Can someone help with identifying these

[guiltypen]

I need help identifying these please .. they are invading my tank. Literally everywhere . Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

 

[ChiCity]

vermetids

 

[IKD]

Agree, vermetid snail. Probably want to address it before their population explodes.

 

[REEFTIDE]

Start working on these now before they become a major issue. They can really drive one to take down a tank

 

[guiltypen]

Start working on these now before they become a major issue. They can really drive one to take down a tank

Any recommendations? I’ve trying to break them off some are easy to break but some are not

 

[vetteguy53081]

Any recommendations? I’ve trying to break them off some are easy to break but some are not

place a dab of gel superglue over the hole and break off with a pliers a week later. Bumble bee snails should eat them but can cause other tank issues such as eating other snails

 

[Kiwi369]

Any recommendations? I’ve trying to break them off some are easy to break but some are not

I had those too, nasty fella's. I didn't have them that bad. But at one point they were annoying my corals with their tentacles.

I did two things, I added a couple of bumblebee snails. Probably the laziest snails you can find. They hang around at the same spot about 22 hours a day. But after putting these in I did notice the vermetid population dropping. So the small 2 hours they're at work, which is when the lights are off, they did do their job.

I also took my corals out of the aquarium and took tweezers to break them off. I would definitely consider that with the Hammer coral you have, cause they really don't like the snails. But the snails do like them! Make sure to not harm the skeleton of your coral but break the snails off as close to their core as possible. Otherwise, they might come back.
Yours are quite the size, mine weren't bigger than a couple of mm. So maybe you could consider, if possible, to also remove them by hand from the stones cause the bumblebees will mainly take care of the small ones. So if you make sure to kill the bigger vermetids you'll probably get rid of them in no time.

And some are indeed quite hard, so try tweezers to kind of pinch them into pieces. And just scrape the skeleton of the snail (what's left of it) off as much as possible.

Edit: I've never had any trouble with Bumblebees bothering other snails. I've got quite a lot, also a lot of baby trochus snails and they never harmed them. I think yours got enough to feed themselves on, and you can always get rid of them if you don't trust them with your other snails. But I don't think this is a problem. They also eat algae from your stone.

 

[guiltypen]

place a dab of gel superglue over the hole and break off with a pliers a week later. Bumble bee snails should eat them but can cause other tank issues such as eating other snails

Thanks I’ll try that

 

[guiltypen]

I had those too, nasty fella's. I didn't have them that bad. But at one point they were annoying my corals with their tentacles.

I did two things, I added a couple of bumblebee snails. Probably the laziest snails you can find. They hang around at the same spot about 22 hours a day. But after putting these in I did notice the vermetid population dropping. So the small 2 hours they're at work, which is when the lights are off, they did do their job.

I also took my corals out of the aquarium and took tweezers to break them off. I would definitely consider that with the Hammer coral you have, cause they really don't like the snails. But the snails do like them! Make sure to not harm the skeleton of your coral but break the snails off as close to their core as possible. Otherwise, they might come back.
Yours are quite the size, mine weren't bigger than a couple of mm. So maybe you could consider, if possible, to also remove them by hand from the stones cause the bumblebees will mainly take care of the small ones. So if you make sure to kill the bigger vermetids you'll probably get rid of them in no time.

And some are indeed quite hard, so try tweezers to kind of pinch them into pieces. And just scrape the skeleton of the snail (what's left of it) off as much as possible.

Edit: I've never had any trouble with Bumblebees bothering other snails. I've got quite a lot, also a lot of baby trochus snails and they never harmed them. I think yours got enough to feed themselves on, and you can always get rid of them if you don't trust them with your other snails. But I don't think this is a problem. They also eat algae from your stone.

Thanks for your advice I’ll get couple of Bumblebees and try getting rid of the obvious ones