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I'm wondering if everyone else is putting there hands in there tank as much as I do?

gloves when I can

Virtually every day. Sometimes several times. I never wear gloves.

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Ditto, I'm always screwing with something. My tank always looks better when I get back from a vacation, when my hands haven't been in there for a few days or a week at a time.

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The hermit crabs and large cowrie snail are constantly rearranging things, so I am putting my hands in daily. Although, I prefer to wear gloves.

I'm always moving stuff, no gloves either. Paranoid about corals fighting. I think my tank would be better if I went on vacation too!!:smile:

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I suffer from Reef Hand....

My doctor prescribed Watiallis...If my hands remain dry for more than 8 hours I need to seek medical attention immediately!

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we do every day to feed the seahorses. and also some eat out of our hands.

Lol...lol

Several times a day. I wash my hands thouroughly before they go in. I'm always adding new corals so they progress from the bottom to midway to where they reside, then have to consider its uncompatable neighbors. It's a domino effect as well as inverts knocking frags over till they get glued/epoxied in place.

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I try not to do it too often. My sister is always rearranging her tank, and I've seen the effects of that. She doesn't wear gloves, however, and I always do when I can.

Worse than a dam kid cant keep my hands out of it

My husband tell's me that I rearrange the tank like I do our living room. " Way to Much! "
My last arrangement was because we had to catch a fish that was munching on some corals, so not my fault.
We do have our hands in the tank atleast once a day probably . No gloves if it is just a general plundge but I will definitely put on a glove if moving a piece of live rock. Have you ever picked up the stem of a pumpkin out of your garden. Full of thorns. I only imagine that a bristle worm feels the same way if not worse?
Wendy

At least once per day. I wash my hands, up to the elbow, if I'm just feeding. I have lots of things that need target feeding and the turkey baster won't reach. If I'm moving things around I use gloves most of the time. Definitely if I'm working on something where there could be bristle worms.

Probably 6 - 8 times per day.

My hands in in the tank so much that the area elastic type banding around my wrist is all stretched out from rolling up my sleeves in the sweatshirt.

My hands look like prunes.

The fish think that I'm just part of the community.

I can maneuver around every cap and SPS branch without breaking a branch.

I don't need to salt my food, I can lick my fingers.

I'd die of a heart attack if the doctor told me "No more sodium if you want to live longer"

To melt ice on my front steps I pour my waste water from water changes by the bucket full.

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90 Gallon FOWLR

I was putting my hands in a lot but have had a rash on my right arm now for three weeks. Got worse last weekend as I needed to reaarnge -- new corals. Gloves get in the way. I suffer so my tank can be beautful.

I dont know how many times I've cut my hand my hand on my light reflector. On second of lack of attention and ouch. My corals have the best polyp extension when I'm gushing in the tank though.

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