This Is Why U Should Wear Gloves Lol

[Cliff]

picked up a rock with a huge worm under it

 

[reef keeper]

Ouch.

 

[MrHermit85]

Yikes! Nasty bristle worm

 

[derrick orosz]

OUCHHHH

 

[TORX]

Ouch is right. Luckily it wasn't a fireworm. Good luck.

 

[EricTMah]

I can't stand wearing gloves when I work on tanks. Happens to me all the time.

Some packing tape works well to remove most the bristles.

Sony Xperia Z3

 

[SamB]

An interesting article about treating bristleworm stings with vinegar
I haven't had to test this method (yet)

http://www.reef2rainforest.com/2015/12/09/treating-bristleworm-stings-with-vinegar-does-it-work/

 

[EricTMah]

I'll have to try that @SamB
Thanks for the article

 

[Joshbrookkate]

I can't stand wearing gloves when I work on tanks. Happens to me all the time.

Some packing tape works well to remove most the bristles.

Sony Xperia Z3

"Most of the bristles" is right. I had one little bristle stay with me for months! But Bristle worms are still great to have, in my opinion.

 

[Cliff]

Yeah unfortunate this ain't my first tango with a Bristle worm. Tweezers then tape then vinegar. Still hurts though lol. Vinegar seems to dissolve the needles; but it still puffs up usually I think that was the most I've ever had at one time. My finger has swollen up and is very uncomfortable but no extreme pain. It should go down in a couple days.

 

[Kevin Tran]

Use what ever you would use for mosquito bite, it should relief the itch and irritation. It had work great for me

 

[Deptron]

Looks like you have dry cracked hands like me, I think the bristle worms would have a hard time getting through my callus.

 

[reef keeper]

I almost got hit from one of those crazy huge worms that's a predator.

I don't mind bristle worms at all

 

[Nonuser]

that's why I don't keep those things

 

[Cliff]

Yeah usually my tough hands keep those pricks from even digging in but I had torn down to tanks yesterday by that time I had pretty prunei fingers and evidently soft skin from hours of being in water.

 

[BigReefer]

i had 3 on the weekend re doing my biocube .... the wife freaked out lol and at the time i didn't know what it was o I had to google it ...

now as for gloves ... I wear first aid gloves ... i hope these are good enough ??? I had them at walmart in a pack of 100...

so we should be keeping these things????

 

[Cliff]

Yeah don't b too freaked out about them. They r worth having in your system They clean out all the nooks and crannies of the rock and eat up all the leftover food just don't touch em lol

 

[BigReefer]

i did with my gloves on ..... then i threwn them away booo .... but now i know ...

and knowning is half the battle ..... G I JOE

 

[Cliff]

OK for a bit of an update. Things took a slight turn for the worse LOL apparently I must have left too many of the spikes in my finger and it has gotten severely infected. I was at the ER today and the infection is starting to spread out my arm. They gave me some strong antibiotics and marked where the infection is I have to watch it for the next 24 hours to see if it goes up any further. I'll keep you updated

 

[TORX]

Holy shit

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