Do u guys wash your hands or arms before putting into your tank?

[BrentH]

Cool thanks for the replys guys I guess the skimmer can take out some of the natural human body oils if say u had oiley skin .... And my buddy was fragging zanthids at a time and got juices in the eye he couldn't see for a week scary had to go to er

 

[zeebies]

Never wash, I always wear gloves though.

 

[SW_nOOb_SC]

I rinse well and dry before, always wear gloves, and wash with soap afterwards. If I do happen to use soap before I wait a while just in case and then rinse again to make sure. Paranoid.

 

[madadi]

I just dive in on the spot, do what I got to do, pull my hand out, walk a little faster while dripping on the carpet, towel dry in the kitchen and I'm good to go.

 

[radobahn]

I usually don't wash or rinse before putting my hands in the tank.. but always do when I'm done. I am however very careful when really stretching for something on the bottom and my armpit gets close to the water due to deodorant..

 

[melvinakshay]

coral love my nutrient loaded hands.

 

[l8_apex_it]

• I find that I rinse well with warm water and then scrub dry with papertowels (no hand washed towels due to soaps, fabric softeners, etc.)
• I pull a Michael Jackson and typically use one latex glove for feeding fish and working in the tank
• I will then sometimes wash hands and arms with soap and water if I have been working in the tank.
• I find that I use gloves more when working with chemicals outside of the aquarium so that I don't bring those chemicals in to the tank later.
  
  A reefer friend laughs at me, but I feel these are prudent steps to keep the corals, invertebrates, fish and skimmer happy.

 

[tmz]

Gloves are best,imo. They protect the water from wah may be on lour hands and you from strange proteins / toxins in the water.There are a number of reports of serious infections to bare hands in a reef tank. I don't always use them becasue I'm lazy about it but know it would would be prudent to do so.

 

[higorc]

I always rinse my hands and arm before working in my Reef.


Higor

 

[BrentH]

Armpits and deodorant would be bad

 

[Kyuss]

I wear shoulder length gloves. I'm a mechanic so it seems like no matter how much scrubbing or rinsing I do, my hands are never clean enough.