hello,
and thank you for the responses!
the burning sensations has decreased significantly perhaps due to that i was putting my hands into the tank a lot less (mainly because it hurt like the begeebers when i did! is that skinner'ism or what?).
when i did put my hands in, i put on very tight fitting latex gloves. they 'gave' me enough time to do what i needed to do inside the tank as they kept water out of the affected area temporarily. i then peeled off the gloves and washed my hands off with soap and water.
thanks chuck for the vinegar trick, i will try that (hopefully not) the next time i get the 'burning' sensations.
hi austin: i normally wear gloves n my zoo tank as i have experienced numbness when handling zoo's barehanded. mainly my fingetips. i do forget sometimes...but that isnt very often.
thus, what i do now is put on gloves all the time when putting my hands in my softie tank. there appears to be a lot more chemical warfare going on in that tank than my sps tank.
jim: i also noted that my hands were very dry this time as well...esp my knuckles. my profession requires a lot, and i mean a lot, of handwashing and they tend to get very dry esp this time of year.
i have been using gold bond (sound like a senior citizen late night commercial) lotion at night and it seems to have helped. i take an antihistamine daily as i have year round seasonal allergies. does that suck or what?
the only time i stuck my bare hand in the tank was a couple of days ago when i nearly killed my black ocellaris by trying to lure him to host in my gree haddoni. the haddoni just sucked him up like food and i had to plunge my hand in immediately to free him. yes, i got stung and yes it hurt and yes, i did get some burning sensationa nd yes, the anemone sting hurt more than the burning sensation!
