My rocks are riddled with vermetid snails. Any solutions on how to eradicate them?

[gaustin24]

I've already taken the rocks out and took the snails off at the base but they have come back with a vengeance. Any solutions on how to eradicate them from my tank?

 

[coraler07]

I have heard that sixline wrasse will sometimes eat them. Mine doesn’t. Try to remove as much manually, but otherwise a natural alternative like the wrasse is probably the best.

 

[BubbaBobba]

Manual removal with tweezers worked for me

 

[paragrouper]

Keep removing and get some bumblebee snails to help.

 

[((FORDTECH))]

I have this same issue the are in plague proportions in my 120gallon. I have read bumble bee snails do eat them but you will need a large number of them for this to work. I’m about to get 100 bumble bees snails for mine any day now

 

[kevgib67]

Bumble bee snails completely removed all of the vermatid snails in my tank. I always keep a handful in incase one fids its way into the tank.

 

[flashsmith]

Aiptasia X will also take them out. I tried it out of curiosity one a big one I had while treating a couple aiptasia. Stick it right down the tube and blast it. problem solved. Some of the larger ones bumblebee snails can't get their mouths all the way into the tube to extract the snail.

 

[Tonycass12]

Coral snow. Use it daily for at least a few months and you will starve them out.

 

[dmsc2fs]

Bumblebee snails. Put them in. Go watch all the lord of the rings, every episode of friends and the two most awful blue Smurf avatars. After that they will all be gone.

 

[Turkey head]

I used to have tons of them. I have some wrasses but I don’t think they kept them under control. Bought some bumblebee snails and for all practical purposes they’re gone. I haven’t observed any negative impacts from the snails. I’m sure they eat some beneficial stuff too but I’m happy with the results.

 

[Hugster78]

You will always have them. Learn to deal with them. Try to clear up the ones around any sps. There are a million threads in here about them. Who ever comes up with the solution will be Rich

 

[StatelineReefer]

 

[exnisstech]

Bumble bee snails work for me but only in smaller tanks. On my 180g I had an infestation but they seem to be thinning on their own. Not sure why but the same thing happened when I had a bunch in a 150g

 

[jimk60]

I had hundreds like everyone else. When I stopped broadcast feeding my corals they slowly went away without all that food in the water. Still have a few but very manageable. Coral snow should work also but I've never used it. I didn't want a tank full of BB snails!

 

[Snoopdog]

I had hundreds on a rock, time and bumblebee snails. Now I could not even find one if I was looking.

 

[KenBabich]

I've already taken the rocks out and took the snails off at the base but they have come back with a vengeance. Any solutions on how to eradicate them from my tank?

Bumble bee snails. Have had good success with them when I had an outbreak. These little snails are commonly used to rid systems of vermetid snails by using their elongated trunk to stick down into the crevice and consume the vermetid snail.

 

[ReefEco]

Hey Reefers - I designed this ReefTool with vermatids in mind - a sniping end with a blade and hook, then a 3-rasp spike end for large scale removal: https://reefeco.com/products/reeftool Also great for all other kinds of frag and rock cleaning and scraping. Come with a wand extension if desired, or you can mount it to a DIY wand of your own making.