Who uses gloves?
 

Its not easy to find good quality non powdered gloves! Not all boxes say NONPOWDERED. Not sure about you...but I prefer to wear gloves while sticking my hands in the tank!!!!(actually had the dreaded FLESH EATING thing) thank g.d it was a minor case & caught in time......... wheeew. Not sure if it was from the bacteria in the tank or from a hot tub filter...both have the potential. Anyway you can custom order NONPOWDERED disposable gloves from SAVE ON FOODs for $10.37 per 100 piece box.
Hope this helps!
Shellie

Are these latex gloves or something else? How long are they (wrist, elbow, etc)?

I dont use glove but im going to. I just found out I have Mycobacterium marinum. If I wore gloves I might not have got it. Its rare my doctor said he saw it only once last year. Has anyone here had it??

http://www.emedicine.com/derm/topic281.htm
Mine is not as bad as this
http://tray.dermatology.uiowa.edu/MMarin03.htm

Why am i telling you people this.... oh well ....you could get it one day.
Wear gloves!!!!!

Doesn't corallife make some nifty gloves for aquarium use? Kinda pricey, but aquarium safe
Wai's had some last time i was in there (Calgary). JL probably sells them too

J&l has these:

http://www.jlaquatics.com/phpstore/s...ct_ID=mc-glove

But there not $10 per 100. :)

I wear gloves when I can. I have some of those long up to the shoulder ones and they are great. I also use laytex gloves for fraging etc but not always. I bought a pair of those long tongs a couple months back. Those are awesome and I rarely have to put my hand in the tank know.

Cheers

if you just looking to protect your hands from bristle worms and such and not worried about keeping your arms dry as well, go to a industrial supply type place and look for a box of the blue nitril disposable gloves.

Steve

I wear latex gloves handling corals and such but when it comes to the big stuff (rock) I wear the big heavy duty coralife pink & purple ones :mrgreen:

How does one find out if they have this disease? My hands are always in the tank, without gloves.

How could I find out? Or get tested? I should just steal a box of latex gloves from work.. there free.

Don't use gloves. In and out of my tanks daily.

They're not free for the company you work for that buys them :razz:

well if you get large dime size lumps on your hand( generally by your joints) then I would consider going to see your doctor. I had to go see 3 doctors here until one said that it was not calcium buildup and referred me to a dermatologist and he knew right away. If you have cuts on your hand you are at more of a risk.
Sorry SEASHELLS .. I am not trying to steal your post I just wanted to add my experience with not wearing gloves.

Bev, shhhhhh! hhaha.

Thanks for the information. I should be keeping an eye out then. Anyone else have any info. as to how a person would know the early signs of this flesh eating disease?

Thanks again.

I wear gloves without question when I do anything in my tank. I just use the latex, powdered I think.. I have never seen any effect from using the powdered ones.

I use the shoulder length gloves from vet supply, $12. for 100. Sometimes I'll puncture them and they'll fill with some water but figure better that placing my hand directly into the tank.

You can look up Cellulitis. Starts as a small bump, turns red & gets hot, then realy starts to hurt. Gets shiny red next and then just kinda peels open...Was that grafic enough?? Not a good experiance. I'm sure we have all had small cuts that have gotten infected, but you would know the differance. I try to feed my sun corals with a tool but its so much easier to squirt Mysis directly at each mouth.

I always use my coralife gloves. You never know what you may have on your hands.

You know...I've never worn gloves, but it might be a good time to start!

I have the coralife gloves and the long gloves from Lee Valley. Both are good for tank work. The Lee Valley gloves are smaller and are a tight fit on my hands, which makes them good for dexterity jobs. The Coralife gloves are a looser fit and thus are easier to slip on for a quick spot feeding or such. I use one or the other almost always when working in the tank. I also have a pair of heavy nitrile gloves that I use when I'm cleaning other equipment or doing water changes.

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Lee Valley has shoulder gloves, similar to the expensive aquatic ones, but only 6.99 The only difference is they are pink. Not joking
Mark

I can't wait to go get some pink gloves! :lol:

Gah I never wear gloves... but I'm thinking I want to start to now because I got a NASTY bristle worm sting the other day... my fingers are still sore from it. And its itchy under my nails.


-Diana

I have been wearing the Coralife gloves now for a couple of years. They are tough and work great for moving large corals and LR and for reaching the bottom of the tank. For the smaller more delicate moves I use a pair of dish washing gloves as they are much stronger than any Latex brand gloves. I found the latex gloves to puncture or rip easy, the dish washing gloves are thicker, yet fit very snug which gives me more control when handling delicate or smaller items.

I did some research on contracting viruses and bacteria from our tanks awhile ago and the result was myself buying a few pairs of gloves. Catching harmful bacteria or a virus from a tank is very low risk, however if you have exposed cuts or get water splash in your mouth then you are increasing the still very low risk event to happen. IMO I think it's better to be safe than sorry, especially when we frag or move a bunch or corals that could produce who knows what in the mix of all there chemicals and toxins.

I saw an article in an issue of coral magazine for long clear gloves from vet supply stores and want to get some. Where did you get yours? I have now developed exema (sp?) or some kind of rash on the arm that always gets wet when doing work in my tank.

These are all I can find. Yours sound like a way better deal.
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/produc...bref=AA&ctt=62

I personally have never used gloves while dealing with my tank. It has never really concerned me, because I am immune to most insect stings, have never had an infected cut(and I get alot of cuts), and bristleworm hairs do not iritate me at all. I've also touched BTA's and LTA's and neither type has ever had any effect on me. I've never had a rash either. All this has probably wiped away my concern about having problems and this is why I do not wear gloves. The only things that I've had concern about is cutting my fingers on rocks, but I have yet to do so because I have slight calises(sp?) on the inside of my fingers and palm.

I have considered arms length gloves before, but have always worried about them reducing dexterity. It sounds like there are a few out there that allow good movement in them?

Chris