Dirty hands in aquarium

[nickynels]

Anyone know a good way to clean my hands before reaching into my aquarium?

 

[jonelder68]

dawn dish soap if it’s safe enough for the ducks it’s safe enough for our tanks

 

[gkprevite]

Anyone know a good way to clean my hands before reaching into my aquarium?

It depends. Are your hands abnormally dirty? If not I just use dye and fragrance free soap and rinse with hot water and towel dry. If you work with things that would be toxic to your livestock I’d consider getting a pair of reefing gloves

 

[jonelder68]

I’m an auto mechanic so constantly saturated in gas, oil, and all other kinds of stuff. I just scrub brush with dawn dish soap, wash, and dry. No problems yet

 

[Andamaite]

I work with ceramics and that stuff turns my hands to sandpaper so I use a LOT of balm and I'm reasonably sure if any of that got in the tank it'd be game over. Dawn dish soap (it just works better! One of the few times a brand name is worth it) and hot water up to the elbows like I'm scrubbing in for surgery. Then rinsing like my life depends on it. Then extended cuff nitrile gloves (long enough for my tiny pico that I don't get them swamped). Might be a bit overkill but it's a good habit to form.

 

[winzig]

use gloves