Attack of the bristleworm!

That may be a bit of an exageration but he got me pretty good - didn't know there was one under the coral I was moving. I was able to get 95% of the bristles out by putting glue on my fingertips, letting it dry and then peeling it off. Lesson learned.

 

Ouch.

 

Holy sh..
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Ouch is right

 

looks like that must have been one BIG bristle worm! Ouch!

 

That sucks , I guess is better than poly toxin

 

More of an irritation. Reminds me of fiberglass splinters from handling fiberglass electric fence posts barehanded.

 

I was told where gloves ,but still dont but just remember it could be worse here's what it looks like after about 3 months ,,,

 

Here's the little sucker that got me:





Left some pretty nasty bruises (focus and color not so good):

 

did you use super glue?

 

I used wood glue. I thought super glue would be too hard to remove.