Infection from my tank

[discusone]

Antibacterial soap,and hot water goes a long way.Use it after putting bare hands in your tank,or when dealing with any animal contact.Seems to me to be a basic concept.

hope all goes good ,Peter.

 

[saltydude]

I once had a infection called being argumentive and thinking im smarter than what I am. When someone tried to help somebody else out, I had to try to prove how they were wrong when they probally werent. It made me miserable to be around and gave proof that I couldnt control my negativity enough, even when nobody cared about what I had to say. I eventually matured and am more pleasant to be around.
I appreciate the info on your infection and hope I dont have to go threw that. Hope your recoup goes soon.

 

[Gdevine]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14636618#post14636618 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by SDguy

If you want to talk "remote chances" how about the idea that the same thumb gets infected from a source other than the tank the same day I work on the tank Now that's remote.

My lesson learned: I'll wear gloves next time I do any "heavy lifting" in my tanks.

And that's all my point was as well Peter. I get small infections every time I get nicked from my dock just off the Intracoastal. The pilings that are in the water are covered with crustaceans that are loaded with bacteria that cause infections...if it happened once it happened a dozen times over the years...why would a reef tank loaded with possibly millions of different bacteria possibly not cause the same thing?

Some times these threads just get to heated (or debated) for no sound reason.

Get better man!

 

[maxheadroom]

How's the finger? Did the Dr have to drain it?

 

[museumguy]

I forget where I read it, but I did read that the surface of some soft corals (I think a leather coral was studied) was found to be the 2nd most biologically diverse surface ever tested on the planet, only trailing mud found in a certain bog setting. I remember it had pseudomonis bacteria among others present on it. Pseudomonis is relatively common, but potentially very dangerous. I nearly lost my arm when I got a pseudomonis infection in my radius bone at my elbow. It happened as a result of surgery not a reefkeeping accident, but the fact remains that there are a lot of very serious things in the tank that shouldn't be taken lightly.

 

[C4DC]

I have the thick ones like these:
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=5163+5312+5321+5554&pcatid=5554
They are cumbersome at first, but you get used to them and I love them now. I have my hands in the tank all the time it seems, and have no worries about bringing something into the tank or getting an infection myself.

 

[jencheung]

Don't mean to hijack the thread, but since folks are talking about gloves, is there anything wrong or risky with using the regular latex gloves that you can buy from the drugstore? The box says that they're "medical quality" but "Powdered with absorbable dusting powder USP for easy on easy off". The only information that I can find on the powder is that it's a modified corn starch. Would that be potentially harmful to my tank? I mean, they're just normal length gloves so if I go past wrist deep in the water it's possible that some of the powder will get into the tank. Anyone know if this is a risk or not?

 

[surge19us]

You can use regular latex but from what I have heard they should be the unpowdered ones. I think most building and hardware stores carry them.

 

[maypo59]

If you have a good relationship with your vet, and if he/she/they do large animals, horses and cows and such, which mine does, see if they will give you or sell you the ones they use to deliver calves.. got 50 pair for his cost, $4.. they are just thick enough to hold up, and just thin enough to feel what you are doing..

 

[mokeyz]

I think gloves of any kind are safer if only for not brushing up against paly's and the like. Sometimes after working in my tank I get a rash on my arms, I wash them well and they're generally ok by the next day.

I have seen (somewhere) surgical gloves that come up to the elbow but I don't remember where but I do remember that they were very expensive and of course they are for one time use only.

Marlene

 

[bubbly]

For the guy that wonders why he doesn't get an infection from the ocean, the difference is like being in a family stuck in a large house wlthout bathrooms or camping in the woods without bathrooms.

Sure you might have a cleaning crew come to the house and clean it, but you'll never get the bacteria count down as low as it would be if you were in the woods.

The ocean has massive "sump" and "skimmer" areas compared to the "display" areas, on a scale that you couldn't even compete with at home. This makes the ocean a much more hygienic place, and a much safer place, to be than a home aquarium.

You can still get infections from the ocean and your garden, but the elevated levels of poo and pee in your home aquarium is what makes it more prone to create infections, IMO.

Isn't an "ultra low nutrient" system just pretty much trying to match seawater in nutrient concentrations?