Soap

[Betaktical]

Is there a certain soap to use before working on the tank to clean your hands of everything including oils and bacteria?


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[bundybear1981]

You best method is to wear gloves and avoid soaps, especially scented soaps.

Gloves will protect you tank as well as you.

 

[ABBS]

Yes Wear gloves is the best thing. Also be aware of anything you may have done during the day, I almost plunged into the tank after polishing and waxing my caravan !! not a good idea.

 

[Betaktical]

So are we talking like the big long gloves that people use to clean the bathroom with? My tank is kinda deep


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[Pandagobyguy]

Ya i think that is what they are refering to. Usually yellow rubber.
I havent ever used gloves but i just use regular scented hand soap and rinse a lot. Never noticed anything.
Ill be buying gloves for fragging zooanthids soon anyway though

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[ryeguyy84]

Try reef suds, I bought a bar. Seems to work

 

[Mad_Reefer]

I use unscented sympatheticsoap. It is a pure cold process soap.

 

[worldbook]

remember your pits in deep tanks. That is if you wear deodorant

 

[Sk8r]

one of the better soaps to avoid a residue is Ivory, but don't put your hands immediately back into the tank. Use nitrile exam gloves, come in various sizes, throwaway. And if you have a real deep tank, beware of deodorant.

 

[Betaktical]

Thanks for all the input!! My wife uses essential oil soap so I try not to wash with that before I get into the tank. Wouldn't the nitrile gloves still allow oils from your hands to get in the water?


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[Sk8r]

rubber band your wrists. It helps a little. Your hands produce, I think, more oil than your arms.

 

[Betaktical]

Ahhh now I see. Good idea


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[Capsle]

rubber band your wrists. It helps a little. Your hands produce, I think, more oil than your arms.

I started rubber banding my wrists just to keep the gloves from filling up with water and dripping all over the place afterwards.

Never thought of deodorant though! I'm often at arms length in my tank, I will be more cautious about it now. :hmm3:

 

[A sea K]

I own and operate my own equipment and semi, as a result I do most of the maintenance and mechanic work on my own not to mention the the normal day to day routine and the nasties it produces. I used to be very worried about putting my hands in the tank but after several years now not so much. I simply wash/scrub my hands real well with Dawn dish soap and then aggressively rinse them and in the tank they go without any gloves. To this day I have never had an incident that I can contribute to contamination.

 

[urbanknight]

I use these:
http://www.globalindustrial.com/p/s...mpaignId=T9F&gclid=COS0_JPew88CFZCEaQod6LME0w

 

[Betaktical]

Yeah those look like what I need lol


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