Are these trouble?

[Jimbo747]

Hi,
I have a Goni that is having trouble and there are a few of these around it. I take it they have to be manually removed.

 

[James M]

Those are vermetid snails and can irritate coral and it’s best to manually remove them. You can easily just crush them and they’ll die

 

[Euphyllia97]

Could be! They are called “vermetid snails” they apit out some kind of a slime to catch food, but can irritate corals by doing that. I would go for manual removal, however I wouldn’t do it in the tank itself as you are going to introduce a lot of organic waste. In worst case you might even trigger a small cycle.

 

[James M]

Could be! They are called “vermetid snails” they apit out some kind of a slime to catch food, but can irritate corals by doing that. I would go for manual removal, however I wouldn’t do it in the tank itself as you are going to introduce a lot of organic waste. In worst case you might even trigger a small cycle.

Killing vermetid snails won’t cause a cycle or introduce a lot of waste. It’s perfectly safe to remove them in the tank.

 

[Jimbo747]

Thanks for your help, I will get busy and destroy a few each day I think. I’ll remove the Goni and clean it up, then replace.

 

[Udest]

The way I kill them is by using a hot soldering iron same way I killaptasia too