I can prove that Bumblebee snails eat Vermetid worms

design.maddie · Nov 30, 2021

Found this little guy munching away today and thought that I would share the event. I seem to always see debates on if these snails actually do eat Vermetid.

blaxsun · Nov 30, 2021

Finally - a CUC doing the job it was advertised as!

LiveFreeAndReef · Nov 30, 2021

Proof that YOUR bumblebee eats vermetids

Spare time · Nov 30, 2021

Unrelated to the title, but I just wanted to say that these are the longest living clean up crew members I have ever had. They are amazing

shakacuz · Nov 30, 2021

the 4 i have have yet to be seen eating vermetid snails. although, i do confess i do not have many in the tank to begin with. perhaps 3-5 in a 40B.

eggplantparrot · Nov 30, 2021

Am I blind cause I'm not seeing what is being advertised?

Only thing that worked for me was an urchin. It would literally reset the surface of the rock so no trace of the snails remained

MaxTremors · Nov 30, 2021

eggplantparrot said:
Am I blind cause I'm not seeing what is being advertised?

Only thing that worked for me was an urchin. It would literally reset the surface of the rock so no trace of the snails remained

Yeah, me neither. I see a snail next to what kind of looks like a vermetid and then a pan to a hermit crab. Not trying to get into this debate, but this isn’t proof of anything.

design.maddie · Nov 30, 2021

MaxTremors said:
Yeah, me neither. I see a snail next to what kind of looks like a vermetid and then a pan to a hermit crab. Not trying to get into this debate, but this isn’t proof of anything.

At around 00:38 the snoot rips what I assumed to be the worm from inside the tube. I think a debate on what the video shows is fine. No debate intended.

eggplantparrot · Nov 30, 2021

design.maddie said:
At around 00:38 the snoot rips what I assumed to be the worm from inside the tube. I think a debate on what the video shows is fine. No debate intended.

I believe that's just the siphon touching something and reacting by retracting.