classyfish
Reefing newb
Sorry for the completely newbie questions but can it be harmful to put your hands in the tank to move rocks, do water changes, etc?
gloves needed?
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Bifferwine
I am a girl
You can get stung and bit by stuff. It's not too bad, but it can burn. Gloves are more useful to protect the tank -- if you have soap or oils on your hands, that can harm your livestock.
daugherty
part time reefer
i dont use gloves unless i am fraging coral
d2mini
Reef enthusiast
Gloves are also helpful if you have any recent cuts or scrapes on your hands and arms. It's rare, but people have been known to contract infections, even flesh eating bacteria from their tanks.
I use a pair of Aqua Gloves for moving rock around, but not for things like just reaching in real quick to adjust something. Unless like I said i have a cut or something.
I use a pair of Aqua Gloves for moving rock around, but not for things like just reaching in real quick to adjust something. Unless like I said i have a cut or something.
bjohanson1234
.........
Ive never used gloves. I do make sure I rinse off my hands with out any soap on them first.
Never got stung of bit by anything. I have even accidentally squashed a bristle worm and nothing.
But using gloves couldnt hurt.
Never got stung of bit by anything. I have even accidentally squashed a bristle worm and nothing.
But using gloves couldnt hurt.
yote
In Memoriam
Gloves are the safest for you and the tank both.Even though 99.9% of us ( me included ) dont use them.
U4BOYZ
Got Fish?
I use gloves...but I'm a big antibacterial soap hand washer. So I don't trust myself...
dcantucson
Reef pro
I have just started using gloves because my hands have been getting irritated lately. Up to then I never wore gloves.
mennazeher04
Reefing newb
i use the nitrile gloves powder-less. i do a question though, what corals can sting you or can all of them? Sorry not stealing thread just a quick question.
yote
In Memoriam
Frogspawn,hammer,and torches can be big time stingers.
Zoanthids can carry palytoxins that can kill you deader than 4 o'clock.
Anemones can be pretty rough.Especially the Hell Fire Anemones and carpets.
Zoanthids can carry palytoxins that can kill you deader than 4 o'clock.
Anemones can be pretty rough.Especially the Hell Fire Anemones and carpets.
VAreef
Reefing newb
How do those palytoxins get to you? Absorbed in a cut? do you have to injest it? I have been doing stuff in the tank and handling zoos and polyps alot. Once I had a weird numbing in the arm and hand? Is that what it does?
yote
In Memoriam
Cuts and scratches would get you for sure.
Rubbing your eyes,picking you nose.Forgetting to wash your hands before eating after handling zoos.
Rubbing your eyes,picking you nose.Forgetting to wash your hands before eating after handling zoos.
PRC
Stop Quoting Me!
VAreef
Reefing newb
Oh and besides gloves and eye protection also do not eat them. Hey if it's not said someone may actually try it so wanna be on the safe side.
PRC
Stop Quoting Me!
First it's don't play in traffic, then it's don't run with scissors, then it's you'll grow hair on your palms.... And Now this!!! Damn Damn Damn.
I'm getting body armor. I'm gonna look like Dustin Horffman in Outbreak.
I'm getting body armor. I'm gonna look like Dustin Horffman in Outbreak.
yote
In Memoriam
HAAHAHA
And you THOUGHT this was supposed to be relaxing hobby:mrgreen:
And you THOUGHT this was supposed to be relaxing hobby:mrgreen:
PRC
Stop Quoting Me!
Hey VA why are the lights in your tank still on.? They're not, that's me glowing.
VAreef
Reefing newb
haha did you know you can have lots of fun with the liquid in a glowstick ;)
Edit: Thats a good entry for the practical jokes list.
Edit: Thats a good entry for the practical jokes list.
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