Bare hands and QT medication

[TeeJay87]

I’ve been feeding a tiny fish in an unmedicated QT with my bare hands (I always wash them before and after). It would be difficult to feed the way I’ve been doing it as a surgical glove would fill water and the longer gloves I own are too thick to get the desired grip on the tiny bits of food (masstic & copepod powder, for example). Would it be stupid to put bare hands in a QT medicated with:

Prazipro?
Metro/Focus?
Copper Power?
Cupramine?

These are the only meds I own, but feel free to comment on the other major medications in your response. Thanks so much!

 

[vetteguy53081]

I’ve been feeding a tiny fish in an unmedicated QT with my bare hands (I always wash them before and after). It would be difficult to feed the way I’ve been doing it as a surgical glove would fill water and the longer gloves I own are too thick to get the desired grip on the tiny bits of food (masstic & copepod powder, for example). Would it be stupid to put bare hands in a QT medicated with:

Prazipro?
Metro/Focus?
Copper Power?
Cupramine?

These are the only meds I own, but feel free to comment on the other major medications in your response. Thanks so much!

Not necessarily but you offer a risk with body oils, perspiration, etc.
I spoon feed and have for over a decade as I used turkey baster previously

 

[MnFish1]

I’ve been feeding a tiny fish in an unmedicated QT with my bare hands (I always wash them before and after). It would be difficult to feed the way I’ve been doing it as a surgical glove would fill water and the longer gloves I own are too thick to get the desired grip on the tiny bits of food (masstic & copepod powder, for example). Would it be stupid to put bare hands in a QT medicated with:

Prazipro?
Metro/Focus?
Copper Power?
Cupramine?

These are the only meds I own, but feel free to comment on the other major medications in your response. Thanks so much!

The risk is not to you - its more to the fish - with your hands (though thats also extremely small). There are tools available for target feeding - that you could purchase?

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

No issue from the copper products. Some aquariums won’t allow divers in the water during prazi treatments. Metro in focus is not an issue, but is also an ineffective treatment unless you calculate the dose.
Jay

 

[bushdoc]

As a physician I can tell you that neither of those medication can be absorbed through intact skin in a miningful quantities during short exposure. You can discover though that you are allergic to some of those meds and have local reaction, albeit this is less likely. As others said, you can harm your fish more by introducing chemicals( soap,detergent) from your hands.