Handling Live Rock

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  1. tim_s

    tim_s Flamingo Tongue

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    Perhaps I have just been lucky so far and I have been using my bare hands but is it recommended that you should be wearing some sort of glove when handling live rock?
     
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  2. DBOSHIBBY

    DBOSHIBBY Sleeper Shark

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    Recommended, yeah. Do I? No.
    Only thing I've had get me is a bristle worm, which sucked. Not sure why I don't use gloves lol
     
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  3. Thatgrimguy

    Thatgrimguy Flying Squid

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    I too have never used gloves... I would guess the worst that could happen is you could find a mantis shrimp that could break your thumb wide open... But in reality chances are nothing will happen. (at least that's what I have always told myself)
     
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  4. Astrick117

    Astrick117 Stylophora

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    Gloves are nice, but I have always been a bare hand kind of guy. I've never had any problems, but I am very cautious of where I place my hands (aka watch out not to touch any aipstasia)
     
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  5. chewbaca

    chewbaca Astrea Snail

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    At the risk of sounding stupid, why not touch apatasias?
     
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  6. tim_s

    tim_s Flamingo Tongue

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    Reason I am asking is because I just got a nice new 75 and I am at the stage of placing some live rock, the next question is ... with gloves, what type of gloves would be suitable - latex?
     
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  7. bwalker9801

    bwalker9801 Zoanthid

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    With all due respect I think your over thinking it a bit.
    It's just rock man, just grab it.
     
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  8. DBOSHIBBY

    DBOSHIBBY Sleeper Shark

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    Dry rock sure, but live rock isn't just rock. I don't blame the op for asking, there's a lot of nasties on live rock that you may not want to be bare handing.
     
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    malac0da13 Torch Coral

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    I use bare hands all the time and only I have had done was jab a piece of rock into my finger and gloves wouldn't have stopped that. I have a hard time wearing any kind of gloves with the exception of playing in the snow though.
     
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  10. tim_s

    tim_s Flamingo Tongue

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    This does sound like something I typically do but to be honest - my way has always to find the "recommended" manner and adjust to my needs.
     
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