Do you always wear gloves when working in tank?

[LeslieS]

Does everyone wear gloves when they are working in their tank? Where do you find gloves that long?

 

[madhouse]

i do...
i use these

 

[ming]

Nope, I just give my hands/arm a good rinse before and after working in the tank everytime.

 

[Tonyscoots84]

when dealing with live rock i where the reg. non powdered gloves with a rubber band up around my wrist to seal the glove other then that my hand is in the tank... as wat was stated above by ming a good rinse before and after is def. what is needed... i would not do without that...

those gloves that madhouse posted are good but there too big and hard to work in for me but thats just me...

 

[herman]

nope :skull: :Up_to_som

 

[Falco]

I use powder free latex gloves almost every time I put my hands in the tank.

-Chris

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

75% no 25% yes. I wash my hands with soap and hand sanitizer when I am done working in the tank to be safe. I use the coralife gauntlet gloves with the blue arms and the orange hands.

 

[Zoous]

I would. Better to be safe then sorry.

 

[jhale]

I live on the edge and like herman do not use gloves.:smokin:
but if I have a cut on my hand or arm will wait to stick
my hands in the tank.

 

[Quang]

Same as Jhale. I examine my hands before I put them in and examine them when I take them out. I take care of any cuts immediately and \never put my hands in the tank if it's a fresh wound. I would just wait a day or two. It's not gonna kill ya if you don't, but I know its seriously risky not to. I highly recommend you use them though. I've been trying to put my hands in my tank least often as possible lately.

 

[bad coffee]

Gloves. I'm allergic to shellfish, and my luck is I'd forget to wash my hands then eat something.

So Gloves 99% of the time

B

 

[masterswimmer]

I used to wear the gloves pictured above. Two things wrong with them. When working in the tank, most of the time you need the ability to 'feel' what you're doing. Those gloves are like wearing kevlar. You can't feel a thing.

Secondly, the seam between the blue and the orange has a marked tendency to leak. I had 2 or 3 pair, years ago. Each one sprung a leak on that seam.

It's been years now that I no longer wear the gloves. So I'm on the edge like Herm and Jon. :biggrin:

I do make sure I was up both before and after 'diving in'.

swimmer

 

[reefman]

i only wear them when i need to move lots of big rocks out or in. otherwise its too clumsy.

 

[LeslieS]

Thanks! Sounds like whatever works for me will work for the tank. :flower:

 

[scarf_ace1981]

Nope, I just give my hands/arm a good rinse before and after working in the tank everytime.

me too

 

[Zoous]

Imagine rearranging your LR landscaping without gloves and getting whacked by a mantis shrimp that you didn't realize was hiding in the live rock.

 

[HAVIC]

I have never used gloves to work in the tank. However recently I have been getting reactions on my skin. I had seen on RC some one posted the question and a lot of people get a rash on their skin because of the chemicals in the water.

Also it was recently discovered that your fish tank is a Salmonella breeding ground.

read this from the nytimes.com
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/18/h...205d922ab2e04e&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

Greg