Reef2Reef TV Episode 13: Bacterial Infections!

[Afishionado]

For this episode, we travel to Medley, Florida to Healthy Marine Life to meet up with our friend, Xavier who sat down with us and discussed about bacterial infection. What it can do, how it effects our fish and how to effectively treat it.

Enjoy

 

[Afishionado]

@revhtree

 

[big blue]

Nice informational video! I thought it was going to be about bacterial infections contracted by humans lol

 

[revhtree]

Great video!!

 

[Rob.D]

Great video, it's a tad hard to tell from the kanamycin label, are the capsules 50 mg? Did he offer a water volume to antibiotic ratio?

 

[Afishionado]

Great video, it's a tad hard to tell from the kanamycin label, are the capsules 50 mg? Did he offer a water volume to antibiotic ratio?

50mg for every 2 gallons of salt water I believe.

 

[Afishionado]

Nice informational video! I thought it was going to be about bacterial infections contracted by humans lol

Hahaha didn't mean to mislead you bud.

 

[big blue]

Hahaha didn't mean to mislead you bud.

no not at all I recently had a bacterial infection from cleaning my tank and scratching my arm on a piece of live rock after all these years lol l. And I thought hmm I can probably add to this

 

[Afishionado]

Wow.. Can you share your story of what happened?

 

[big blue]

Well like I said I scratched my fore arm/wrist and it hurt a little but so big deal, no blood I just kept cleaning. When I finished I washed my hands and arms and noticed it was stinging pretty good, almost itchy? Thought nothing of it the next day it was a little puffy and sore I went to work and forgot all about it. Later in the day I noticed a little head almost like a pimple again it was a little sore I tried to pop it but nothing happened a little clear fluid came out. That night I was drinking and watching Thursday night football with some friends and saw it was getting noticeably worse but me being the procrastinator I am kept drinking all night lol. The next morning I woke up late for work and my arm wrist and hand was swollen and bright red I went to the E.R. They told me it was and infection and I was like DUH I KNOW THAT ! LOL they gave me some antibiotics and it went away pretty quick. the doctor said its really not something to play around with I mean I in less than 48 hours it was my whole arm imagine if I gave it a little longer.

 

[Afishionado]

Thanks for sharing. Yes, aquarium injuries are not to be taken lightly. I was talking to Julian and his wife about his experience with palytoxin and it was downright scary.

 

[big blue]

Yeah I heard a rumor that a man lost vision in one eye from paly toxin scary stuff

 

[Afishionado]

He had about multiple surgeries done. Still has issues and does require few more. I stopped following after a while because made my stomach churn funny.