Did you wash your hands?

[dodo99]

I was wondering if I could get some input on what kind of soap one would use to wash your hands before dunking them into the tank. I'm concerned that some may leave some sort of residue, esp. the anti-bacterial kind. I know you can get the full-length gloves, but I was just curious to see what other people were using.

I see the guys at the LFS just dunk they're hands in the tanks w/o washing all the time... :!:


Thanks in advance,
DoDo

 

[Anonymous]

Plain ordinary hand soap and rinse thoroughly before putting them in the tank. Do the same afterwards.

Regards,
David Mohr

 

[dodo99]

Ivory it is then. Thanks for the input. I don't usually have to go in there too often, and try not to. Usually to suck up my LTA's, umm, excrements with a turkey-baster or to feed some polyps.

DoDo

 

[Anonymous]

I wash my hand and rinse them thoroughly and let them dry before I stick them in the tank.

Louey

 

[219mem]

Jesus, never thought of that. Directly in the tank, everytime.
Thanks

 

[Anonymous]

I don't use any soap at all either. Too paranoid :lol: I just use plain water and dry completely.

 

[Anonymous]

Just plain water...I am also paranoid with soap on my hands before going into the tank

 

[Oceans Ferevh]

Use soap. You never know what you might be tracking in there. Plus, I've heard that some lotions will cause skimmers to stop foaming for a few days.

 

[Bojangles]

I usually just plan all of my tank activities after I wake up in the afternoon following my "start the day" shower.

 

[Anonymous]

I wash my hands before and after with whatever soap is near the sink.

 

[ThrillYa]

Plain ordinary hand soap and rinse thoroughly before putting them in the tank. Do the same afterwards.

Just curious why you would recomment washing afterwards? If you don't mind having salty hands that is.

 

[ChrisRD]

Some corals secrete things you don't want to ingest, and your tank is loaded with bacteria, so, probably a good idea to wash-up before dinner. :wink:

 

[Bojangles]

I HATE having the salt on my hands and arms when I reach into the tank. My tank is 27" deep so if I have to reach the bottom I go pretty crazy after 15 minutes.

 

[Anonymous]

Some corals secrete things you don't want to ingest, and your tank is loaded with bacteria, so, probably a good idea to wash-up before dinner. :wink:

Not to mention if you rub your eyes with fish poop on your hands.

 

[Jolieve]

Eeeew...

My skin actually gets irritated by saltwater... I've never been swimming in the ocean, but after my experiences with my tank, I'm not sure I want to.

I wash my hands before putting them in the tank and after.

J.

 

[dodo99]

Does anyone know if disposable latex gloves have some sort of residue or powder on them? (Not the medical kind, just the ones you can buy at the grocery store.) I've used them before, and just used a rubber bands to seal them, if I have to handle anything in there. I washed those too, just in case. I don't have a sump on my 29gal, so it's too easy to mess up the water quality. (Although, my toadstool leather is the first one to be annoyed if there's anything remotely wrong w/water params.)

 

[Jolieve]

They have a powdered coating inside to make them easy to put on.. which is really gross if it gets in your tank...

J.

 

[Anonymous]

You could always go with a food service grade of glove. The one's I have are called Duraskin. There isn't suposed to be anything on those. I use those blue medical gloves, they're unpowdered and perfectly safe to use in the aquarium.

 

[Tackett]

easy solution guys (and gals.)

get an old empty breadbag (heinz whatever) cram your hand down in it, and voila. insta-barrier. Keeps your hands pretty dry too. Though it is a pain if you need fine finger control.

 

[Chucky]

How about yellow rubber dish gloves? that's all I use since I found out about Palythoa. Of course, the guys at the LFS just dunk their hands in and handle huge amounts of them as they like. Nobody dead yet.