What do you do? [before putting hands in tank]
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coraljunky
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Antibacterial soap rinsed thoroughly before and after my hands have been in the water.
reefkprz
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placing your hands in your tank right after washing wiht antibacterial soap is a bad idea.
corals live in a bacterial environment, in fact corals host many bacteria on their surface in their slime coats (think of corals as living petri dishes) not to mention the bacteriological balance we call the nitrogen cycle, that we hobbyests try to maintain in our tanks. dropping antibacterial anything in our tanks can lead to disasterous results. honestly your tank would be better off if you had raw ammonia on your hands than if you had antibacterial soap.... no kidding raw ammonia is highly volatile and most of it would offgass before you ever reached your tank antibacterial soap lingers in a film then purges into your tank due to the solubility traits of water that air does not posess.
corals live in a bacterial environment, in fact corals host many bacteria on their surface in their slime coats (think of corals as living petri dishes) not to mention the bacteriological balance we call the nitrogen cycle, that we hobbyests try to maintain in our tanks. dropping antibacterial anything in our tanks can lead to disasterous results. honestly your tank would be better off if you had raw ammonia on your hands than if you had antibacterial soap.... no kidding raw ammonia is highly volatile and most of it would offgass before you ever reached your tank antibacterial soap lingers in a film then purges into your tank due to the solubility traits of water that air does not posess.
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rcreations
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I put rubber gloves on, the type that goes up to my shoulder.
grumpygils
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I usually fold them together in a brief moment of prayer and pray that my Huma Huma or clown does not rip a finger off. Just prior to that I usually tap water rinse if I think they may be dirty.
Mc
Mc
snakeblitz33
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plain tap or RO/DI, doesn't matter. Just nothing with antibacterial properties.
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jrthomas40
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lift the lid and push back the glass...lol...dont do anything just think if i have had my hands in anything bad if not then go on bout my business
trippkid
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Originally Posted by grumpygils
I usually fold them together in a brief moment of prayer and pray that my Huma Huma or clown does not rip a finger off. Just prior to that I usually tap water rinse if I think they may be dirty.
Mc
That's funny, I can relate to that only it is my Hamlet at night time when I have to put my hands in the tank. I do the same as you, you know where your hands have been, if dirty, rinse and dry off, usually with my shirt, then go about my business in the tank. If I do end up using some kind of soap, then I will rinse very well, dry and sometimes repeat with a rinse and dry.
I usually fold them together in a brief moment of prayer and pray that my Huma Huma or clown does not rip a finger off. Just prior to that I usually tap water rinse if I think they may be dirty.
Mc
That's funny, I can relate to that only it is my Hamlet at night time when I have to put my hands in the tank. I do the same as you, you know where your hands have been, if dirty, rinse and dry off, usually with my shirt, then go about my business in the tank. If I do end up using some kind of soap, then I will rinse very well, dry and sometimes repeat with a rinse and dry.
angler man
Member
Originally Posted by grumpygils
I usually fold them together in a brief moment of prayer and pray that my Huma Huma or clown does not rip a finger off. Just prior to that I usually tap water rinse if I think they may be dirty.
Mc
Good stuff.
I usually fold them together in a brief moment of prayer and pray that my Huma Huma or clown does not rip a finger off. Just prior to that I usually tap water rinse if I think they may be dirty.
Mc
Good stuff.
petjunkie
Active Member
As long as I didn't just put on lotion I just stick them in, It seems like I'm always in the tank picking up frags or whatever and it's never been a problem, I wouldn't handle really toxic substances before hand though. Just a regular rinse in tapwater if I think my hands are really dirty.
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azul1994
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I usually just run them under hot water for a few seconds then put them in.
coral keeper
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Originally Posted by TriGa22
I just run them under hot water and wipe off with a clean cloth.
I do the same.
I just run them under hot water and wipe off with a clean cloth.
I do the same.