Vermetid Snails and SPS....

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Dear SPS gods of R2R,

Please share with me what you all do to combat the tiny vermetid snails that pop up in impossibly annoying spots where your precious sps are encrusting (see my photos for examples). Would love to hear what you guys all do.. I have managed to keep out most of the nasty pests but couldn't keep this one out.

Thank you all in advance :D

IMG_0807 by David Nutter, on Flickr

IMG_0806 by David Nutter, on Flickr
 
No personal experience, but I have read that bumblebee snails will eat them. Good luck.
 
Judging from the pairs of antenna in the first picture, those look more like spionid worms. I have them too, and they don't seem to harm anything. My sps just seem to grow around them. Here's a recent thread where someone was testing something new to kill them though:
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/ivermectin-for-the-removal-of-spionids.850016/#post-9262494

Ahhh that's what they are... yes same here my sps just seem to encrust around them doesn't seem to bother them to much but sometimes they produce quite a bit of slime around the areas they are.
 

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