How to measure the *life* in your tank

[rtk]

That is, if you have any allergies, you can tell if the live rock and
sand are making the water increasingly biologically lively. I was
delighted for about one month to believe that somehow the saltiness of
the tank's water rendered it innocuous to me. After two months I began
to lose this illusion. I now know that salt does not interfere with my
reaction to truly animated water as I have a wild reaction to only a
moment's immersion. My Clark's clownfish would have wished this on me,
if he/it could. Even with massive application of industrial strength
cortisone and a daily anti-histamine, I can no longer play with rocks,
rearranging just that one coral which must be moved a half inch. I
suspect this is a common allergy, but no one has mentioned it on this
news group. If someone has found thin latex gloves that go above the
elbow, please tell me where. The heavy ones in catalogues I have;
although they're useful in the pond, they are too clumsy for tank use.
I've tried ones used for serious cow stuff and was surprised to find
that they leak. I've looked in surgical catalogues, but apparently
there is not much use for above the elbow gloves, fortunately. Anyone
know of a source?

Ruth Kazez



rtk
kazez.com

[CapFusion]

Sorry, I can not help regarding allergy. Maybe using some kind of allergenic
mask while maintaince / rearranging your tank landscape?

Are you talking about "Aqua-Glove"?
http://www.petsolutions.com/cgi-bin/cgiitmls?m=ThisP&p=1083.140000&l=30
This glove IMO is very good. I use it to rearange thing in the main tank
without contaminate anything. I have using it couple years now and still no
leak [YMMV (just in case)].


CapFusion,...


"rtk" > wrote in message
t...
> That is, if you have any allergies, you can tell if the live rock and
> sand are making the water increasingly biologically lively. I was
> delighted for about one month to believe that somehow the saltiness of
> the tank's water rendered it innocuous to me. After two months I began
> to lose this illusion. I now know that salt does not interfere with my
> reaction to truly animated water as I have a wild reaction to only a
> moment's immersion. My Clark's clownfish would have wished this on me,
> if he/it could. Even with massive application of industrial strength
> cortisone and a daily anti-histamine, I can no longer play with rocks,
> rearranging just that one coral which must be moved a half inch. I
> suspect this is a common allergy, but no one has mentioned it on this
> news group. If someone has found thin latex gloves that go above the
> elbow, please tell me where. The heavy ones in catalogues I have;
> although they're useful in the pond, they are too clumsy for tank use.
> I've tried ones used for serious cow stuff and was surprised to find
> that they leak. I've looked in surgical catalogues, but apparently
> there is not much use for above the elbow gloves, fortunately. Anyone
> know of a source?
>
> Ruth Kazez
>
>
>
> rtk
> kazez.com
>

[rtk]

CapFusion wrote:


> Are you talking about "Aqua-Glove"?
> http://www.petsolutions.com/cgi-bin/cgiitmls?m=ThisP&p=1083.140000&l=30
> This glove IMO is very good. I use it to rearange thing in the main tank
> without contaminate anything. I have using it couple years now and still no
> leak [YMMV (just in case)].

I have those. I think they would be okay in a very large tank and they
work very well in my ponds, but they come in one great big size and I'm
sure I would tear the polyps of a rock if I tried to handle one with
such a glove. I need ones at least as thin as the usual ones for
dishwashing. I use the latex gloves in my other tanks when 1/3 of the
water is exchanged. I only drain 4 or 5 gallons from the 29, so that's
still too deep.

Thanks for the suggestion, though.

Ruth Kazez



rtk
kazez.com

[CapFusion]

>
> I have those. I think they would be okay in a very large tank and they
> work very well in my ponds, but they come in one great big size and I'm
> sure I would tear the polyps of a rock if I tried to handle one with
> such a glove. I need ones at least as thin as the usual ones for
> dishwashing. I use the latex gloves in my other tanks when 1/3 of the
> water is exchanged. I only drain 4 or 5 gallons from the 29, so that's
> still too deep.
>
> Thanks for the suggestion, though.
>
> Ruth Kazez
>
Sorry, I can not help or suggest better solution for you. But those
"AquaGlove" save me alot of time and burn due to it thickness. Before awhile
earlier year of Reefing, I get cut, sting, burn and wet from doing
maintance. I tried the dishwashing latex before but it too thin when using
HOT water to rinse out those gunk and beside, it too short.

CapFusion,...

[Jim Bash]

rtk wrote:

> I have those. I think they would be okay in a very large tank and
> they work very well in my ponds, but they come in one great big size
> and I'm sure I would tear the polyps of a rock if I tried to handle
> one with such a glove. I need ones at least as thin as the usual ones
> for dishwashing. I use the latex gloves in my other tanks when 1/3 of
> the water is exchanged. I only drain 4 or 5 gallons from the 29, so
> that's still too deep.
>
I remember reading a SW thread somewhere about veterinarians using
disposable gloves that went over the elbow (for working with large
animals like cows and horses). This was years ago and at that time I
followed a link to a source. But I need nitrile as I'm allergic to
latex so they wouldn't work for me. I just did a little googling and
didn't find elbow length gloves. Best I found were 11, 12 and 13" long
gloves--if that is long enough they should be easy to find. Otherwise
you might do some searching for veterinarian supply houses or ask a
veterinarian.

Good Luck & HTH. jim b

[Jim Bash]

Here is a glove source that has 36" and 39" disposable gloves, maybe
others but that is as far as I looked. Unfortunately you can't get
prices without logging in.

http://www.burnsvet.com/scripts/subsearch.asp?CAT=11&SUB=56

jim b (who decided to do a bit more googling instead of working:-)

[rtk]

There are several choices that are going to be perfect. A friend in
agronomy had given me some that were used for some pretty intensive cow
exams. What a shock to me and to him when I realized they leaked. My
allergy isn't just a little itch at points of contact. It's a total
system reaction, unpleasant and really unfair.

Thank you!

Ruth Kazez

Jim Bash wrote:
> Here is a glove source that has 36" and 39" disposable gloves, maybe
> others but that is as far as I looked. Unfortunately you can't get
> prices without logging in.
>
> http://www.burnsvet.com/scripts/subsearch.asp?CAT=11&SUB=56
>
> jim b (who decided to do a bit more googling instead of working:-)
>

[Aaron Coombs]

http://www.jlaquatics.com/cgi-bin/shopping/jalstore.cgi?user_action=detail&catalogno=mc-glove


"rtk" > wrote in message
t...
> That is, if you have any allergies, you can tell if the live rock and
> sand are making the water increasingly biologically lively. I was
> delighted for about one month to believe that somehow the saltiness of
> the tank's water rendered it innocuous to me. After two months I began
> to lose this illusion. I now know that salt does not interfere with my
> reaction to truly animated water as I have a wild reaction to only a
> moment's immersion. My Clark's clownfish would have wished this on me,
> if he/it could. Even with massive application of industrial strength
> cortisone and a daily anti-histamine, I can no longer play with rocks,
> rearranging just that one coral which must be moved a half inch. I
> suspect this is a common allergy, but no one has mentioned it on this
> news group. If someone has found thin latex gloves that go above the
> elbow, please tell me where. The heavy ones in catalogues I have;
> although they're useful in the pond, they are too clumsy for tank use.
> I've tried ones used for serious cow stuff and was surprised to find
> that they leak. I've looked in surgical catalogues, but apparently
> there is not much use for above the elbow gloves, fortunately. Anyone
> know of a source?
>
> Ruth Kazez
>
>
>
> rtk
> kazez.com
>