Fighting a losing war against vermetid snails: looking for feedback on desperate tactics

[Mr. Acantho]

I put half of my rocks in a sump

Everyday I'll remove one rock, leave it outside for a day, and put the rock back hoping the vermetid snails die

Idk I'm desperate their webs are smothering my corals. I think I'll lose 3. Bumblesnails aren't working hard enough.

 

[littlefoxx]

No corals on the rocks looks like? Toss the rocks. Get new ones. Thats what I did when I got my 125 used, he had these awful things all over. Tossed the rocks they havnt come back

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

Some removal ideas:

manual removal, bumblebee snails, glue, injecting vinegar/lemon juice/kalkpaste, coral snow, etc. If you only have a few, then manual removal should work fine, otherwise I’d say to look at some of the methods used on the forum here and try out the ones you think would work best.

I’ve heard mixed reviews on the super glue method (but, most methods get mixed reviews with Vermetids).

For the vermetids, some people report success with emerald crabs, bumblebee snails, coral snow (there's a DIY recipe on here somewhere for this that's super cheap - I believe it's made from chalk), etc.

Probably the best results I’ve seen with small numbers of vermetids come from crushing the tube and setting a predator (like an emerald crab or a bumblebee snail) by the crushed tube immediately after.

The following may be helpful too:

Some people swear by bumblebee snails for vermetids, others say they’re useless, and still more say they’re effective but only over long periods of time (like 8+ months long). It may depend of the species of vermetid you have.