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sjogren1
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Joined: 28 Dec 2003
Location: Pennsylvania, USA
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 Posted: 2004.03.19(Fri)16:35 Post subject: |
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Wash hands and arms well before and only rinse off hands and arms after.
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Dan H.
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Joined: 27 Sep 2003
Location: Phoenix (Mesa), AZ
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| Posted: 2004.03.20(Sat)11:27 Post subject: |
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| Don't wear gloves, but I keep myself in the quarantine tank for a week before and after to make sure I don't have any diseases. |
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Jimbob
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Joined: 27 Feb 2004
Location: London, England
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| Posted: 2004.03.20(Sat)11:54 Post subject: |
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I don't but always wash hands/arms well afterwards
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FishFlakes
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Joined: 16 Mar 2004
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| Posted: 2004.03.20(Sat)21:45 Post subject: |
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I... erm... actually, I do sometimes wear gloves when cleaning up my tank. I'm really paranoid, and am mosltly afraid I'll get some sort of nonexistant parasite on my hands if I put them in my tank, so I sometimes wear gloves. If not, I do what I have to at lightning fast speed and then bolt to the bathroom to rinse off my hand and arms all the way up to the elbows, even if they're not wet. I'm insane. 
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angelicdeity
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Joined: 28 Feb 2003
Location: Sydney, Australia
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| Posted: 2004.03.22(Mon)20:37 Post subject: |
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Drinking Tank water?!?! Gross! I don't use gloves. But I wash my hands really well before and after.
I got a question, how come when you guys gravel vacum you drink tank water? Don't u just let gravity create suction and all that? Then no putting your mouth dirty plastics.
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Nimmie
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Joined: 05 Jan 2004
Location: Washington State, US
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| Posted: 2004.03.24(Wed)12:27 Post subject: |
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Urghh, drinking tankwater Actually I have had that experience with the gravel vacuum, I haven't managed to get normal gravity to work.
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Charlie Foxtrot
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Joined: 18 Mar 2004
Location: Houston, TX
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| Posted: 2004.04.01(Thu)11:27 Post subject: |
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| FishFlakes wrote: | | I... erm... actually, I do sometimes wear gloves when cleaning up my tank. I'm really paranoid, and am mosltly afraid I'll get some sort of nonexistant parasite on my hands if I put them in my tank, so I sometimes wear gloves. If not, I do what I have to at lightning fast speed and then bolt to the bathroom to rinse off my hand and arms all the way up to the elbows, even if they're not wet. I'm insane. |
I don't think that's at all excessive. I don't wear them but I won't touch anything until I thoroughly wash afterwards. |
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Sara
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Joined: 19 Sep 2003
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| Posted: 2004.04.01(Thu)12:15 Post subject: |
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I don't but I probably should, one of my shelldweller females keep biting me whener I put my hands to near her territory.
But she is only one inch of fish so I'm not that scared of her. 
Funny that the bigger males all hide whenever I clean the tank.
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_-Mike-_
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Joined: 09 Mar 2004
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| Posted: 2004.04.27(Tue)10:14 Post subject: |
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| who would wear gloves whoever does is not interested in the hobby enuf |
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fishyfishy
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Joined: 03 May 2004
Location: North Carolina, USA
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| Posted: 2004.05.04(Tue)18:30 Post subject: |
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no I don't wear gloves.
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