TANGBOY5000
Premium Member
If you get a tingleing sensation, then you probably have stray voltage in the tank. I would get a grounding probe and try and find what is leaking electricity into your tank.
Another...your tank can be dangerous thread.
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HippieSmell
Occupy Reef Central
SeanT said:Here is a picture of my thumb today.
One year, 3 months later and still no nail has grown back.
I get little nubs that look promising...but then they RTN.
Yeah, that family of bacteria is nasty. You can never really get rid of it. It's in the same family as cholera (as I'm sure you know) and you can get sick again if your immune system gets weak.
My first post about something that happened a few years ago.
I was swimming on the south side of the main island of Fiji from a place with lots of coconut trees. The owner wanted to make a camping from his place. We were one of the first campers.
Anyway, I was using a surfboard with an attached string of around 8 meters. It was attached to my left wrist. The corals in this place were realy close to the surface but there is a gap leading to the open ocean. So I went through the gap and was snorkeling along the reef edge. Suddenly I was dragged from a depth of about 5m to the surface. The surfboard was caught in a wave and dragging me with it over the coral reef. The board was crashed and broken in half. I was also crushed on the reef. I got several bleeding scarfs on my back.
The owner of the place (I forgot his name, sorry) treated me with mercurochrome. This toxic chemical kills bacteria, protozoa and other nasties. It is great for treating topical problems. After a few days all the problems with my back were gone.
It is availlable through a proper pharmacisit. Ask for a 2% solution in water. It is poisonous (ld50 in rats is 15-20mg/Kg) and should only be used on top of the skin. Not into the body.
Anyway, I was really impressed by the use of this product and I've seen it used by several divers who were treating coral cuts (on liveaboards). It really works well. It can be ordered in German pharmacists (prescription only)
Have a look here. I just found it. http://www.mercurochrome.org/
also here: http://www.melrosechem.com/english/data_eng/hs8931.pdf
Nick
I was swimming on the south side of the main island of Fiji from a place with lots of coconut trees. The owner wanted to make a camping from his place. We were one of the first campers.
Anyway, I was using a surfboard with an attached string of around 8 meters. It was attached to my left wrist. The corals in this place were realy close to the surface but there is a gap leading to the open ocean. So I went through the gap and was snorkeling along the reef edge. Suddenly I was dragged from a depth of about 5m to the surface. The surfboard was caught in a wave and dragging me with it over the coral reef. The board was crashed and broken in half. I was also crushed on the reef. I got several bleeding scarfs on my back.
The owner of the place (I forgot his name, sorry) treated me with mercurochrome. This toxic chemical kills bacteria, protozoa and other nasties. It is great for treating topical problems. After a few days all the problems with my back were gone.
It is availlable through a proper pharmacisit. Ask for a 2% solution in water. It is poisonous (ld50 in rats is 15-20mg/Kg) and should only be used on top of the skin. Not into the body.
Anyway, I was really impressed by the use of this product and I've seen it used by several divers who were treating coral cuts (on liveaboards). It really works well. It can be ordered in German pharmacists (prescription only)
Have a look here. I just found it. http://www.mercurochrome.org/
also here: http://www.melrosechem.com/english/data_eng/hs8931.pdf
Nick
FloridaFishMan
New member
What kind of gloves can you wear? and where do you get them locally if possible?
Chris
Chris
reefpeep2004
Member
Nick must be young
Mercurochrome was what most of our momma's put on us in the 50's when we scrapped our knees. Well, that and methiolate.
ERICinFL
Rejisturd Mimbur
Wish I had a pic of a guy I transported to the hospital about a year ago. It would make you feel much better about your thumb incident. Here's the story.
Got a medical call for foot pain. We pulled up to the river side park where the call came from and saw a guy sitting on the ground next to the pay phone. At 0230hrs, I wasn't to happy about a foot pain call, but the homeless are funny about calling at odd hours for their "emergancies". Anyway, the guy said his foot looked funny and he couldn't feel it. Apparently he was living on one of the many small islands in the Indian River Lagoon and while wading around four days ago, stepped on a Sting Ray. I pulled up the pant leg on his jeans and HOLY CRAP. His leg, below the knee was damn near black and we had to cut off his boot. Let me just tell you, gang green smells bad, but the gang green smell on a homeless guy that walks around in a river, is enough to knock over an elephant. How he managed to walk around at all was beyond me, but he ended up losing his leg below the knee. So remember kids, if you get a cut, sting, or impaled object from a marine critter, get it checked out ASAP!
Got a medical call for foot pain. We pulled up to the river side park where the call came from and saw a guy sitting on the ground next to the pay phone. At 0230hrs, I wasn't to happy about a foot pain call, but the homeless are funny about calling at odd hours for their "emergancies". Anyway, the guy said his foot looked funny and he couldn't feel it. Apparently he was living on one of the many small islands in the Indian River Lagoon and while wading around four days ago, stepped on a Sting Ray. I pulled up the pant leg on his jeans and HOLY CRAP. His leg, below the knee was damn near black and we had to cut off his boot. Let me just tell you, gang green smells bad, but the gang green smell on a homeless guy that walks around in a river, is enough to knock over an elephant. How he managed to walk around at all was beyond me, but he ended up losing his leg below the knee. So remember kids, if you get a cut, sting, or impaled object from a marine critter, get it checked out ASAP!
jellystomper
New member
This was completely unnecessary and removed.
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bhdmc
New member
I hope you are fine now. My wife is a bacteriologist and had a case very similar to your. After she told me this, I have always used gloves. It is so easy to cut yourself working in a reef tank. It a pain in the butt working with gloves in the tank, but not worth it if you can lose a finger.
Radicaljbr
Active member
What did he say? What did he say?
jellystomper, if you read this, I sent you an email but apparently the account you registered with RC is no longer active, so that makes communicating and straightening this out difficult. Email me at mhurley@reefcentral.com
