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Well I have always known we should wear gloves while putting our hands in our tanks but never bothered but I sure will going forward. I was pulling out some pesky Kenya trees that I just cant get rid of and apparently I scraped my hand on the rocks and ended up with an infection. While it doesn't look like much it was pretty painful. It was a small case of mycobacterium marinum which is no joke. Look it up it can be nasty! Sometimes you need to be on antibiotics for 3 to 6 months. Just finished my 10 days of antibiotics and things are almost cleared up. Wear gloves folks!!

tank infection 3.jpg tank infection 2.jpg tank infection 1.jpg
 
wow.. nasty. juste made a little rescape and scratched my thumb and i had a similar scratch. did not infect like your, but still healing after 3 weeks
 
Take care and thanks for the reminder!
 

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