Thank you bristleworm

[ReefQueen]

An aptasia rating filefish will also eat bristle worms. I always found mine with bristles all over his mouth. I've gotten hit by a few bristles. The tape trick works wonders. I'm also one of the lucky few to be allergic to the fox face and spent 2 days in the hospital getting antibiotics run through me non stop. I was the med students favorite patient. They came by he dozens to ask dumb questions haha.

File fish worry me, plus I think they would max out my bioload for this tank lol. That had to be a fun allergy to find out about!

 

[reynaldoramon]

Wait...what's the panty hose method?

 

[ReefQueen]

Wait...what's the panty hose method?

Haha it's sticking a piece of shrimp or krill or whatever inside of panty hose. The bristleworm will get caught in it trying to get to the food. Traps haven't worked for me, so I will be trying this method when I get a chance to pick up the panty hose. Because I am probably the only woman who does not own a pair haha.

 

[RTab619]

My Melanarus and Christmas wrasse hunt any bug in my tank whether on the rock or sand

 

[reynaldoramon]

Yeah..I'm into trying that. I'm not against bristle worms, but I have so OooooooOooooo many. It's a battle to even feed coral..they usually take the food.

 

[ReefQueen]

My Melanarus and Christmas wrasse hunt any bug in my tank whether on the rock or sand

I would absolutely love a wrasse, but I have a mandarin and a 45 gallon, so I am pretty limited. I might be able to do a sixline or a possumtype

 

[ReefQueen]

Yeah..I'm into trying that. I'm not against bristle worms, but I have so OooooooOooooo many. It's a battle to even feed coral..they usually take the food.

I am right there with ya

 

[Psiber_Syn]

I got a green coris need a leaf blower to keep sand off all my coral had a six line he never ate any bristles the coris did a good job but the sand everyday got old he went back to the lfs file fish ate zoas he went back also arrow crab has been a model citizen have yet to see it eat bristles though lol

 

[Philt56]

I got an urchin spine far under my fingernail one time. OHHHHHHH, that smirt.

Was it the black long spined type or the shorter purple ones?

 

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We had a relatively new employee once drudging sand in the invert system to pull all the snails/hermits up to a pedestal so we could filter out the empty shells (which we do periodically). Live critters will move from the pedestal eventually leaving behind only empty shells.

Well...he forgot to put on gloves before doing so. That tank had a LOT of bristle worms in it. Vinegar does work wonders. I'm surprised it hasn't been confirmed in this thread yet, but yes...it does work. The vinegar dissolves the spines. We keep a vinegar mix in a spray bottle for cleaning. All it took was a few sprays to his hand and it stopped relatively quickly. You don't want to break the spines off in your hand. As one other mentioned here...they can be quite annoying under the skin for an extended period of time.

 

[ReefQueen]

We had a relatively new employee once drudging sand in the invert system to pull all the snails/hermits up to a pedestal so we could filter out the empty shells (which we do periodically). Live critters will move from the pedestal eventually leaving behind only empty shells.

Well...he forgot to put on gloves before doing so. That tank had a LOT of bristle worms in it. Vinegar does work wonders. I'm surprised it hasn't been confirmed in this thread yet, but yes...it does work. The vinegar dissolves the spines. We keep a vinegar mix in a spray bottle for cleaning. All it took was a few sprays to his hand and it stopped relatively quickly. You don't want to break the spines off in your hand. As one other mentioned here...they can be quite annoying under the skin for an extended period of time.

I will keep the vinegar in mind for next time, if there is a next time lol. I almost exclusively use vinegar for cleaning, so I always have it around (in a spray bottle also). I love the pedestal idea!

 

[ThePapa]

I will have to try vinegar next time I get hit.

 

[ThePapa]

I caught one in the trap. Now that the light is out I hope to catch more.

 

[octoberfest]

I got hit bad by one last year. Hurt like crazy and had me worried for a while. I used vinegar within minutes and it didn't work.

Here is the aftermath

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[Raymond Gathright]

I know that's got to hurt! I had a run of them buggers and got some Mexican red legged hermit crabs... No more bristle worms...

 

[Blue Earth Aquariums]

I had a employee of mine cleaning out hair algae the built up in a over flow and he grabbe a huge bristle worm wrapped in the algae .. His hand was a little messed up for a couple days . He said it's like fiberglass touching your skin

 

[themcnertney]

I got an urchin spine far under my fingernail one time. OHHHHHHH, that smirt.

Same with me. Its no fun, sent me to the ER.

 

[ReefQueen]

I got hit bad by one last year. Hurt like crazy and had me worried for a while. I used vinegar within minutes and it didn't work.

Here is the aftermath

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Day 14

Yikes, that is brutal looking! I would be worried too lol. Did you end up going to the dr for it?

 

[octoberfest]

No it ended up healing up. Looking back I should have though. I'm sure they could have gotten it under control faster with some steroids

 

[bbearden101]

Feathered animals freak me out not sure why maybe the cold dead eyes he looks like he's about to attack me at any moment lol

Lol chickens are mean especially if you are chasing the roost and the roosters near by I got pegged by ours a few times haha if you really want a interesting squabble go to close to a goose and her eggs haha