Will valentini (or related) eat vermatids?

Jase4224 · Mar 20, 2023

I have a growing infestation of vermatid snails. Never thought these were a problem before but starting to get out of hand and I was wandering if a puffer would pick at them or pester them enough to keep them in check. Any experience or advice here? I'm also adding a harlequin tusk so no point using snails or crabs for this job.

I have read some say angels eat them but I have a 5” Majestic that doesn’t touch them (or the 4+ species of sponge in my tank).

Mperry622 · Mar 20, 2023

Jase4224 said:
I have a growing infestation of vermatid snails. Never thought these were a problem before but starting to get out of hand and I was wandering if a puffer would pick at them or pester them enough to keep them in check. Any experience or advice here? I'm also adding a harlequin tusk so no point using snails or crabs for this job.

I have read some say angels eat them but I have a 5” Majestic that doesn’t touch them (or the 4+ species of sponge in my tank).

If you find a better solution i am all ears. I made the mistake to start my reef a year ago off of 80 of live rock from my LFS... big mistake.. I now have every rock covered in these web spinning arseholes :-( i bought 18 bumblebee snails and they seem to be on the rocks and taking them out but really slow.. i now spend a few hours every day or so going around and crushing them as my cow fish eats them.

Jase4224 · Mar 20, 2023

Mperry622 said:
If you find a better solution i am all ears. I made the mistake to start my reef a year ago off of 80 of live rock from my LFS... big mistake.. I now have every rock covered in these web spinning arseholes :-( i bought 18 bumblebee snails and they seem to be on the rocks and taking them out but really slow.. i now spend a few hours every day or so going around and crushing them as my cow fish eats them.

Yeah they are a pain, also they can cut up your fish when they dart into the rocks too clumsily. I have some large ones that are probably the breeders so I’ll crush them with fishing pliers but the babies are a pain.

I wander if a CCB would eat them?