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No need to, as far as I have seen there is nothing bad out natives carry

OS is a different story, just another reason not to live anywhere else

Bob

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Possible but there are so many other ways that planaria make it into aquariums. E.g. I use rain/bore water and have found planaria living in the mechanical filters I use to filter out the iron residue that is sometimes pumped out in the water by the bore.

About the only thing I would worry about is catching fluke from wild caught snails (typically the introduced species) but as long as you don't drink your aquarium water, it would be extremely unlikely that would ever happen.

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Fluke aka trematodes aka flatworm are internal parasites (like worms), particularly nasty buggers too as they tend to target internal organs like the liver and heart.

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Fluke aka trematodes aka flatworm are internal parasites (like worms)' date=' particularly nasty buggers too as they tend to target internal organs like the liver and heart.[/quote']

Ohhhhh nice

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Stuff that, you did have to say the Ben, like 2ofus I have drunk my share of fish water.

And after you Ninja after all its your water

Bob

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You ever get aquarium belly? Apparently its pretty common amongst aquarists to get the runs after working on their tanks, particularly if you dont wash your hands.

Probably the most dangerous thing you can catch from your aquarium is Mycobacterium. They can infect you through cuts in your skin. These buggers are hard to kill with antibiotics. I heard recently of a case in Britain where a young girl had a portion of her arm amputated because of a mycobacterium infection. Luckily for us, the mycobacterium is associated with fish TB (tuberculosis) so if you dont have fish, your risk of getting this infection should be far less. Another reason to keep shrimp.

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No' date=' never had aquarium belly, lol. I know one LFS owner who said he had fish aid's ?????????[/quote']

Im afraid to ask what he did with the fish to get fish aids ...:cower:

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Myco is a big problem in the US, it's running rampant through the betta hobby over there & I know a fair few people who have had to destroy there whole fish room full of stock because of it & then wait between 3-6mths before starting up again. Very depressing for some of the top competitive breeders. :cower:

I'm with BB, I don't want to know how the dude got fish aids. :dejection:

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I suck started a canister that had sat for a week uncleaned and drank some, it cleared the shop and I tasted it for days, never again.

I have seen fish TB affecting people here in Australia and a lot of Rainbow fish carry TB naturally, some will debate it was introduced but how does one account for it in populations far from people.

Bob

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