Jun 22, 2011 10:33 am | |
| [url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/21/hannele-cox-flesh-eating-fish-tank-bacteria_n_881645.html?icid=maing-grid7|main5|dl1|sec1_lnk1|72250]http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/21/hannele-cox-flesh-eating-fish-tank-bacteria_n_881645.html?icid=maing-grid7|main5|dl1|sec1_lnk1|72250[/url] |
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WhosUrDadi
Forum Sponsor
Join date: 2010-04-24
Age: 26
Location: SEATTLE
| | Subject: Re: Flesh-Eating Fish Tank Bacteria Wed Jun 22, 2011 10:49 am | |
| wonder how can you cut or scrape your hand in a fish tank. how careless can you be.. >_> |
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Gryphon
FishBox Member
Join date: 2011-05-06
Age: 29
Location: Des Moines/Normandy Park
| | Subject: Re: Flesh-Eating Fish Tank Bacteria Wed Jun 22, 2011 12:02 pm | |
| The poor girl was only 8 years old when it happened...
Not to mention she could have already had the scratch/scrape before she reached into the tank. |
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WhosUrDadi
Forum Sponsor
Join date: 2010-04-24
Age: 26
Location: SEATTLE
| | Subject: Re: Flesh-Eating Fish Tank Bacteria Wed Jun 22, 2011 12:14 pm | |
| the news said she cut her self while cleaning the tank |
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Kaosu
Senior Member
Join date: 2010-11-27
Age: 27
Location: Skagit
| | Subject: Re: Flesh-Eating Fish Tank Bacteria Wed Jun 22, 2011 3:02 pm | |
| iv seen that add before...its rare for people to get infected..infect its a common bacteria in tanks.
same goes for the 'normal' flesh eating bacteria you can pick up almost anywhere.... a few years back a little boy here in WA fell and split his lip on the playground and contracted it.
most people just don't pick it up...its rare. |
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Betty
Contributing Member
Join date: 2010-07-05
Age: 52
Location: McKenna
| | Subject: Re: Flesh-Eating Fish Tank Bacteria Thu Jun 23, 2011 6:20 am | |
| | WhosUrDadi wrote: | | wonder how can you cut or scrape your hand in a fish tank. how careless can you be.. >_> |
I don't think I've ever cut myself in a tank, but I have two tanks that have fish in them (mbuna) that routinely bite hard enough to draw blood. I've read about these infections before, so I try to wear gloves when I work in those tanks. |
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leisure_man
Newbie
Join date: 2011-07-04
Location: Camas, WA
| | Subject: Re: Flesh-Eating Fish Tank Bacteria Tue Jul 05, 2011 1:58 am | |
| I dont put my hands in the tank if I got a cut. I also have a habit of washing my hands with soap after finishing water change for the tanks. |
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