I know about cutting back on food and nutrients. Gluing, etc. I break them off.
Has to be a chemical way or predictor to get them out!!!
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Ok got to get rid of these. Someone just posted they thought Bumble Bee snails wiped them out?? Any opinions on that?
I know about cutting back on food and nutrients. Gluing, etc. I break them off.
Has to be a chemical way or predictor to get them out!!!
Thanks. Just too many to go around the whole reef and break and glue. Waiting for that suggestion. Heard 6line wrasse? Now the bumble bee snail. Want someone who has this experience thanks!You can try superglue or some wrasses will eat them.
Thanks for comments. Don't want the six line just got rid of an aggressive clown tang. I do break them off they are just all over tre place I have a lot of live rock. Well keep crushing I guess!They seem to be hit and miss with the bulk of reports on the miss side. This is the same for every reported biological control for vermetid snails, nothing actually seems to work with any degree of certainty - very hit and miss, mostly miss.
Cutting back on food is only going to end up hurting the animals you want to keep more than it will hurt the vermitid snails. Nutrient control will have no impact.
Manual eradication is the best way to go, crush them with bone shears or needle nose, or split their tube with a screwdriver or dental pick. Gluing also doesn't seem too effective, with the snails often seeming to find another way out.
I would not add a 6 line unless you really like that fish. They can be really mean and even kill other fish and are very hard to remove from a reef once in.
I took the rock out. Can i soak it in something to kill them all?
I tried coral dip not sure if worked or not. Put 6 bumble bee snails in the tank this week hope they help.I took the rock out. Can i soak it in something to kill them all?
Could try R/O water soaking them in a lidded 5 gallon bucket and then add drugstore peroxide into it every so oftenI took the rock out. Can i soak it in something to kill them all?
I put in a bunch of bumble bee snails hoping that helps. I will start Vibrant next week for glass algae and hoping for a miracle as well!I too hate the look of these things - My monti cap coral has grown around them and it actually looks pretty cool.... However, i have a frogspawn who is not really getting any bigger in the past 2-3 months because there's so many of these things on and around it. I've tried breaking them off but of course they will just keep multiplying.
If I break them off, would I need to literally remove the broken piece or snail out of the tank? Some just fall into my sandbed... Is this doing nothing if I don't actually pick up the broken snails and remove them?
From personal experience, Vibrant kills them and in two weeks their spiral tube disintegrates.
I’ve also heard that prazi kills them as well. No experience with this.
Bubble bee snails don’t get rid of these.
I will be so happy for Vibrant to kill them! Good news can't wait! Thanks!From personal experience, Vibrant kills them and in two weeks their spiral tube disintegrates.
I’ve also heard that prazi kills them as well. No experience with this.
Bubble bee snails don’t get rid of these.
I’m definitely willing to try vibrant. Aside from the vermetids disappearing, did it have any ill effect on your tank? Or anything different, not necessarily bad.
Have they returned? Have you stopped using vibrant?
Cheers