I may have just gone one step short of the nuclear option to clear out my vermetids. Was visiting my LFS and they had an adorable dog faced puffer. Supposedly they are relatively coral safe. So far, mine is eating my acan's and zoa's lol! Oh well.
The silver lining is absolutely that he's going after the vermetid's and no other CUC yet. The hope is that I can figure out if he leaves certain corals alone and I can stock those. If not, I can always move him to the fuge with the anthias.
I told my wife before I bought him that I'd gladly lose all of the coral if it meant losing the vermetid's, and I meant it. Most are still small frags and I seemingly kill half of what I put in my tank anyway. Very happy to see them complete disappear after one nib from the puffer.
That's awesome for you! Definitely not an option for me. lol Looking forward to hearing how this goes.