Whole tank treatment?

dave3112 · 11/25/2009, 08:42 AM

Is there a way to treat the whole tank for vermitid snails and/or hydroids? I have both in my tank and I really don't want to break my tank down to get rid of them. I have already kalk pasted the hydroids that I can easily get to and broken/crushed the tubes of the vermitids. There ase just some that I can not get to without literally breaking apart my corals to get my rocks out! Any help on this matter would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

Dave

dave3112 · 11/25/2009, 09:18 AM

No ideas out there?

dmilne85 · 11/25/2009, 10:49 AM

how bad is it? if it were me i would not take whole tank down to crush a few vermitid snails and some hydroids. However if there are alot, and it is affecting corals i would say you dont really have any options besides taking out rock and removing hydroids manually. the snails can be easily superglued to kill them, but i find with hydroids they are tuff as nails and the only way to get them out is to remove rock from tank and chilse away the infected part.

dave3112 · 11/25/2009, 12:36 PM

Yeah its getting pretty bad. I never thought about the superglue for the snails. I will give that a shot, as for the hydroids I will just kalk paste them if they get to be a problem. Thank you.

Dave

11/25/2009, 08:42 AM	#1
dave3112 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Athens, AL Posts: 265	Whole tank treatment? Is there a way to treat the whole tank for vermitid snails and/or hydroids? I have both in my tank and I really don't want to break my tank down to get rid of them. I have already kalk pasted the hydroids that I can easily get to and broken/crushed the tubes of the vermitids. There ase just some that I can not get to without literally breaking apart my corals to get my rocks out! Any help on this matter would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance, Dave __________________ Deo Vindice Current Tank Info: 65 Gal AGA 6X39W T5 HO. 75 Gallon sump/refugium with cryptic zone. ASM G3 Skimmer. 2 Vortec MP10.

11/25/2009, 09:18 AM	#2
dave3112 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Athens, AL Posts: 265	No ideas out there? __________________ Deo Vindice Current Tank Info: 65 Gal AGA 6X39W T5 HO. 75 Gallon sump/refugium with cryptic zone. ASM G3 Skimmer. 2 Vortec MP10.

11/25/2009, 12:36 PM	#4
dave3112 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Athens, AL Posts: 265	Yeah its getting pretty bad. I never thought about the superglue for the snails. I will give that a shot, as for the hydroids I will just kalk paste them if they get to be a problem. Thank you. Dave __________________ Deo Vindice Current Tank Info: 65 Gal AGA 6X39W T5 HO. 75 Gallon sump/refugium with cryptic zone. ASM G3 Skimmer. 2 Vortec MP10.

11/25/2009, 10:49 AM	#3
dmilne85 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Arizona, now in Pittsburgh :0( Posts: 602	how bad is it? if it were me i would not take whole tank down to crush a few vermitid snails and some hydroids. However if there are alot, and it is affecting corals i would say you dont really have any options besides taking out rock and removing hydroids manually. the snails can be easily superglued to kill them, but i find with hydroids they are tuff as nails and the only way to get them out is to remove rock from tank and chilse away the infected part.