Any tips for dealing with Vermatid Snails?
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EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal
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Learn to love them...
Seriously, once they are in your tank, they're probably there forever. Some have luck with bumblebee snails, but others don't think they work.
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So just manually remove to problematic ones and deal with it. dang it. Lol
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EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal
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Yeah, sorry I don't have better advice, lol.
I don't really worry about mine. If I see some large "nets" after I feed the tank or disturb the sand, I might blow them away with a turkey baster, or knock of the end of that tube... If the net isn't touching a coral though, I just leave it alone. They are a nuisance, but they are good at filtering crud from the water!
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the bumble bee snails reach inside and eat the vermited the tubes remain but the snail inside is dead.
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EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal
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Do bumbles eat tube worms too? Like feather dusters?
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I’ve had hundreds that I cut off coral. Eventually the population self regulates like everything else: sponges, snails reproducing in the aquarium, brittle stars, pods, etc.
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I don't mind em. Spinoid worms I've seen lots of. Not the verms.
Maybe wrasse fish idk.
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Maybe wrasse fish idk.
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They’re pretty much undefeated in every reef although many will tell you otherwise.
The best two things I’ve seen over the years that both have worked to an extent are:
1. Bumblebee snails
I didn’t think these guys work until I saw this photo. I forget the reefer that posted it or I would credit his name here.
The problem is that they can actually burrow into shells and rock as I discovered recently making it almost impossible to get them. Which leads us to the next possible and logical solution:
I scrape mine off with a knife and use a wire brush or a wire grinding wheel or disc. A dremel tool works well too.
2. KZ coral snow or a DIY calcium carbonate powder. This will pull all the food from the water column and given enough time starve them. Assuming you could feed your fish w/o them getting the food or maybe removing the fish. Corals can live on N&P alone.
The best two things I’ve seen over the years that both have worked to an extent are:
1. Bumblebee snails
I didn’t think these guys work until I saw this photo. I forget the reefer that posted it or I would credit his name here.
The problem is that they can actually burrow into shells and rock as I discovered recently making it almost impossible to get them. Which leads us to the next possible and logical solution:
I scrape mine off with a knife and use a wire brush or a wire grinding wheel or disc. A dremel tool works well too.
2. KZ coral snow or a DIY calcium carbonate powder. This will pull all the food from the water column and given enough time starve them. Assuming you could feed your fish w/o them getting the food or maybe removing the fish. Corals can live on N&P alone.
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