Help! Vermitid snail predador or control

[Fábio Cruz]

Hello, I am having a vermitide infestation in my tank, they are spreading everywhere, I cannot remove or control them manually. Is there any report of any predator that could be added to control this pest? I thought of a Triggerfish due to its powerful jaws, has anyone managed to control this pest like this?

 

[ReeferTang44]

I think there was a something called bumble bee snails and also have less food in the water column for them to eat I’m not to sure but that’s what info I have come across wish you good luck and keep me updated

 

[Saltwaternoob89]

I had a pretty big vermitide infestation. I got some bumblebee snails and they seem to have eliminated a fair amount. Also, i made sure to pay attention not to overfeed and i think that helped as well.

 

[Fábio Cruz]

Thank you for the collaborations, here in Brazil I have never seen this bumblebee snail, I believe it is not very commercial, except for these cases. I didn't want to have to reset my entire system because of this pest, they even arrived inside the skimmer.

 

[littlefoxx]

Hello, I am having a vermitide infestation in my tank, they are spreading everywhere, I cannot remove or control them manually. Is there any report of any predator that could be added to control this pest? I thought of a Triggerfish due to its powerful jaws, has anyone managed to control this pest like this?

Bumble bee snails are awesome and got rid of mine. However from my understanding they wont kill the “mother” snail (biggest) so it continues to re produce (in my most non scientific explanation) as they wont kill out their food source. I did research on this cause I bought a used tank with these little S—- all over!

 

[Reeflix]

i have not had bumblebee snails in my tank, heard they work great, you could also glue over their heads

 

[Raphael Dalmeida]

Hello, I am having a vermitide infestation in my tank, they are spreading everywhere, I cannot remove or control them manually. Is there any report of any predator that could be added to control this pest? I thought of a Triggerfish due to its powerful jaws, has anyone managed to control this pest like this?

Olá amigo,

Interestingly I have just been researching some snails online and came across these papers on some specific Mancinella snails, said to consume vermetid snails.

I got one in my tank reason why I'm researching it.

Article below:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/271924445_Death_and_life_Muricid_snails_consume_the_vermetid_gastropod_Dendropoma_maximum_and_use_empty_shells_for_reproduction

Good luck, cheers.

 

[ColoredRock]

take a look at this thread... also if you can break open the shell, fish will go after them...

Vermented snails question

Hey guys I got vermented snails in my tank ...how can I fight them....also I have some on the flesh of my hammer coral ..how can I remove them from the hammer coral??? Seems not to bother it here a few pics

www.reef2reef.com

 

[XtraKargo]

take a look at this thread... also if you can break open the shell, fish will go after them...

Vermented snails question

Hey guys I got vermented snails in my tank ...how can I fight them....also I have some on the flesh of my hammer coral ..how can I remove them from the hammer coral??? Seems not to bother it here a few pics

www.reef2reef.com

And a video with Vic from WWC on BRS said that if they break them their peppermint shrimp with eat them also.

 

[exnisstech]

I've had them a few times through out the years and still have a few but no longer an infestation. Bumble snails did a good job on a small tank but not in larger tanks. I've found they tend to go away on their own eventually but they can be bothersome to corals until that happens.

 

[Fábio Cruz]

Olá amigo,

Interestingly I have just been researching some snails online and came across these papers on some specific Mancinella snails, said to consume vermetid snails.

I got one in my tank reason why I'm researching it.

Article below:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/271924445_Death_and_life_Muricid_snails_consume_the_vermetid_gastropod_Dendropoma_maximum_and_use_empty_shells_for_reproduction

Good luck, cheers.

Thx man, Very Nice article!