I got "bristle wormed"

[daniella3d]

I use liquid skin and it dissolve them in a minute or so. It also seal the wound and prevent infection. Then you can peal the liquid skin off and the bristle are history. It hapened to me twice last week, once I had hundreds of them in 2 fingers and the thumb.

Originally Posted by Wayne

Put my hand in my sump to remove some LR and then I felt an irritation in my finger... It looks like a porcupine! How do I remove?

[Hangfire]

I use gloves, work like a charm every time

[FishyFishy!]

Duct tape!

[JonT]

Originally Posted by FishyFishy!

Duct tape!

Yep, that is how I dealt with this; (look real close, you will see a hazy outline on the rest of my fingers. I got them all!)





Just gently move the duct tape along. They stick real well to it, and it will just pull them out. Of course when I did this, I was putting rock into my tank, at my new place.... Do you think I could find Duct tape? I called a friend, and had them bring me some....

[paddyob]

Originally Posted by JonT

Yep, that is how I dealt with this; (look real close, you will see a hazy outline on the rest of my fingers. I got them all!)





Just gently move the duct tape along. They stick real well to it, and it will just pull them out. Of course when I did this, I was putting rock into my tank, at my new place.... Do you think I could find Duct tape? I called a friend, and had them bring me some....

PLEASE tell me you removed that monster!!! HOLY $%#*!!!!!

[FishyFishy!]

Thats either a really small tank... or a frikin huge BW! That sucker can do some damage.

[Wayne]

Originally Posted by FishyFishy!

Thats either a really small tank... or a frikin huge BW! That sucker can do some damage.

That has to be at least a 12" wide tank so that worm has to be at least 6"

[reefwars]

have you tried pulling the bristles out using the bristles from another worm??

ive heard of other remedies like using a blow torch, sandpaper,you could cut the hand right off that works well, soaking the hand in bleach,


or you could simply push all the bristles really hard with your other hand and try to push them down in all the way

ps......dont do any of these lol haha wayne now i dont feel bad about my eel biting me no pain no gain my friend lolitches what lol

[skabooya]

OMG owww!
But yea thats why i invested in gloves. Best $3 I ever spent.

[paddyob]

Originally Posted by Hangfire

I use gloves, work like a charm every time

+1. You never know whats in your tank.... let alone the sump. I use gloves 99% of the time.

Hopefully the 1% is not my downfall.