How long for vermetid snails to starve?

[Mariette]

I've got a few pestering some corals. Im gonna glue em shut so the poor things starve. How long does it take? Because their tubes are poking my softies and I'd like to remove them once the snails are dead

 

[Flippers4pups]

I've got a few pestering some corals. Im gonna glue em shut so the poor things starve. How long does it take? Because their tubes are poking my softies and I'd like to remove them once the snails are dead

I've always just broke them off and removed what I can.

 

[TheOne]

If they are big enough to glue then its easiest to just crush them. You can grab a cheap dental pic from anywhere. If they are on the glass I will just scrap off with the razer on my algea scraper.

 

[Mariette]

I've always just broke them off and removed what I can.

move spent the last 2 mths doing that. They come right back.

 

[Mariette]

If they are big enough to glue then its easiest to just crush them. You can grab a cheap dental pic from anywhere. If they are on the glass I will just scrap off with the razer on my algea scraper.

mom the glass? Are we talking about the same thing? Do you mean the little white spiral things?

 

[Greatdane]

I have a similar issue I have a zoa that has been closed up for a toatal of 2 days and I’ve heard that these snails make a web that aggrivates them but I can’t prove my theory because I couldn’t find one but I do see some sort of loose white stuff on the frag

 

[bacc2bacc]

I have a similar issue I have a zoa that has been closed up for a toatal of 2 days and I’ve heard that these snails make a web that aggrivates them but I can’t prove my theory because I couldn’t find one but I do see some sort of loose white stuff on the frag

your theory is correct, these snails excrete a long strand of mucus, used to catch floating food and then drawing the strings back to the snail. this mucus can and will indeed bother your corals enough to the point killing them. I crush the bases of the tubes with a pair of tweezers and the ones that are hard to reach, ill plop a dollop of super glue gel right over the tube opening.

 

[TheOne]

mom the glass? Are we talking about the same thing? Do you mean the little white spiral things?

Oh, I thought you were talking about these. I guess these are spirorbis worms. Do you have a picture?

 

[Greatdane]

your theory is correct, these snails excrete a long strand of mucus, used to catch floating food and then drawing the strings back to the snail. this mucus can and will indeed bother your corals enough to the point killing them. I crush the bases of the tubes with a pair of tweezers and the ones that are hard to reach, ill plop a dollop of super glue gel right over the tube opening.

Where would they most commonly hide

 

[Thales]

move spent the last 2 mths doing that. They come right back.

Are you breaking the entire structure they build or just the tube?

 

[bacc2bacc]

Where would they most commonly hide

depending on how heavy you feed you tank, they can manifest just about anywhere. on the rock, glass, under my hammer and torch skeletons. they will mainly let their mucus out when I broadcast feed the tank or mostly at night.

 

[Thales]

I've got a few pestering some corals. Im gonna glue em shut so the poor things starve. How long does it take? Because their tubes are poking my softies and I'd like to remove them once the snails are dead

There are varied reports on the utility of gluing, with many reports that they snails find ways around the glue. If you can hit them with glue you can likely crush them. Needle nose pliers are good for this. Dental picks are great too for going down the tube and then cracking it from the inside until the snail is exposed. YMMV

 

[bacc2bacc]

There are varied reports on the utility of gluing, with many reports that they snails find ways around the glue. If you can hit them with glue you can likely crush them. Needle nose pliers are good for this. Dental picks are great too for going down the tube and then cracking it from the inside until the snail is exposed. YMMV

yup, I've also seen this myself. the glue over the tube opening sometimes don't work. the snail probably just makes another tube is my guess but the one sure way of ridding the things, crushing the bases with tweezers. I haven't found anything that eats them yet.

 

[Greatdane]

yup, I've also seen this myself. the glue over the tube opening sometimes don't work. the snail probably just makes another tube is my guess but the one sure way of ridding the things, crushing the bases with tweezers. I haven't found anything that eats them yet.

I would think if they were visible the triggerfish or a oufferfish would eat them because they have have beak looking mouth so they might find them tasty

 

[bacc2bacc]

I would think if they were visible the triggerfish or a oufferfish would eat them because they have have beak looking mouth so they might find them tasty

these snails arent that big, you have to really be looking for them to see them. most of them are at best a few cm long only, ive seen some big ones but never 1". to my knowledge, they don't have any known predators. I've researched high and low trying to find something but there isn't much out there besides manual removal that I have found to be effective.

 

[Greatdane]

these snails arent that big, you have to really be looking for them to see them. most of them are at best a few cm long only, ive seen some big ones but never 1". to my knowledge, they don't have any known predators. I've researched high and low trying to find something but there isn't much out there besides manual removal that I have found to be effective.

My local fish store says she just takes pliers and smashes them down to nothing quick enough so the metal just doesn’t bother the water

 

[Mariette]

Oh, I thought you were talking about these. I guess these are spirorbis worms. Do you have a picture?

See. We're talking about different things lol. Can't get a pic of mine now cuz the corals have expanded over them. You can only see them when the corals close up for the night. Google imaged this for you

Are you breaking the entire structure they build or just the tube?

I try to get the entire structure but it's hard to do without harming the coral so I doubt I get the whole thing

 

[acesfull44]

I have been battling this issue for almost a year. I took out my entire rock structure and replaced it with new rock as mine was so bad there was no way to fix the issue. I still have them, but the issue is no where near as bad, and one of the reasons is the bumble bee snails I got. If you can, add some of those to the tank as the bumble bee snails ate them. Then you can break off the stems for whatever you can get your hands on, or glue them shut if you prefer. I am at a point that my only hope to rid them at 100% is to just start a completely new system.

 

[homer1475]

Electrocution works! Ask me how I know........

 

[Greatdane]

Electrocution works! Ask me how I know........

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