This one's for the ladies

[michellejy]

I have small hands (size 4.5 ring finger to give you an idea), and I finally found long gloves that work in the tank for me. They are Apex. I bought them through Amazon. I got the medium size, and they are surprisingly just a touch longer than my fingers.

I almost always have lotion on, so I *try* to keep my hands out of the tank unless I have gloves on.

 

[Chrisfish]

Hey that's not true, last time I looked I am a woman

 

[ngvu1]

LoL; I was kidding for the most part

Hey that's not true, last time I looked I am a woman

 

[Vaughn17]

Please share your beautification secrets, ngvu1. We're not sexist.

 

[ngvu1]

I don't have any of those issues
I only use lotion before bed time if and only IF I feel like I need to. The next morning the lotion has pretty much been gone. I do water change in the evening most of the time only so the lotion is 99.99% washed off already.

Like any other guys, if you look at the current viewing of this thread ;-), I chimed in as I am attracted to the title and I am kind of familiar with the OP ;-)

Please share your beautification secrets, ngvu1. We're not sexist.

 

[Vaughn17]

I use facial lotion every day and night but, since I have thus far refrained from sicking my face in any of my tanks, it has not been a problem, lol. Anyway, I always wash my hands well before sticking them in. My right arm's getting real tan, though, so maybe I need to turn off the lights, seeing as sun block is not an option.

 

[Tahoe61]

Sigh, only because most members think I am male.

If I work in my tank I basically scrub my upper arms, lower arms and hands. Each day I do put on lotions (humidity is around 10-30%) it's hot here in Arizona and you need sun protection.

My man uses body sprays and I ask him to do so in another room with the door closed and windows open.

Seems silly, but I know lotions and aerosol products can be detrimental to the tank that I put so much hard work into.

Honestly I thought initially this was a silly thread subject, but when I started to consider the precautions I take I realized I do actually think about the products I use everyday and how I can prevent them from making their way into my tank.

 

[ReefQueen]

I have small hands (size 4.5 ring finger to give you an idea), and I finally found long gloves that work in the tank for me. They are Apex. I bought them through Amazon. I got the medium size, and they are surprisingly just a touch longer than my fingers.

I almost always have lotion on, so I *try* to keep my hands out of the tank unless I have gloves on.

I will have to give those a try! Especially after finally getting hit by a bristleworm lol. You can try switching to the coconut oil (can you tell yet how much I love this stuff haha). I melted it and poured it into an empty face cream tub and leave it next to my bed so I can rub it on my hands before I go to sleep

 

[ReefQueen]

Hey that's not true, last time I looked I am a woman

Well are the minority in this "hobby", so I think most people just assume lol.

 

[ReefQueen]

Sigh, only because most members think I am male.

If I work in my tank I basically scrub my upper arms, lower arms and hands. Each day I do put on lotions (humidity is around 10-30%) it's hot here in Arizona and you need sun protection.

My man uses body sprays and I ask him to do so in another room with the door closed and windows open.

Seems silly, but I know lotions and aerosol products can be detrimental to the tank that I put so much hard work into.

Honestly I thought initially this was a silly thread subject, but when I started to consider the precautions I take I realized I do actually think about the products I use everyday and how I can prevent them from making their way into my tank.

My dad grew up in Arizona and has told me how dry it gets there, so moisturizer is a must, there is nothing wrong with caring for our skin I think I would take the dry heat you get over Pennsylvania weather any day. It snowed here yesterday, in the middle of may:/ but a few days ago it was hot and humid from all the rain we have been getting. See not silly we all like to have our little beauty regimens, but we don't want them to impact the thing we all have in common and work so hard on. I will admit that I spend much more time working on my tanks then I do on my appearance though. And i spend waay more time looking at them then in the mirror lol

 

[Psiber_Syn]

I will admit that I spend much more time working on my tanks then I do on my appearance though. And i spend waay more time looking at them then in the mirror lol

Natural beauty takes no effort

My beauty regimen before tank hands is licking the Doritos cheese off my fingers lol I win

 

[ReefQueen]

Natural beauty takes no effort

My beauty regimen before tank hands is licking the Doritos cheese off my fingers lol I win

Hahaha sorry no, you loose, because the only dorito dust anybody should be licking off of fingers is cool ranch

 

[Psiber_Syn]

I'm all bout that sweet chilli lol

 

[ReefQueen]

I'm all bout that sweet chilli lol

Ok you get a pass, those ones are good too! Now I am about to go get a doritos locos taco. If I can't fit into my bridesmaid dress next month I blame you haha.

 

[Psiber_Syn]

Aww man just cut the belly part out like this

 

[ReefQueen]

Aww man just cut the belly part out like this

Hahaha I might just have to! But I wouldn't want to steal the attention away from my sister, and a big old taco gut hanging out of the maid of honors dress is sure to be an attention grabber lol.

 

[michellejy]

I hate to distract from the loveliness of that dress, but I came back to correct the glove name I posted earlier. I had it all sorts of wrong.

These are the ones I bought. http://www.amazon.com/Atlas-772-Nit...&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00

By the way, they are latex free too. (I am allergic.)

 

[ReefQueen]

I hate to distract from the loveliness of that dress, but I came back to correct the glove name I posted earlier. I had it all sorts of wrong.

These are the ones I bought. http://www.amazon.com/Atlas-772-Nit...&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00

By the way, they are latex free too. (I am allergic.)

Oh yeah those look super heavy duty! I am definitely going to order a pair of those to use until I get this bristleworm epidemic under control

 

[michellejy]

They come in small too. I ordered the medium since some comments said they run small and that the small are essentially child sized. The medium work for me with just a small it of extra room for fingernails at the end.

 

[Bob Escher]

I have mid arm gloves I use if I need to really reach in, otherwise I really wash down and then use medical gloves. Right now my tank is mostly a FOWLER only because it has 7 frags in it. But I have one anemone so their fore the medical gloves and use only paper towels to dry