wash your hands?

[saltwaterdave]

I was wondering what people do...before u put your hands in the tank...sometimes we all have to put our hands in the tank..and they are DIRTY!!! What do u do before u put your hands in the tank to get them clean? I wash mine in VERY hot water but I have a high tolerance for pain!!! what do u do?

 

[wamp]

I lust wipe them off on a paper towel... I know that is probably not good, but I figure its better than soap in the water..
Where you from in VA?

 

[saltwaterdave]

NewportNews.......I was just wondering...we spend alot of money to put the proper fish and water into our tanks...then sometimes we need to move some lr for whatever reason and our hands are fiull of germs?! Where are u?

 

[wamp]

Danville VA.. I used to travel there alot with work until they sold the stores down there. I work for a company that does all of Belk dept. stores computers and register repair. Nice area. I liked the idea of being close to the water!

 

[heavenly damsel]

I am very careful about what I have on my hands and arms before I put them into my tank. Being female, I have perfume on my wrists and at the elbow, I also use hand cream. I don't think any of that belongs in my tank.
I wash my hands and arms with soap and water then rinse with a lot of warm water. Seems to work for me, tank is doing great so far.

 

[deuce biggalow]

My friend last year took the liberty to clean the glass on my reef tank, some of the product got into the tank and killed everything, some friend.

 

[twoods71]

If you feel your hands and arms are dirty enough to require soap then rinse very well before placing them in the tank.
Soap can be toxic to fish and inverts.
When my hands and arms are extremely dirty like after working on a car then I find it better just to wait another day to mess with the tank.

 

[kdlbem]

Ditto, Twoods. If they're that dirty, it can wait. Otherwise I rinse them very well under very hot water, and dry well(don't want tapwater in the tank).
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[joshh]

f you do use soap use a soap like dawn it is desinged to wash completly off

 

[bammbamm74]

Good ond Joshh. That's what I do. If you wash you're hand before putting them into the tank, use dish soap. It's designed to wash completly off, not like regular sope that can add antibacterial stuff or lotions to your skin.

 

[sinner's girl]

"I wash my hands and arms with soap and water then rinse with a lot of warm water." and I do use dish soap since it's right behind the tank.

 

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[nacl-h2o]

I rinse them very well. I only use soap if I have oil, grease, toner, ink, alot of dirt or sun tan lotion and then I rinse very very well.

 

[zack schwartz]

I rinse when my hands get dirty

 

[zack schwartz]

I rinse when my hands get dirty

 

[rabid frog]

off the subject... but hey zack i used to live in northbend , wa. you know where that is??

 

[bklynz00]

Great subject.... I always wandered what people used to clean there hands just before putting them into the tank, I'll sure use some of the suggestions here posted...

 

[zack schwartz]

Originally posted by rabid frog:
<strong>off the subject... but hey zack i used to live in northbend , wa. you know where that is??</strong><hr></blockquote>
Yes I do know where that is. What lfs did you go to.

 

[striker]

I wash my hands with scalding hot water(without the soap), brush my teeth, comb my hair, put on an environmental suit with sterilized gloves and then I'm ready. <img src="graemlins//urrr.gif" border="0" alt="[urrr]" /> Oh, I almost forgot to mention the half hour I spend in the decontaminating chamber that I use before entering the fish tank room

 

[fshhub]

i am another vote for washing, but rinse very thouroughly, b/c soap is just as bad,
so, yes i wash, very well, and then rinse veven better, very very thoroughly to be sure there is no soap either
HTH