Vermetid snails.

[jgirardnrg]

I’d love to see anything eating one. If you catch what’s eating them on video, I’ll paypal you $10.

I don't care about the money... they must be doing something in there cause there's nothing else in there that can or would. I always try to find a natural approach to pests if possible. I breed Berghia Nudibranch for Aiptasia, they work. I used emerald crabs for GHA, bingo. Trochus snails for diatoms. Bumblebee snails are supposed to handle the vermetid snails... so I'm trying them.

 

[Reefahholic]

One thing I’ve witnessed for sure is that emerald crabs scrape them off the rocks. If they are exposed and simi out of the shell, I’m pretty sure a some wrasse species will eat them.

 

[Reefahholic]

I don't care about the money... they must be doing something in there cause there's nothing else in there that can or would. I always try to find a natural approach to pests if possible. I breed Berghia Nudibranch for Aiptasia, they work. I used emerald crabs for GHA, bingo. Trochus snails for diatoms. Bumblebee snails are supposed to handle the vermetid snails... so I'm trying them.

I think you’ll have more luck with KZ coral snow. It’s like a flocking agent and steals their food source in the water column.

 

[ezhdg41]

I think you’ll have more luck with KZ coral snow. It’s like a flocking agent and steals their food source in the water column.

 

[ezhdg41]

Thanks for the input from both of you. It’s nice to get some input from other reefers. I’ll post my results

 

[jgirardnrg]

I think you’ll have more luck with KZ coral snow. It’s like a flocking agent and steals their food source in the water column.

I'll check it out... thanks

 

[SamMule]

Pretty sure the only way to get rid of them is a thermonuclear device. Even then, you're apt to have a few survivors....

 

[SamMule]

Here is a shot of some live rock/coral skeleton I bought from someone. Many of the snails in the pic are alive and well. This is after the person pulled down their tank and put the rock outside in a bin for several weeks... In MT... In the winter. There was ice/snow on the container of rocks when I purchased it. I noticed there were some snail tubes on the rock when I purchased, but thought it would be no problem.
I put the rock in a brute can with fresh salt water and started curing. After a few weeks, I found the snail population absolutely exploding. The only thing I put in that water was microbacter 7.

 

[Rubber Ducky]

I’d love to see just 1 YouTube video of a bumblebee snail actually Munching away on a Vermetid.

I don’t think it exists. If it does, please post it up here. I’m not talking about bumblebee snails crawling around in a tank with Vermetid snails…I’m talking footage of a Bumblebee snail actually eating the Vermetid snail.

It's not video, but this is my bumble bee eating a vermitid...took picture just for you buddy

 

[ezhdg41]

It's not video, but this is my bumble bee eating a vermitid...took picture just for you buddy

Awesome. I put 12 into my tank Sunday. I’ll keep you posted.

 

[Arricefe]

In the words of the great Nacho Libre “Take it easy!” On your self that is. It’s minor inconvenience and trust me when I tell you, you’ll have others and you’ll just have to deal with them as you go through your journey. Bumblebees worked for me, I don’t have irrefutable evidence but I believe my eyes.

 

[Rubber Ducky]

Awesome. I put 12 into my tank Sunday. I’ll keep you posted.

I have 10 in my 70 gallon, had a cpl die off...but the rest help manage population...slowly...until my lights go out and it looks like static all over my tank..lil jerks are resilient...gonna get more bees...

 

[Reefahholic]

It's not video, but this is my bumble bee eating a vermitid...took picture just for you buddy

That’s awesome! Hard to tell in the pic though.

 

[Reefahholic]

Awesome. I put 12 into my tank Sunday. I’ll keep you posted.

Yes, please post up or get pic/video if you see one eating a snail.

 

[Rubber Ducky]

So the process of the bumblebee eating a vermitid takes a while from what I've seen...first step is they trap it like so, I got an arrow pointed to verm in pic...so they trap it, eventually flip it over, I think verm just gives up from escaping honestly and the bees flips it over and sucks it out of shell, then moves on, she'll drops to sand...ive seen this process take 30 min-3 hours...this lil guy has been trapped for about an hour now...

 

[moz71]

I have to say all are right! What I discovered is there are 2 types of v snails out there. Bigger ones and tiny ones. Everybody talks of them as one. For instance I have million of small ones so I laugh when people say cut them off. It would take years. The ones I see on your picture above look much larger than mine. Also I tried the Koran snow for months and did nothing. I have 2 dozen bumble bees snails and maybe just control them. This is why I think people have different luck with different things. Just my addition. Since I have been investigating this for the last 3 years.

 

[ezhdg41]

So the process of the bumblebee eating a vermitid takes a while from what I've seen...first step is they trap it like so, I got an arrow pointed to verm in pic...so they trap it, eventually flip it over, I think verm just gives up from escaping honestly and the bees flips it over and sucks it out of shell, then moves on, she'll drops to sand...ive seen this process take 30 min-3 hours...this lil guy has been trapped for about an hour now...

Thanks for advice! My vermetid snail count is way down since adding the bubble bees. Although I rarely see the bbs they are definitely doing the job.

 

[damsels are not mean]

Everything is doing good and looking nice

Cool

 

[jpcaram]

I had never heard that emerald crabs eat them either, now I'm even more glad that I just added an emerald crab to my tank.
OP if the vermetids aren't bothering any corals then they're really not that big of a deal. If there are a lot of them just start scraping them off your rock.

Scrape them off? Won't that just help them spread?

 

[Macdaddynick1]

So the process of the bumblebee eating a vermitid takes a while from what I've seen...first step is they trap it like so, I got an arrow pointed to verm in pic...so they trap it, eventually flip it over, I think verm just gives up from escaping honestly and the bees flips it over and sucks it out of shell, then moves on, she'll drops to sand...ive seen this process take 30 min-3 hours...this lil guy has been trapped for about an hour now...

That’s not a vermitid snail. Lol