I got "bristle wormed"

[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....

[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.

[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"

[Madreefer]

Most people say that they are a benefit for your tank. I had some zoas that were slowly disappearing. I seen a huge bristle worm about a foot long and it's girth was the size as a pencil on top of the zoas. I got one of these bristle worm traps http://www.aquacave.com/bristleworm-...alife-932.html. Looks like a cheezie gimmick but works great. I watched the worm try and get in and could'nt fit but it also got stuck and I was able to get the worm out. When I put the trap in the sink to remove it from the trap it shrank itself to about an inch long and really fat. Since than my zoas are no longer disappearing. They may be good for our tanks but my zoas are too expensive to be feeding to these ugly worms.

[intarsiabox]

I've been lucky so far Wayne as I don't use gloves either. Good to see the replies from other maybe not so safe reefers for when the inevitable happens!