I think I may have avoided Vermetid snails in my new system.
I did break my rule and bought 9 Astrea snails. I thought they were clean at the store, but upon further inspection they did have some Vermetid’s on them. About 5 of the 9 did. I scraped every one off with a sharp knife and literally scraped that entire area until it was white. Also scraped any other spot that even looked like it could be a baby. Sometimes they are so small they look like a tiny brown dot. Then I took a fine wire brush to the whole shell and even the underside. Gave them all several good rinses and prayed before they went in.
I’ll know for sure in another 3 months but so far I didn’t see anything on them or in the tank. I’ve only introduced live Acropora tissue to the system. No plugs, no LPS, nothing.
I’ll keep you guys posted. If I do see one I’ll scrape it off immediately and hopefully it has released any microscopic babies. If I do end up with them…all bets are off and in come the LPS! But man…not seeing a stupid Vermetid snails coming up through the Acropora bases would be amazing! I don’t know what but I just hate that crap.
I did break my rule and bought 9 Astrea snails. I thought they were clean at the store, but upon further inspection they did have some Vermetid’s on them. About 5 of the 9 did. I scraped every one off with a sharp knife and literally scraped that entire area until it was white. Also scraped any other spot that even looked like it could be a baby. Sometimes they are so small they look like a tiny brown dot. Then I took a fine wire brush to the whole shell and even the underside. Gave them all several good rinses and prayed before they went in.
I’ll know for sure in another 3 months but so far I didn’t see anything on them or in the tank. I’ve only introduced live Acropora tissue to the system. No plugs, no LPS, nothing.
I’ll keep you guys posted. If I do see one I’ll scrape it off immediately and hopefully it has released any microscopic babies. If I do end up with them…all bets are off and in come the LPS! But man…not seeing a stupid Vermetid snails coming up through the Acropora bases would be amazing! I don’t know what but I just hate that crap.
