Vermetid snails

ziggy2 · 07/06/2016, 03:13 PM

I had the over feeding decease. I think I'm over it now. However, I now have an infestation of these guys. What it the best way to get rid of them?

Animagus · 07/06/2016, 04:14 PM

How old is the tank? Limiting the food source and time is your best bet IMO. You can try putting a dab of super glue gel over each tube to seal them shut, but this can be kind of tedious to do. Breaking the shells off or crushing them is another option, but if you don't kill the snail itself it will just build another home.

ziggy2 · 07/07/2016, 02:17 PM

The tank is a year old or so. I've really cut back on the feeding. It is just a 24 Nano with a Clown and a Damsel with a banded serpent. A couple small corals.

mokeyz · 07/07/2016, 02:20 PM

According to Ron Shimek, Copperband Butterflys will eat them and some hermit crabs will as well.

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Originally Posted by ziggy2

I had the over feeding decease. I think I'm over it now. However, I now have an infestation of these guys. What it the best way to get rid of them?

Potatohead · 07/07/2016, 02:33 PM

I usually crush them best I can and my six-line usually takes them out afterwards

ziggy2 · 07/07/2016, 02:49 PM

Don't think a Copperband Butterfly would do well in a 24 gallon tank. A six-line might do the trick though.

Sapelo · 07/07/2016, 06:09 PM

Honestly they just dont bother me that much. They do filter, they are not especially aggressive, and unless they try to cover a coral I just ignore them. They seem to come and go like any other tank cycle.

rt67ghy · 07/08/2016, 07:26 AM

I also used to have an infestation. I just scraped them off the glass a couple of times and left them on the sand where they died. Then gradually they all disappeared when I didn't give powder food for a while. I think since you are feeding less they'll disappear so there's nothing to worry about.

ziggy2 · 07/08/2016, 07:29 AM

There seems to be a smaller number of them, but I don't want to kill a bunch off and have it effect my water chemistry. Finally got things where they need to be.

chefbill · 07/08/2016, 08:14 AM

I heard bumblebee snails eat them. Had a bunch of vermitid so added 12 bb snails and have noticed s decrease. Whether or not the 2 had anything to do with each other I'm not positive. YRMV

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07/06/2016, 03:13 PM	#1
ziggy2 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2016 Posts: 72	Vermetid snails I had the over feeding decease. I think I'm over it now. However, I now have an infestation of these guys. What it the best way to get rid of them?

07/07/2016, 06:09 PM	#7
Sapelo Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: North Georgia Posts: 869	Honestly they just dont bother me that much. They do filter, they are not especially aggressive, and unless they try to cover a coral I just ignore them. They seem to come and go like any other tank cycle. __________________ "When the last individual of a race of living beings breathes no more, another heaven and another earth must pass before such a one can be again." William Beebe Current Tank Info: 300 gallon DD, sps, Radion G3 Pros, etc. Too many fish and not enough coral...

07/08/2016, 07:26 AM	#8
rt67ghy Registered Member Join Date: May 2014 Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh Posts: 984	I also used to have an infestation. I just scraped them off the glass a couple of times and left them on the sand where they died. Then gradually they all disappeared when I didn't give powder food for a while. I think since you are feeding less they'll disappear so there's nothing to worry about. __________________ 180g mixed reef. 53g sump including 20g fuge. 320lbs LR, 140lbs LS. 1/2 hp chiller. Temp 75-79. Current Tank Info: Fish: 1 yellow tang, 1 mandarin, 1 pair of tomato clowns, 1 maroon clown, 1 skunk clown, 1 banggai cardinal. Anemones: 1 green haddoni carpet, 2 heteractis auroras, 1 LTA.

07/06/2016, 04:14 PM	#2
Animagus Moved On Join Date: May 2016 Location: Stockton, CA Posts: 296	How old is the tank? Limiting the food source and time is your best bet IMO. You can try putting a dab of super glue gel over each tube to seal them shut, but this can be kind of tedious to do. Breaking the shells off or crushing them is another option, but if you don't kill the snail itself it will just build another home.

07/07/2016, 02:17 PM	#3
ziggy2 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2016 Posts: 72	The tank is a year old or so. I've really cut back on the feeding. It is just a 24 Nano with a Clown and a Damsel with a banded serpent. A couple small corals.

07/07/2016, 02:33 PM	#5
Potatohead Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Vancouver Posts: 1,596	I usually crush them best I can and my six-line usually takes them out afterwards

07/07/2016, 02:49 PM	#6
ziggy2 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2016 Posts: 72	Don't think a Copperband Butterfly would do well in a 24 gallon tank. A six-line might do the trick though.

07/08/2016, 07:29 AM	#9
ziggy2 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2016 Posts: 72	There seems to be a smaller number of them, but I don't want to kill a bunch off and have it effect my water chemistry. Finally got things where they need to be.

07/08/2016, 08:14 AM	#10
chefbill Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2013 Posts: 530	I heard bumblebee snails eat them. Had a bunch of vermitid so added 12 bb snails and have noticed s decrease. Whether or not the 2 had anything to do with each other I'm not positive. YRMV Sent from my LGL52VL using Tapatalk