go to aquascaping gloves?

[doma25]

I currently have the coralife aquagloves and i despise them! whenever i wear them i feel like i am either working in a meth lab or handling unstable plutonium.

I would like to purchase either reef safe disposable gloves or another pair of gloves that i can easily wash and reuse. My biggest fear in this hobby is using something that could leach chemicals into the water.. so what gloves do you recommend!

I was starting to lose a little interest in my reef tank until i re-aquascaped it this weekend! After being fed up with how hard it is to maneuver the rocks these massive aqua gloves, i took them off and had a nice hand shake with a bristle worm! The tank came out great, my hand came out alright.

 

[CHEMCHEF]

I would like to get those long plastic gloves that they use for artificially inseminating horses.
Not kidding these things look perfect. They go up to the arm pit, and are disposable.

 

[rookie07]

I would like to get those long plastic gloves that they use for artificially inseminating horses.
Not kidding these things look perfect. They go up to the arm pit, and are disposable.

+1
http://thefilterguys.biz/reef_sleeves.htm

I love them!!!

 

[Imbarrie]

And great if you ever have to artificially inseminate a horse.

Maybe a farm supply website has them.

 

[troywalkerphoto]

me too! I finally just bought powerless latex gloves and I rubberband at the wrist. I by the 100 pair for 10.00 at the local drug store. Much more control!

 

[MatthewScars]

Well if your aqua scaping or moving large rocks, use the 'meth gloves'. They will protect your from cutting yourself.

Otherwise, I just bought vinyl gloves. They are stronger than latex.

I dont have any suggestions other than that for your poor soft sensitive forearms that have an avoidance to water

STAY STRONG, BROTHER!

 

[peteyboyny]

me too! I finally just bought powerless latex gloves and I rubberband at the wrist. I by the 100 pair for 10.00 at the local drug store. Much more control!

+1. I do the same when handling zoo's and palys. If I'm moving rocks around, I use the coralife gloves.

 

[Master Shake]

or you could just stick your arm in the tank

 

[MatthewScars]

or you could just stick your arm in the tank

Yo, he just called you a :cat:

 

[Master Shake]

Yo, he just called you a :cat:

1. haha
2. didnt mean it that way or to start anything, its just that ive been sticking my arms in my tank and have never used a glove even when ive cleaned tanks with football sized lionfish
3. love the pandas

 

[CHEMCHEF]

or you could just stick your arm in the tank

That depends on what you do for a living. I cook so I could have any number of oils on me. When I wash up I may have soap residue etc.
better safe than sorry.

 

[marklugo23]

and great if you ever have to artificially inseminate a horse.

Maybe a farm supply website has them.

+100

 

[jbjints]

That depends on what you do for a living. I cook so I could have any number of oils on me. When I wash up I may have soap residue etc.
better safe than sorry.

I wash my hands right before I dip my paws in the tank and I rinse really good but the disposable gloves are what I am going to have to buy because I am always scared I won't get all the soap off my hands.

I have two pairs of the Coralife gloves, one pair I use when I have to snake a drain and the other pair collects dust. I need to feel what I am working with and the Coralife gloves are just too thick.