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Over 30 years ago I started a SW tank with absolutely the bare amount knowledge (wish we had the internet then) and in the first year I had what everyone might call an infestation of vermitid I had no knowledge of how to rid myself of them so they just became part of the landscape. Within two years I couldn't find a trace of them.
Fast forward to the the Covid years I restarted the tank and careful as I was those devils sneaked in and within 6 months I had a forest of vermitid snails.
Over the last 6 months or so I noticed a steady decline and while cleaning my glass today I was hard pressed to find any. Just like 32 years ago they crashed and are gone.
Has anyone experienced this? I don't think this is a coincidence but rather as the tank matured less and less nutrients were available. Just my 2 cents.
Oh I did throw in a handful of bumblebee snails but I can't give them the credit, no way they could have eliminated all of them in the span of 6 months.
Just an observation.
Fast forward to the the Covid years I restarted the tank and careful as I was those devils sneaked in and within 6 months I had a forest of vermitid snails.
Over the last 6 months or so I noticed a steady decline and while cleaning my glass today I was hard pressed to find any. Just like 32 years ago they crashed and are gone.
Has anyone experienced this? I don't think this is a coincidence but rather as the tank matured less and less nutrients were available. Just my 2 cents.
Oh I did throw in a handful of bumblebee snails but I can't give them the credit, no way they could have eliminated all of them in the span of 6 months.
Just an observation.