Mycobacterium Marine

[FRY]

best of luck and wish you a fast recovery

 

[zahner]

get well soon, at least you caught it and are able to treat it before it got worse.

why do you want to leave the hobby? i'm sure there are people here that would lend you a hand (pun intended) till yours gets better, and going forward you'll know to be extra cautious and wear gloves.

question: why cant this be caught from the ocean? i've never seen people wearing gloves to the beach...

it can be caught from the ocean. i don't think it is uniformly present in all bodies of water. swim around with an open wound long enough and you'll likely get it. most things I read indicate that the most common cause of the infection in the US is from aquarium exposure. bacteria levels are probably concentrated in our little closed systems.

 

[Tonyscoots84]

i dunno how the bacteria comes about in our aquariums to begin with.... if you buy everything healthy and it doesnt have that bacteria how does it come about.... im just curious to find out....

 

[masterswimmer]

Not 100% sure Tony, but fish and inverts produce waste, feces, things that die and decay in our tanks. These things are a harbinger for bacteria to grow. Not only the good bacteria that we need as our biological filters but also some obviously not so beneficial bacteria.

master

 

[Toadally]

I guess siphoning water by mouth during water changes is a bad practice??

 

[e.muehlbauer]

I've posted this before, but here is a case of probable Mycobacterium in a bluefish I caught 2 years ago.....http://www.noreast.com/postedreport...ype_ID=0&startRecord=1&orderby=date&daysold=7

 

[e.muehlbauer]

I forgot to post that the above link shows a case of what was apparently a granuloma caused by Mycobacterium...supposedly pretty common among striped bass and bluefish...that was the only case I have seen.

 

[isakofyork001]

so sorry to hear about you, but thank you for posting this.