Any tips for dealing with Vermatid Snails?

[WinterHarkins]

Simple question. Got any tips for dealing with Vermatid snails?

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

Simple question. Got any tips for dealing with Vermatid snails?

Learn to love them...
Seriously, once they are in your tank, they're probably there forever. Some have luck with bumblebee snails, but others don't think they work.

 

[WinterHarkins]

Learn to love them...
Seriously, once they are in your tank, they're probably there forever. Some have luck with bumblebee snails, but others don't think they work.

So just manually remove to problematic ones and deal with it. dang it. Lol

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

So just manually remove to problematic ones and deal with it. dang it. Lol

Yeah, sorry I don't have better advice, lol.
I don't really worry about mine. If I see some large "nets" after I feed the tank or disturb the sand, I might blow them away with a turkey baster, or knock of the end of that tube... If the net isn't touching a coral though, I just leave it alone. They are a nuisance, but they are good at filtering crud from the water!

 

[Mr Cypher]

Still have quite a few but it seems like my bumblebee snails are making a dent in my issue slowly but surely

 

[Nate Chalk]

Still have quite a few but it seems like my bumblebee snails are making a dent in my issue slowly but surely

the bumble bee snails reach inside and eat the vermited the tubes remain but the snail inside is dead.

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

the bumble bee snails reach inside and eat the vermited the tubes remain but the snail inside is dead.

Do bumbles eat tube worms too? Like feather dusters?

 

[aggrofish]

Ignore them, eventually the population will decrease

 

[lakai]

Ignore them, eventually the population will decrease

uhh wut? Sounds like you never had them.

 

[aggrofish]

I’ve had hundreds that I cut off coral. Eventually the population self regulates like everything else: sponges, snails reproducing in the aquarium, brittle stars, pods, etc.

 

[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

I don't mind em. Spinoid worms I've seen lots of. Not the verms.
Maybe wrasse fish idk.
D

 

[Reefahholic]

They’re pretty much undefeated in every reef although many will tell you otherwise.


The best two things I’ve seen over the years that both have worked to an extent are:

1. Bumblebee snails
I didn’t think these guys work until I saw this photo. I forget the reefer that posted it or I would credit his name here.

The problem is that they can actually burrow into shells and rock as I discovered recently making it almost impossible to get them. Which leads us to the next possible and logical solution:

I scrape mine off with a knife and use a wire brush or a wire grinding wheel or disc. A dremel tool works well too.

2. KZ coral snow or a DIY calcium carbonate powder. This will pull all the food from the water column and given enough time starve them. Assuming you could feed your fish w/o them getting the food or maybe removing the fish. Corals can live on N&P alone.