Reef Safe Soap...

143MPCo · Sep 25, 2015

This is off their site, and I'm a little curious if any has and is actively uses it?

"Reef Suds is the first aquarium safe hand soap. The product is designed to ease the aquarium maintenance process and make your life a little easier. Completely all-natural, the suds contain no additives, artificial colors, or fragrances. The 1.5-inch think bar is full of natural coarse sea salt exfoliants, which aid in the elimination of all unwanted impurities. The soap has been tested on various reef tanks ranging in size and inhabitants, including the most sensitive of aquariums, SPS tanks. We not only see the benefit of making your life easier but want to help sustain the marine life we love so much. For that reason, 10% of all profits will be donated directly to the Coral Restoration Foundation to help re-build coral reefs."

If you're using it can you post the good, bad, and the ugly?

redfishbluefish · Sep 25, 2015

Interesting! HERE's the link for the Advanced Aquarists article. It sounds like Ivory Soap with salt added.....but now costing nine bucks a bar.

143MPCo · Sep 25, 2015

Does seem a bit high but really liking the donations to CRF...

143MPCo · Sep 26, 2015

Bump.

Randy Holmes-Farley · Sep 26, 2015

Pretty simple product to make (a soap of essentially just fatty acids, maybe some monoglycerides), but it seems a good idea.

I still wouldn't intentionally put too much of it into tank water, however. I doubt it is so safe you could rub the bar in the tank for long.

jcdeng · Sep 26, 2015

whats the purpose of this soap? to clean the glass of algae??

Randy Holmes-Farley · Sep 26, 2015

jcdeng said:
whats the purpose of this soap? to clean the glass of algae??

Clean your hands or maybe certain small equipment without worrying about getting bad soap/surfactants into the tank

jcdeng · Sep 26, 2015

I see, don't know what to make of it lol

steve&mari · Sep 26, 2015

My son showed me this before but kinda just brushed it aside. I've never saw issues with the hand soaps n sanitizer we use already that are cheaper. I always wash my hands and rinse well dry and rinse with ro/di water n dry before messing with tank. So don't see the need to spend the cash on it. Couple bars is 1 less frag or something else I could do to tank lol.

Gamma · Sep 28, 2015

I just stopped spraying cologne on my wrists and no lotion or nail polish...scrub hands/arms without soap just warm water and dry well with special towels washed with vinegar/baking soda regimen and no fabric softener or dryer sheet.

Pete polyp · Sep 28, 2015

It never ceases to amaze me on how some people want to treat their tanks as sterile environments. I seriously doubt any residue left on your hands from dishwashing liquid can and would cause harm. Sure if you put a cup of the stuff in your tank it will more than likely crash. More times than not I don't wash my hands before going into my tank, but I definitely wash them afterwards.

Reef UP · Sep 28, 2015

Dawn original dish soap here used for years zero problems

143MPCo · Sep 28, 2015

Pete polyp said:
It never ceases to amaze me on how some people want to treat their tanks as sterile environments.

I like a lot of others here spend a considerable amount of time working outdoors with everything from pesticides to car-this and motorcycle-that... the concern is more in getting that bad stuff off, would standard soaps work, sure could, is this better, maybe, it sure doesn't seem worse.

Pete polyp · Sep 28, 2015

143MPCo said:
I like a lot of others here spend a considerable amount of time working outdoors with everything from pesticides to car-this and motorcycle-that... the concern is more in getting that bad stuff off, would standard soaps work, sure could, is this better, maybe, it sure doesn't seem worse.

Well yes, I'm not going to weld all day at work abs go home just to stick my hand in my tank. If course I'm going to shower first.

steve&mari · Sep 28, 2015

143MPCo said:
I like a lot of others here spend a considerable amount of time working outdoors with everything from pesticides to car-this and motorcycle-that... the concern is more in getting that bad stuff off, would standard soaps work, sure could, is this better, maybe, it sure doesn't seem worse.

Exactly I'm a mechanic by trade and enjoy working on my family's trucks and my Harley. I also garden and other things to possibly have things in the skin. So I'd be false saying I never stick hands in without washing but do it wisely.

jsker · Sep 28, 2015

This is the way to go.

Jizu Puentes · Sep 28, 2015

I just like using dish washing soap because it washes off oil, fuel, pesticides etc. I don't see why it would do any harm if washed off completely

WilRams · Sep 28, 2015

I'm a road tech so I get home mighty dirty some days. I always jump in the shower first thing home and use a orange pumice type cleaner on my entire arms. Then regular body wash. No fear sticking my hands/arm in my tank after that.

143MPCo · Sep 28, 2015

I'll try any DIY project within reason, after looking around (google is your friend ppl) I found what would be required to make this, the cost breaks down to (nothing wrong with saving a $$$) little under a dollar per bar.