Doctor fish - Page 2 - The Water Bucket

Bunbuku · 07-24-2008, 05:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Morbida

Ew! On so many levels. With all those water changes how many fish are they killing from stress? Is this a healthy diet for these fish and what about fish TB? Cant TB be spread to humans from fish?

There are various types of Mycobacteria that live in the soil, water, that are not "TB" (aka Mycobacterium tuberculosis). TB usually is spread by aerosol droplets. There are other kinds of non-TB that occur in persons who are immune compromised. In people with normal immune systems, the non-TB forms usually occur by direct innocculation at the site of entry, like a cut - an example would be Mycobacterium marinum.