I use the Coralife gloves when I am cleaning the tank or moving the LR for lots of reasons. I have lots of bristle worms and the like as well as those sharp tube snails on the rocks. When I am propogating coral I use plain ol medical gloves that you can get at Walgreens. I would not recommend using them in the tank as they have powder in them...that is why I have the coralife gloves. My tank is only 24" deep so the coralife reaches the bottom. HTH.