Vermetid snail HOW to kill them help!

[porawhora]

Most of mine were eaten by bumblebee snails- however adding so many in such a small tank is a good way to make sure no other inverts will live seeing as these snails are known to eat other inverts. I have 3-5 in a 75g and still occasionally see them snacking on a small turbo or hermit

 

[Arthurfarris]

Prevention is better than cure, as they say. The occurrence of snails as such can sometimes not be prevented, and in some ways, even desirable. Avoid overfeeding your pet fish, for excess food will be consumed by snails. Healthy snails will multiply rapidly, causing an infestation. Overhaul your fish tank and clean everything, even the gravel, rock, and sand. In small numbers, snails are beneficial to the fish tank.

 

[Cory]

Its not about excess food. When my fish crap, little particles float everywhere.

 

[Nburg's Reef]

I agree that avoid overfeeding is silly because of you starve out the vermatids, everything else in your tank will suffer.

Hopefully someone will find something that kills them voraciously.

 

[Reefahholic]

My favorite friends. ;Hilarious

 

[Losthawk69]

To many species I think the very small ones are ugly to see but I never have issues with them but did with the sheep horn kind that put out a web you can see across the room my sps grow right over the small kind there size around 1 cm put out hair size web never an issue and had them for years some die off but new one pop up you can make a little wire hammer with thick gage stainless steel wire rods crack at them over time and small fish will just eat them. Only other way is break your tank down and if coral are not affected by them why bother.

 

[Losthawk69]

https://www.donyaquick.com/vermetid-snails-in-the-aquarium/

 

[Losthawk69]

https://www.donyaquick.com/vermetid-snails-in-the-aquarium/

 

[ninjamyst]

Its one of the few pests that we have no proven solutions to....yet

 

[Losthawk69]

Just a long-term quarantine to watch if they grow in quarantine and I mean months of time long-term quarantine for any Coral is a bright idea this way nothing gets in mean display tank that's the best solution good 6 months lots of patience lol

 

[Losthawk69]

Just a long-term quarantine to watch if they grow in quarantine and I mean months of time long-term quarantine for any Coral is bright idea this way nothing gets in mean tank the best solution 6 months lots of patience lol

 

[Losthawk69]

Just a long-term quarantine to watch if they grow in quarantine and I mean months of time long-term quarantine for any Coral is a bright idea this way nothing gets in mean display tank that's the best solution good 6 months lots of patience lol

 

[Cory]

I guess if you have some very turbulent water flow in spots where they are they wouldn't be able to hold onto their food webs and starve.

 

[fish farmer]

I guess if you have some very turbulent water flow in spots where they are they wouldn't be able to hold onto their food webs and starve.

I've seen them clog pipes and take residence in the bottom of a skimmer, so it would have to be very turbulent.

 

[Cory]

I've seen them clog pipes and take residence in the bottom of a skimmer, so it would have to be very turbulent.

Yes i agree. With my 1" rfgs on my tank they seem to be making some decent turbulence. Using a pressure rated pump on them though. I cant spot their webs as much now. Might be a solution.

 

[Cory]

One more thing ive noticed is when their webs get coated with too much stuff their webs become heavy enough to dislodge with decent flow. Perhaps thats how reef snow product worked, simply made their webs too heavy to hold onto.

 

[4sylvester]

For anyone who thinks these guys aren't a problem... pipe from my overflow box

 

[DE FISH]

I heard the French eat snails?

 

[vetteguy53081]

For anyone who thinks these guys aren't a problem... pipe from my overflow box

These look like tube worms which emit fans to capture foid
Vermetid have larger tube and openings and use a web like string to capture food

 

[Cory]

These look like tube worms which emit fans to capture foid
Vermetid have larger tube and openings and use a web like string to capture food

Those are the smaller vermentid worms. I have both the large and small.