Mycobacterium marinum is an atypical mycobacterium that causes a skin infection known as fish tank granuloma or swimming pool granuloma affecting people who are exposed to aquatic environments. In general, it is managed medically with antimicrobials and variable treatment protocols. Here, we report a Saudi gentleman who acquired this infection in Thailand and was misdiagnosed as cutaneous leishmaniasis. After establishing the correct diagnosis, treatment with minocycline and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole resulted in rapid healing. Continue reading full articleA man could not believe his eyes when a giant bobbit worm akin to a sea monster emerged from behind a rock in his fish tank  - after hiding there for two years.The ghastly creature is captured slithering its way between rocks after the man spotted it while he was cleaning the aquarium's filthy glass. It is not clear how the 1.2metre worm found its way into the tank but it is common for such creatures to hide in the live coral sold to pet owners.

Lurk: The bobbit worm rears its ugly head after emerging from behind a collection of rocks in the aquarium Slither: The 1.2metre worm makes its way along the side of the glass tank by arching its body up and downAfter capturing the worm in action the man posted the clip, which is filmed in the U.S, on YouTube where it has been watched over 173,000 times.Maroon coloured with small spiky tentacles along the side of a long ridged armoured body, the worm cuts a striking figure as it glides through the murky water.It looks more like a creature you would expect to see attacking a crew of intrepid sailors in a science fiction film, than swimming in a fish tank.At one point you can even see its tail slither away, seemingly having a life of its own, despite being cut off just before the film begins.After making its way along the glass wall of the aquarium the worm then heads to what looks like the tank's fan and begins to move its way inside.Bobbit worms, or Eunice aphroditois as they are scientifically known, are ambush predators who have been known to eat fish and coral.

Originating off the coast of countries such as Indonesia and the Philippines, they often hide in rocks and use light and chemical receptors to lunge at their prey. Mysterious: Bobbit worms are found off the coast of Indonesia and pictured, it shows its colourful underbelly Giant: The worm glides through the murky water of the aquarium after hiding in the tank for two years Shelter: The giant worm slithers up to a fan-like object in the aquarium and begins to weave its way insideGurutek who posted the video said he had first noticed the worm after his coral began to rapidly disappear.He said: 'I was breaking down the tank (as I was moving it), hence it looking shoddy. That unice was in there two years before I noticed, and only noticed because I had whole coral colonies missing after a single evening. 'I first saw it after I spent a few nights sat up (after lights went out) for about 3 hours per night looking for the critter who was eating my corals. 'Even when I knew it was there, I only ever saw it 3 times within the space of a year.

It hides in the rocks, and only comes out at night, impossible to catch without taking everything out the tank.'125 gal fish tanks for sale Bobbit worms, or Eunice aphroditois as they are known, are lunge predators that lurk between coral and rocks to attack their prey from a sheltered position.ex display fish tanks for saleThe worms have two pairs of eyes at the base of their antennae but do not always use them to hunt.tropical fish tanks for sale in nottinghamInstead they use light and chemical receptors to identify when the best time is to attack their prey.Bobbit worms also have powerful jaws, often mistaken for claws, which can rip prey in half when teamed with their ability to attack at great speed.

Nocturnal creatures, the worms have previously found their way into fish tanks or large aquariums by accidentally stowing away in live coral.Due to their instinct to only come out at night, owners don't tend to realise that they are there until large chunks of coral, which they also eat, or fish start to disappear.Bobbit worms are often found off the coast of countries such as Indonesia and the Philippines and some have been known to grow up to nine ft-long. « Toys Don’t Cry: A glowing appraisal of ‘Toy Story 3’ ‘Toy Story 3’, ‘Solitary Man’ and Antonioni’s ‘Le Amiche’ on Monday Morning Diary (June 21) » Fish Tank (no 29) June 21, 2010 by wondersinthedark p  Kees Kasander  d/w  Andrea Arnold  ph  Robbie Ryan  ed  Nicolas Chaudeurge  art  Helen Scott Katie Jarvis (Mia Williams), Michael Fassbender (Connor O’Reilly), Kierston Wareing (Joanne), Rebecca Griffiths (Tyler), Sarah Bayes (Keeley), Charlotte Collins (Sophie), Harry Treadaway (Billy), Brooke Hobby (London),

There’s a moment in Andrea Arnold’s Cannes success where the young protagonist, seemingly for want of anything better to do, states “let’s get wasted!”  A common cry for a generation of what we have come colloquially to know as chavs and the usually depicted stereotypical attributes and accessories are there – attitude, language out of a sewer, hoodies, track suits, trainers, bling, daytime TV, cheap 12 inch portable TVs with built in DVD players and mothers not worthy of the title.  In America they’re cheap white trash or trailer park class, over here it’s suburban council estates with the soul drained out of them till everyone is the same shade of grey as the vandalised one-time playgrounds round the corner.  Any greenery there once was has turned to wasteland, and those who wander around this desolate place are wasted in more ways than one. Take Mia Williams, the fifteen year old seriously angry daughter of a mother who probably had her when she was Mia’s age and has been living for the next benefit cheque and temporary boyfriend ever since. 

Kids, they just get in the way, both Mia and her younger sister, Tyler, who has already (and she’s no older than 11) taken to smoking and drinking.  Mia has but one escape and that’s a love of hip-hop dancing.  Truth be told, she’s hardly anything special, but she’s never been taught, never had anyone take an interest in her to encourage her in anything.  That is until mum gets a new boyfriend, Connor, who takes a shine to Mia initially in a protective way, only for things to then take a turn for the complicated. Much has been said about Andrea Arnold’s debt to Ken Loach, but in truth it doesn’t feel much like a Loach film and there are larger debts owed to Alan Clarke and, more recently, Shane Meadows, but here we have a woman director with, as in her earlier success Red Road, a female protagonist.  If there’s a bigger influence still than all of the above, however, it must surely be the Dardenne Brothers for, though the sex is more explicit than you’ll ever see from Jean-Pierre and Luc, the similarities other than that could not be more potent, especially the eponymous protagonist in Rosetta. 

Both central protagonists are caught in a prison cell, but as the title suggests Mia’s has a view.  She knows she wants out, but not merely for the sake of getting out.  She wants to be noticed, wants someone to care enough so she can care enough about herself. All of which could so easily descend into cliché, and indeed its plot does navigate its way through some rather clichéd developments, and yet it’s shot through with such an arrow-straight sense of documentary realism that it cuts to the quick.  Watching it is like watching Kes forty years ago.  It’s a cry out, a despairing banging of the head against the prefab walls.  It’s raw, explicit, and owes much to the art-house cinema than it does to home-grown product – take, for example, the disturbing child kidnap sequence along the Thames estuary, which so uncannily evokes the plot of Dorota Kedzierzawska’s Crows.  As for the characters, there’s no black and white here, not least Fassbender’s Connor, a complex figure of both good and bad elements and somewhere in between, and giving Fassbender further opportunity to deepen the impression made in Hunger.