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A longspine urchin will eliminate any & all.
Cook them with a steam cleaner.My urchin does what he can, that is for sure. There are none where he grazes. But there are many areas of the rockwork that he cannot (or will not) reach and I will get a large cluster in those spots. Like 5-10 in just a couple square inches.
OK, I'll bite. Can you explain this method? (Or did I miss the joke?)Cook them with a steam cleaner.
No joke. A steamcleaner with hose and small nozzle is great to get rid of pests in hard to reach locations. The hot RODI water will cook anything.OK, I'll bite. Can you explain this method? (Or did I miss the joke?)
something like this?No joke. A steamcleaner with hose and small nozzle is great to get rid of pests in hard to reach locations. The hot RODI water will cook anything.
!!Muricid snails!!!
This is true. My LFS said it would be wise to move snails to my sump for safety.I believe muricid/murex snails generally are not reef safe ... inverts and clams are at risk.
For what it's worth, the only reason the Muricid Snail is not "reef safe" is mostly because they eat other snails like your clean up crew and yes other things too. However, this THREAD explains how plenty of people do not use snails in the system and have no issues. Also, if you have to remove a few inverts to save the whole system, it's worth it IMO. If anything, maybe it's best to remove snails (clean up crew) or inverts until the muricid Snail can help eradicate the Vermetids? Just keep be sure to closely inspect anything the goes in and out during transfer for Vermetids. And yes folks, my gosh, bumble bee snails do eat Vermetid snails, but you must help them by breaking the Vermetid snail tube. The bumble bee snail can only reach so far into the tube to eat them, this is why crushing tubes helps. I get it, most vermetid's are under rocks where you can't reach, that's why I'm telling you about the Muricid. The Muricid Snail can reach far waaaaay down inside the tube and even documented to lay eggs in the empty Vermetid snail tube AFTER it east them. Just keep in mind, you can't add both Bumble bee snail and Muricid snail , the muricid will also eat Bumble Bee. Though not the cure all, this Muricid gives much hope based off the science we know about them. Again, here's the main article: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00338-014-1141-6I believe muricid/murex snails generally are not reef safe ... inverts and clams are at risk.
Reading with interest. I have crushed maybe a 100 vermetids. I've also stopped particulate feeding, Reefroids and rinsing mysis which seems to have slowed the growth considerably. But many remain in hard to reach spots. So my questions is, how small and agile are the Muricids?For what it's worth, the only reason the Muricid Snail is not "reef safe" is mostly because they eat other snails like your clean up crew and yes other things too. However, this THREAD explains how plenty of people do not use snails in the system and have no issues. Also, if you have to remove a few inverts to save the whole system, it's worth it IMO. If anything, maybe it's best to remove snails (clean up crew) or inverts until the muricid Snail can help eradicate the Vermetids? Just keep be sure to closely inspect anything the goes in and out during transfer for Vermetids. And yes folks, my gosh, bumble bee snails do eat Vermetid snails, but you must help them by breaking the Vermetid snail tube. The bumble bee snail can only reach so far into the tube to eat them, this is why crushing tubes helps. I get it, most vermetid's are under rocks where you can't reach, that's why I'm telling you about the Muricid. The Muricid Snail can reach far waaaaay down inside the tube and even documented to lay eggs in the empty Vermetid snail tube AFTER it east them. Just keep in mind, you can't add both Bumble bee snail and Muricid snail , the muricid will also eat Bumble Bee. Though not the cure all, this Muricid gives much hope based off the science we know about them. Again, here's the main article: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00338-014-1141-6