Anyone wear long gloves?

Westside Guy · Mar 10, 2019

I was searching through aquarium cleaning products on Amazon and came across long gloves.
Do many people wear them or is it just a very small percentage of tank owners?

reef lover · Mar 11, 2019

I do!

Waters · Mar 11, 2019

I actually don't wear any gloves at all.

c.poindexter · Mar 11, 2019

I used to wear long gloves while working in my reef tank to help avoid contamination. With the glove it was very cumbersome and I ended up breaking coral. Now I scrub my arms with hot water and no soak before i put them in the tank.

Dsnakes · Mar 11, 2019

This would be a great poll!

I have on occasion worn gloves when dealing with Anemones.

I am a hand and arm scrubber though. I rinse them off well and dive in!

DangerDave · Mar 11, 2019

It's not often that I'm shoulder deep in the display, but when I am I do as well to avoid contamination. I used to wear the long rubber gloves, but I found them to be clumsy and cause me to break corals. Now I wear shoulder length food service gloves. I put regular rubber gloves over to top for dexterity.

Westside Guy · Mar 11, 2019

Dsnakes said:
This would be a great poll!

I tried to add it after reading your comment but was unable to.

erdrick80 · Mar 11, 2019

I do,up to elbow level gloves when I arrange live rock or corals. But, sometimes when I have to go clean glass or go all to the bottom, I wash arms and hand then go in with no gloves.

Westside Guy · Mar 11, 2019

I never see the staff at my LFS wear gloves and they are constantly working in their tanks.

erdrick80 · Mar 11, 2019

Westside Guy said:
I never see the staff at my LFS wear gloves and they are constantly working in their tanks.

Haha! That is so true! sometimes after I see them feeding they rinse their hands in the reef tanks. But, then again their setup sumps/filtration and water volume is way past average Joe tanks.

Westside Guy · Mar 11, 2019

c.poindexter said:
I used to wear long gloves while working in my reef tank to help avoid contamination. With the glove it was very cumbersome and I ended up breaking coral. Now I scrub my arms with hot water and no soak before i put them in the tank.

That is what I have been doing, absolutely no soap!

jtl · Mar 11, 2019

No gloves here.

Skynyrd Fish · Mar 11, 2019

I may rinse my arms and that’s it. On occasion for heavy rock removal and fragging I will put on a pair of the good ole cowbirthers.

GrouperStupor · Mar 11, 2019

Most times I wear a pair of the coralife gloves

reef lover · Mar 11, 2019

reef lover said:
I do!

This time of year i need lotion

so i use my gloves.

revhtree · Mar 11, 2019

I added a poll!

Triquatics · Mar 11, 2019

We always use long gloves! Never know whats on your hands!

User1 · Mar 11, 2019

I do. Shoulder length.

When I feed or do not need to reach too far in I'll wear nitrile hand gloves. The same ones I use when working on my car (new of course, they are throw away

).

C-Reefer · Mar 11, 2019

Nope, no gloves for me unless handling live rock. When we do installs and are handling a lot of live rock or are breaking down a tank its gloves for sure. Never know what's hiding in there. Other then that I wash my hands and arms with Dawn, and rinse really really well until I can't smell anything.

Water Dog · Mar 11, 2019

I used to wear the long shoulder length rubber gloves but they were very cumbersome to use in the tank... the sleeves have since been cut off and they have been repurposed as my smoker/BBQ gloves. I may get a box of the thinner material disposable veterinary gloves to see if there is any improvement over the rubber gloves in dexterity.