Replacing all my rocks..

[IntuMarine1G]

Morning all.

Ive got a terrible issue with Vermitid snails and I am now defo on the back foot! My intentions are to remove all my rocks that they are on and replace it all.

How difficult will it be to do that? Will my tank recycle? Will I have to cure the other rock first? Would live rock be best?

Any help would be really appreciated.

Cheers.

 

[Webslinger]

Take a rock out, remove snail, replace and onto the next rock. Easiest and no worries of recycle/

 

[IntuMarine1G]

Take a rock out, remove snail, replace and onto the next rock. Easiest and no worries of recycle/

I had considered doing this but in my excitement to set up the tank (I was new to hobby and didnt plan a scape correctly) I just chucked in 2 BIG rocks. They have been in there for a year now so they are well established. So they would have to be out of the water for quite some time given the size of the vermatid problem...its bad! I also want to use it as a chance to rescape with something that I like.

 

[Flippers4pups]

Vermetid snails can be managed to some degree by manually removing them, gluing tubes shut....etc.

I have to say this, there is a possibility of reintroducing them after replacing your rock with new, by hitchhiking on corals, equipment....etc. Not to say you couldn't do it and be successful, but be aware that it's a possibility.

If replacing all the rock with dry rock, I would definitely "cure" it before use.

 

[IntuMarine1G]

Vermetid snails can be managed to some degree by manually removing them, gluing tubes shut....etc.

I have to say this, there is a possibility of reintroducing them after replacing your rock with new, by hitchhiking on corals, equipment....etc. Not to say you couldn't do it and be successful, but be aware that it's a possibility.

If replacing all the rock with dry rock, I would definitely "cure" it before use.

Yeah that could easliy happen. However I have bumblebee snails in there who are apparently better at preventing and outbreak than they are at tackling one (as they havent touched any lol), so hopefully that would be ok.

 

[MabuyaQ]

If you have vermitids on your rock you also have vermitids in any and every pvc-line. So replacing 100% of your rock won't get rid of them.

 

[Regg]

I had I case that was so bad that they was in my my overflow and plumbing, if you truly want to rid them I would restart the whole tank that's what I did, bleach the tank, extreme but works, or just deal with them