Vermatid snails and living with them

[Manose]

Some aquarists decide to live with vermetid snails rather than trying to eradicate them.
Here is my tank and I have a good number, but I knock their tubes off when I can reach them

Let me hear your stories with vermatids and what you did?

 

[exnisstech]

I just live with them but I have learned to wear gloves when moving rocks in the tank.

 

[Manose]

Well I am going to order about 20 bumblebee snails and see if they can help

 

[Zwerispetras]

A friend told me to try calcium carbonate, which is present in common reef flocculants, I have been using AF build from Aqua forest (I do not follow the recommendation of 1 drop per 100 litres) with some good results, I still spot one or two sometimes but their numbers definitely decreased drastically. I just got some calcium carbonate powder recently and I will try to make the solution myself.

 

[BubbleAlgaeFarmer]

I’m on my way to a lfs to see if i can get some bumblebee snails right now!

 

[CHSUB]

I think they are kool….

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/vermetid-snail…who-else-likes-them.1122494/

 

[smokin'reefer]

I would alwaysvjust keep adding bumblebees. I used coral snow for a bit and undeestand that is supposed to help

 

[Manose]

A friend told me to try calcium carbonate, which is present in common reef flocculants, I have been using AF build from Aqua forest (I do not follow the recommendation of 1 drop per 100 litres) with some good results, I still spot one or two sometimes but their numbers definitely decreased drastically. I just got some calcium carbonate powder recently and I will try to make the solution myself.

I have some and will try it but worried about how much and dose

 

[Damage12]

This will only work if you can remove your corals or have minimal corals attached to the rocks, but I’ve cooked my live rock in covered brute garbage cans for a few months and they die off with no food source.

 

[BubbleAlgaeFarmer]

I’m wondering if bumblebee snails stink of if i just don’t have enough. For those that have gone the bumblebee route, how many are needed? I have 4 in a 75 gallon.

 

[mmletzko]

Has anyone had any luck with a natural in-tank method of getting rid of their tubes/stalks? I have SO many, and know you can get rid of them with muriatic acid, but wondering if there is an in-tank option. For example, I read that tuxedo urchins might knock over/eat stalks. Anyone have any experience with this?

 

[IPT]

I had a few that were in my Monti's and irritating them. I took a blunt probe and drilled into them and around them. Yes, it damaged some of the coral around it, but is killed the snail and coral repaired itself. The other ones I just knock off and scrape away.

For some reason I seem to have less of them now. not sure why, I didn't do anything specific like snails or anything.

I do wear gloves in the tank now. I got "stabbed" by something doing some maintenance and the result was painful, ugly, and required antibiotics.

 

[BubbleAlgaeFarmer]

Has anyone had any luck with a natural in-tank method of getting rid of their tubes/stalks? I have SO many, and know you can get rid of them with muriatic acid, but wondering if there is an in-tank option. For example, I read that tuxedo urchins might knock over/eat stalks. Anyone have any experience with this?

I use tweezers and crush them. I have an acrylic rod that also works well

 

[Reginald Reefer III]

I use tweezers and crush them. I have an acrylic rod that also works well

Same. Incredibly satisfying. lol.

 

[dangles]

My understanding is it takes a LOT of bumblebee snails to do much of anything. I put 40 in my 120 gallon and did not notice any difference. I’ve read sharknose gobies will eat them. I have not tried this personally but plan to. Other than that reducing food particulate in the water column is supposed to help reduce their population over time. That plus doing very frequent coral snow treatments. Starve them out.

 

[Paul B]

I have 450,000 of them and like them. They are my friends and free livestock

 

[Skippy The Meh]

bumble bee snails, saves me work:) love the tank btw!

 

[spsick]

I scrape them off rocks regularly with a bubble algae tool. I have tried coral snow religiously for a period of time and saw no difference. I have some bumblebee snails in QT but I seriously doubt they will make a difference.

Nothing is touching them other than management at this point.

 

[BubbleAlgaeFarmer]

I have 6 bumble bees in my 75 gallon and i feel like they don’t spread as much as they used to, but i also do my part with as much manual removal as i can. I want to add more. I’d love for my bumble bees to starve because they ate them all.

 

[larrysaltisfun]

Are these Vermatid snails

If so, are they harmful? I would love to squeeze them (#tweaserlife) but I would hate to hurt my candy cane coral in the process.