Rock and vermited snail question?

[aabjones888]

so I have lots and lots on vermited snails in my display tank. I plan on taking all the rock that I can from my display and sump and start curing it for a new build. Should I do a acid or bleach bath to get rid of them? Or will they die off in a dark container after a few months?
So I can do two things:
1. I was thinking having a power head and heater in a brute trash can to keep it all alive, and add more rock to it to make it all alive and have a bunch of good cures live rock, this rock that I have had been alive for years.
Or
2.acid or bleach cure, making sure there completely dead, than cure and start all over
I can’t decide on what’s best and would like to hear what everyone would do.

 

[Big G]

BRS did a great video on prepping, cleaning, etc. of dry rock.
https://www.bulkreefsupply.com/video/view/week-10-what-you-may-not-have-known-about-live-rock/

 

[Snoopy 67]

I would either kill them or start with new rock.

 

[Nick30G]

Honestly man, I have a bunch of them as well, and they dont hurt anything. I honestly would not worry about them unless they are hurting things. Sure they can be unsightly but you should look at them like more biodiversity in your tank. It's also probably inevitable they will come in on something to your new tank. Coral dip dosent do anything against them. All you can do is scrape them off

 

[Gregg @ ADP]

I agree with @Nick30G

The only thing they ever hurt is your fingers when you’re pulling rock out.

 

[aabjones888]

Thanks for the reply’s, I didn’t want to introduce them to my new tank I’m starting. I have 150lbs of nice live rock that I’ve had on standby and didn’t want to add a pest if I didn’t have to. So was thinking of curing it somehow so I don’t put them in my new system on purpose.

 

[Kmsutows]

I agree with @Nick30G

The only thing they ever hurt is your fingers when you’re pulling rock out.

I disagree with this... I had them pretty bad and they irritated my acros to the point of causing some to recede. I killed as many as i could reach with bone cutters and got a bunch of bumble bee snails and that seems to have kept them at bay

 

[Kmsutows]

Thanks for the reply’s, I didn’t want to introduce them to my new tank I’m starting. I have 150lbs of nice live rock that I’ve had on standby and didn’t want to add a pest if I didn’t have to. So was thinking of curing it somehow so I don’t put them in my new system on purpose.

If you're going to remove the rocks, perhaps you can use a dewormer of sorts that will work on them