Aqua Gloves = $15 a pair :( Alternatives?

TomV · 01-25-2006, 04:13 PM

I have to pull a lot of macro out of my 29g. It got SERIOUSLY overgrown and I've sorta neglected that tank for the 55g. So, I want it to look all "perty" again!

Problem is, I have HUGE bristleworms in there (some 9 inches long!!) and I don't wanna get BRISTLED while I am trying to move the Macro to the 10g (which I am using as a secondary fuge for the 55g. (maybe soon to be sump when I figure out how to SAFELY do that)

Is there an alternative to buying $15 gloves? I don't care about my arms being in the water, it's my HANDS I'm worried about.

KimPossible · 01-25-2006, 04:40 PM

You can have mine. Just pay for the shipping.
I bought them...but whoa! are they way to big for me. I can't feel a thing in them. You have to be sure handed when handeling our reefs and I just couldn't do that with the gloves. One size fits all....Ha!

fidojoe · 01-25-2006, 05:26 PM

Kim, I'll buy those from you if TomV doesn't take em.

fidojoe · 01-25-2006, 05:28 PM

BTW, regular disposable rubber gloves work just fine to keep from getting "bristled". They should just be unpowdered (costco sells HUGE boxes of them for dirt cheap).

KimPossible · 01-25-2006, 05:30 PM

If he doesn't...we'll meet up Joey

TomV · 01-25-2006, 06:24 PM

How much would the shipping be, Kim?

I don't think priority mail is very expensive.

Otherwise, I'll find an alternative.

Do you accept Paypal?

Witfull · 01-25-2006, 06:56 PM

USPS priority envelope is 3.85 and with out the box they will fit in easily.

Reef Geek · 01-25-2006, 07:38 PM

As suggested above I used *unpowered* latex gloves to pull excess macro form my bristle-worm infected sump/refuge. Plus they perform double duty for cooking, cleaning, car repair, painting duties, or whenever you need or want to get super messy.

Edit: unpowdered, not unpowered ... batteries not included.

TomV · 01-25-2006, 08:11 PM

I was thinking of even trying those little plastic gloves the food service people use.

Maybe securing them with a rubber band or something like that.

KimPossible · 01-25-2006, 08:45 PM

Tom~You've been pm'd

TomV · 01-25-2006, 08:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KimPossible

Tom~You've been pm'd

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Many thanks!

I cleaned out some of it without getting near the Bristle-Monsters. There was a FOREST of big (half dollar sized) Feather Dusters under it! They are getting huge!

crushton · 01-26-2006, 04:46 PM

Just to add my two cents - thoses bristleworms seriously gross me out. I had a 9 incher myself and I took the piece of live rock out and put it in a bucket and finally caught the "little" disgusting thing. The "bristleworm" trap did not work although the amipods loved the shrimp in the trap!

Glad you didn't get "bristled"

Charlene

TomV · 01-26-2006, 06:22 PM

Oh I've been BRISTLED before. Big time! I got majorly bristled the last time I was messing with the macro, but I didn't itch at all. maybe I'm becoming slowly immune to them? I still don't want the bristles sticking out of my hands, though!!!

jimeluiz · 01-26-2006, 08:12 PM

Others here have suggested that the gloves used at veterinary offices for unspeakable purposes on large animals are a perfect alternative to costly aqua gloves. Your local office may just give you a couple pair...

01-25-2006, 04:13 PM	#1 (permalink)
TomV Neon dottyback Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: New Hampshire, USA Posts: 632 View Gallery Karma Komment	Aqua Gloves = $15 a pair :( Alternatives? I have to pull a lot of macro out of my 29g. It got SERIOUSLY overgrown and I've sorta neglected that tank for the 55g. So, I want it to look all "perty" again! Problem is, I have HUGE bristleworms in there (some 9 inches long!!) and I don't wanna get BRISTLED while I am trying to move the Macro to the 10g (which I am using as a secondary fuge for the 55g. (maybe soon to be sump when I figure out how to SAFELY do that) Is there an alternative to buying $15 gloves? I don't care about my arms being in the water, it's my HANDS I'm worried about. __________________ TomV 10g Nano Re-established 3/06: 96W PC Quad, Seaclone 100 modded, Hagen 301 PH'd, FOWLR for now. 55g 3-15-05: 130w PC lights, 250w Ebo Jager htr., 200w htr., Aquaclear 500 DIY Fuge. Softies Tank

01-25-2006, 04:40 PM	#2 (permalink)
KimPossible Golden Moray Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Gilbert, Arizona Posts: 2,549 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Aqua Gloves = $15 a pair :( Alternatives? You can have mine. Just pay for the shipping. I bought them...but whoa! are they way to big for me. I can't feel a thing in them. You have to be sure handed when handeling our reefs and I just couldn't do that with the gloves. One size fits all....Ha! __________________ Kim ~My environment is a product of myself~

01-25-2006, 05:26 PM	#3 (permalink)
fidojoe Fish Addict Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Gilbert, AZ Posts: 1,581 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Aqua Gloves = $15 a pair :( Alternatives? Kim, I'll buy those from you if TomV doesn't take em. __________________ *Member "Crabs Are Evil" Society* My Tank: 90g AGA, 18g tall sump, CSS 220 w/ meshmod impeller, 4x54w Tek T5 retro w/ IC reflectors, Kalk reactor w/ aquamedic niveaumat system, a few SPS, LPS, zoos, and a few softies, 2 Ocellaris Clowns (hosted by both a RBTA and GBTA), Yellow Watchman, Potter's angel, Yellow Tang, Foxface, Midas Blenny, Purple Pseudo, huge brittle star, 2 tigertail cukes, fire shrimp, snails, and unfortunately two emerald crabs (the bubble algae got out of control).

01-25-2006, 05:28 PM	#4 (permalink)
fidojoe Fish Addict Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Gilbert, AZ Posts: 1,581 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Aqua Gloves = $15 a pair :( Alternatives? BTW, regular disposable rubber gloves work just fine to keep from getting "bristled". They should just be unpowdered (costco sells HUGE boxes of them for dirt cheap). __________________ *Member "Crabs Are Evil" Society* My Tank: 90g AGA, 18g tall sump, CSS 220 w/ meshmod impeller, 4x54w Tek T5 retro w/ IC reflectors, Kalk reactor w/ aquamedic niveaumat system, a few SPS, LPS, zoos, and a few softies, 2 Ocellaris Clowns (hosted by both a RBTA and GBTA), Yellow Watchman, Potter's angel, Yellow Tang, Foxface, Midas Blenny, Purple Pseudo, huge brittle star, 2 tigertail cukes, fire shrimp, snails, and unfortunately two emerald crabs (the bubble algae got out of control).

01-25-2006, 05:30 PM	#5 (permalink)
KimPossible Golden Moray Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Gilbert, Arizona Posts: 2,549 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Aqua Gloves = $15 a pair :( Alternatives? If he doesn't...we'll meet up Joey __________________ Kim ~My environment is a product of myself~

01-25-2006, 06:24 PM	#6 (permalink)
TomV Neon dottyback Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: New Hampshire, USA Posts: 632 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Aqua Gloves = $15 a pair :( Alternatives? How much would the shipping be, Kim? I don't think priority mail is very expensive. Otherwise, I'll find an alternative. Do you accept Paypal? __________________ TomV 10g Nano Re-established 3/06: 96W PC Quad, Seaclone 100 modded, Hagen 301 PH'd, FOWLR for now. 55g 3-15-05: 130w PC lights, 250w Ebo Jager htr., 200w htr., Aquaclear 500 DIY Fuge. Softies Tank

01-25-2006, 07:38 PM	#8 (permalink)
Reef Geek Reefus Geekus Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Fountain, CO Posts: 325 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Aqua Gloves = $15 a pair :( Alternatives? As suggested above I used unpowered latex gloves to pull excess macro form my bristle-worm infected sump/refuge. Plus they perform double duty for cooking, cleaning, car repair, painting duties, or whenever you need or want to get super messy. Edit: unpowdered, not unpowered ... batteries not included. __________________ Justin Stealth Reefer

01-25-2006, 08:11 PM	#9 (permalink)
TomV Neon dottyback Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: New Hampshire, USA Posts: 632 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Aqua Gloves = $15 a pair :( Alternatives? I was thinking of even trying those little plastic gloves the food service people use. Maybe securing them with a rubber band or something like that. __________________ TomV 10g Nano Re-established 3/06: 96W PC Quad, Seaclone 100 modded, Hagen 301 PH'd, FOWLR for now. 55g 3-15-05: 130w PC lights, 250w Ebo Jager htr., 200w htr., Aquaclear 500 DIY Fuge. Softies Tank

01-25-2006, 08:45 PM	#10 (permalink)
KimPossible Golden Moray Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Gilbert, Arizona Posts: 2,549 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Aqua Gloves = $15 a pair :( Alternatives? Tom~You've been pm'd __________________ Kim ~My environment is a product of myself~

01-26-2006, 04:46 PM	#12 (permalink)
crushton Fire Coral Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Crown Point, Indiana Posts: 82 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Aqua Gloves = $15 a pair :( Alternatives? Just to add my two cents - thoses bristleworms seriously gross me out. I had a 9 incher myself and I took the piece of live rock out and put it in a bucket and finally caught the "little" disgusting thing. The "bristleworm" trap did not work although the amipods loved the shrimp in the trap! Glad you didn't get "bristled" Charlene __________________ 125 gallon, 100 lb. live rock, 2 Ocellaris Clownfish, 1 yellow tang, 1 blue tang, 1 yellow eye Kole tang, 1 green mandarin, 1 atlantic anenome, 1 blue mush., 1 green mush., 1 maroon mush., zoanthus button polyps, 5 peppermint shrimp, hermit crabs, nassarius snails, Mexican Turbo Snails, turbo snails 2 yellow-tailed damsels named "Ding and Dong", (after a long day of fishing and rock removing now live in the refugium) set-up Nov 05

01-26-2006, 06:22 PM	#13 (permalink)
TomV Neon dottyback Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: New Hampshire, USA Posts: 632 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Aqua Gloves = $15 a pair :( Alternatives? Oh I've been BRISTLED before. Big time! I got majorly bristled the last time I was messing with the macro, but I didn't itch at all. maybe I'm becoming slowly immune to them? I still don't want the bristles sticking out of my hands, though!!! __________________ TomV 10g Nano Re-established 3/06: 96W PC Quad, Seaclone 100 modded, Hagen 301 PH'd, FOWLR for now. 55g 3-15-05: 130w PC lights, 250w Ebo Jager htr., 200w htr., Aquaclear 500 DIY Fuge. Softies Tank

01-26-2006, 08:12 PM	#14 (permalink)
jimeluiz Achilles Tang Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Niteroi, Brasil Posts: 829 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Aqua Gloves = $15 a pair :( Alternatives? Others here have suggested that the gloves used at veterinary offices for unspeakable purposes on large animals are a perfect alternative to costly aqua gloves. Your local office may just give you a couple pair... __________________ Sold the tank prior to our move. Setting up our new life in Brazil.

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