Bristle worm protection

[Dahas]

I recently cound a bristleworm in my display tank and started to read up on peoples experiences either good or bad. The biggest negative im seeing is being stung by them. I work with my hands all day and am really not interested in being stung by them lol. I need to get my hands into the tank to do some maintenance and have been really hesitant in doing so because i cant get these things off my mind

im wondering if anyone has any good recomendations for some reef safe gloves that are resistant to stings by any critter that can be in a system.

 

[Ksull72487]

Learn the bristle worm. If you got one big one you have more. Coral dips help. Their not the worms to worry about. But they can get huge. Learn the worm when the lights go out he’s going to want to come out usually pretty fast. Place a plastic like tube like what’s on the end of a siphon. At his tunnel. It may take a few tries but you’ll get rid of him.

I only worry about the big ones. And trust me they get big.

He crawls in tube you pick up tube you pull the dang thing out. Do not underestimate his size either. He could be pretty large.

 

[lapin]

I have a pair of these

ELBOW LENGTH NITRILE GLOVES

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I dont worry about the worms. Unless you are picking up rocks a lot you wont be near them.

 

[Pistondog]

I recently cound a bristleworm in my display tank and started to read up on peoples experiences either good or bad. The biggest negative im seeing is being stung by them. I work with my hands all day and am really not interested in being stung by them lol. I need to get my hands into the tank to do some maintenance and have been really hesitant in doing so because i cant get these things off my mind

im wondering if anyone has any good recomendations for some reef safe gloves that are resistant to stings by any critter that can be in a system.

Nitrile gloves.
Usually found only under rocks or in chaeto.

 

[Roosterjack]

Waiting.....forrrrrrrr.....the worms!

 

[Auquanut]

I know I've come in contact with them many times, but I've never really been stung. This gives me an idea for a thread. Stand by.

 

[Dahas]

I know I've come in contact with them many times, but I've never really been stung. This gives me an idea for a thread. Stand by.

Please tag me in the thread. Im curious where yourngoing to go with this lol

 

[Dahas]

The only reason im worried about them is because my diamond goby moves the sand around alot so the coral i have laying in the sand sometimes get dusted with the sand the goby trails around. I have to dig my hands into the sane to oick up the coral to “shake them off”

 

[Pistondog]

The only reason im worried about them is because my diamond goby moves the sand around alot so the coral i have laying in the sand sometimes get dusted with the sand the goby trails around. I have to dig my hands into the sane to oick up the coral to “shake them off”

Don't pick them up, use a turkey baster to blow off the sand. Don't touch your corals.

 

[jeffrey750750]

In the sump, never got stung and definitely don't want to

 

[WVNed]

Bristle worms dont sting. They do have hairs that can get embedded in your skin if you handle them roughly. Since 2007 I have had this happen once when I picked up a heavy rock and had one between my palm and the rock.
It's about like having fiberglass fibers in your skin. It is itchy and irritating.
If you hold one in your hand without squeezing nothing happens. When I transfer tanks I move all of them I can find to the new tank.

 

[Auquanut]

Please tag me in the thread. Im curious where yourngoing to go with this lol

So I started my thread, and there's some pretty good info in there that may help. Here's the link.

Has anyone not been stung by bristle worms?

There is a lot of talk about the pain associated with coming in contact with a bristle worm. I don't see any in my display. My guess is that my melanaurus wrasse keeps them under control. I have a LOT of them in the sump though. I've touched them many times while removing chaeto from the...

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