Do you use protection??

[rollntider]

i use the no spill clean and fill and usually wash my hands afterwards. I dont have to siphon by mouth anymore. If i am eating after i clean the tank I will definatly wash them, but sometimes I just wipe my hands off.

 

[drobbins27]

Did anyone think this thread was about something when they read the title...nice job luring Ken lol

 

[darksheep]

yeah i thought this tread was nothing to do with fish,

lol no more comments

 

[cutechic]

I don't always wash my hands before the tanks, because they dont usually have lotion on. I wash my hands after if I'm going to eat.

I've got dirty water from the siphon in my mouth twice, but it hasn't happened in a while so I'll keep starting the siphon that way. I'm thinking I should disinfect it (ie boil it) from time to time.

Does anyone use a siphon-starter bulb? I've heard these don't work very well.

 

[cutechic]

I also thought this thread was about something else, but then I realised that it would be in the wrong section (if it was what I thought it was about, it should be in the General Talk section) and seeing as Ken's a mod, he would know enough not to post in the wrong section.

 

[Olive]

wow I had no idea about that stuff...............................................now I will think twice........................yowsers.

 

[Eelzor]

I only where gloves if I have badages or open cuts on as it may contaminate.

 

[Lenna]

What kind of syphons are you guys using?! I just put my finger over one end, hold the other up, then slowly take my finger off. The pressure "sucks" the water up by itself.

 

[wuvmybetta]

I don't wear gloves or anything and I'm a freak about washing my hands before,during and after. At least 200 times....maybe more.

That list was very interesting,Ken. I have a friend who works in a lfs and deals with many,many tanks, salt included. She's always sick and just the other day I mentioned that it could be something from the tanks I know she's been stung by things several times.

 

[cutechic]

What kind of syphons are you guys using?! I just put my finger over one end, hold the other up, then slowly take my finger off. The pressure "sucks" the water up by itself.

I use a python, but not the battery-operated one or whatever it is that everyone loves. Mine is the kind you need to suck the end to start the siphon.

With your siphon , you stick it in the water, and then cover the end that isn't in the water with your finger and slowly remove your finger?

 

[Stryker]

Submerge the syphon so the pipe is full of water, then let one end down into the bucket. It takes practice but works.

 

[mrV]

No.

but If have cuts, I don't put them into tank or I wear gloves. However, I have been thinking to buy overvoltage protector

 

[Morrgan]

My hands are pretty much the only thing that comes into contact with tank water. Usually I just wash my hands after they've been in the tank. If I have cuts I avoid putting them into the water.

Heh, I've worked in a TB lab so I knew about M. marinum. The first thing the people there said when they heard I keep tropical fish, was to warn me about that possibility.

 

[Sea_Monster87]

I usually don't wear gloves when I clean out my tanks.