Okay. As a newbie I am now scared. I just ordered a pair of shoulder length gloves from amazon. Thanks for the info. I have all of the above in my tank.
I went to the local fish store once. The man in charge there had just been stung all up his arm from his hand to almost his shoulder from a carpet nem. He was so broken out and not feeling well at all that I went down to the convenience store and got him some benadryl. That was a bad reaction. I don't have carpet nems because they sting like crazy and they eat fish! Accidentally touching those bristle worms when moving rocks is enough pain for me~!
I've become more and more allergic to my nems in the last few years...not as bad as that ordinal picture...but I get millions of little welts all over my hands(looks like flea bites and they stay for weeks!) and each time it gets worse..and of course I always forget to put n gloves until it happens,lol