will ammonia kill Vermetid Snails?

[Dave1993]

my 90 fowlr is infested with them but i don't really care cause no coral but my cycle in new tank taking too long so i want to use some of the rock out of my 90 but its infested with Vermetid Snails and i dont want them in new tank so could i just nuke them with ammonia in new tank

 

[Timfish]

I suspect hat won't work unless it's maintained for a long time. Vermitids can likely hang out in their tubes awhile protected from the high ammonia levels.

 

[Miami Reef]

The vermitids will likely survive.

 

[killer2001]

You could nuke them with copper then spend the rest of the time attempting to get the copper out of the rock. If its FOWLR with no coral or inverts you won't have to stress out as much.

 

[Dave1993]

You could nuke them with copper then spend the rest of the time attempting to get the copper out of the rock. If its FOWLR with no coral or inverts you won't have to stress out as much.

it will have corals in i guess ill just have to wait for the tank to cycle

 

[Om84]

Vermetids Will survive. How about trying bumblebee snails?

 

[Dave1993]

Vermetids Will survive. How about trying bumblebee snails?

its fine ill just wait for tank to cycle

 

[brandon429]

They can't be beaten, you've got them for life. I know there are posts saying someone beat them but it isn't going to carry over to your tank. What i do is make corals grow so fast the verms are overtaken and the corals have little tents where the polyps overtook the verms and sealed them up

 

[Udest]

If you're not too concerned about the bacteria or biofilms on the rock you could let the sun bake them too.

 

[Dave1993]

If you're not too concerned about the bacteria or biofilms on the rock you could let the sun bake them too.

well that's the whole point I do care about the bacteria i want it to cycle my nano fast

 

[thatmanMIKEson]

All you need to do is put the rock in the nano for a few hours a day for a few days, when the rock is out of the water scrape the tubes, don't leave it in the nano for long periods of time that the worms can transfer, it won't need long for the bacteria.

 

[HomebroodExotics]

Maybe. I killed all the vermitids and everything in my tanks without power for 2 weeks so I imagine the ammonia killed the vermetids. No clue how high that was though.

 

[brandon429]

They'll hitch in on anything wet from a pet store as juvenile phase you can't detect


This is a reason people do quarantine/ biosecurity per Jay's article. Accept them

Welcome them

 

[vetteguy53081]

my 90 fowlr is infested with them but i don't really care cause no coral but my cycle in new tank taking too long so i want to use some of the rock out of my 90 but its infested with Vermetid Snails and i dont want them in new tank so could i just nuke them with ammonia in new tank

No and will have impact on your water's chemistry
Bumble snails will consume them and you can also break them off carefully at their base and discard

 

[rockyb]

Bumble bee snails
Ftw