Rashes...

[Johnny Reefer]

Originally Posted by deep6er

when ever I do a good cleaning of my tank I get itchy and stinging feeling aswell.

I get that too. On my arms.
I think it's the salt.

When I worked on a buoy tending ship as a deckhand I used to get the same thing on my hands.
Salwater everywhere. Messy, wet work.
They'd get so dry, chapped and raw they'd burn.

I have gloves but don't always wear them.
As for the carbon...I use that too and it doesn't seem to make a difference.
How does carbon help?

Cheers,

[Ruth]

I get a rash every once in a while. I *try* to keep my hand out of the tank as much as possible. If I am cleaning the glass and my upper arm rubs against the tank I will get a rash there.
I have also gotten a really weird thing on my finger - I've gotten it twice now and always after working in the tank. It comes the next day and comes up like a hard lump the size of a pea, almost like you would get from a rose prickle. It usually swells right up and hurts and then gets clear liquid in it that when the skin is broken it drains for 1 week or 2. I am not really sure it is related to the tank but can't think of anything else and it has come up in the same spot about 6 months apart.