I, like many others, have a high vermetid snail population. :deadhorse:
I never expect to get rid of the vermetid snails but the population is so far out of hand that I can't afford enough supper glue and scraping for a few hours a day gets no where because the back and bottom of the rocks are far worse than what you can see. I also have only and always will target feed my fish and corals, so limiting food has always been done since day one.
I recall when I moved my tank (with no causalities) I added some salt directly to the tank which made the sand sifting snails go crazy with the temporary slightly higher salinity.
Has anyone ever tried to soak a vermetid snail infested rock in a very high salinity solution? What limits of salinity can beneficial bacteria tolerate? I assume more for a short time than a snail?
I never expect to get rid of the vermetid snails but the population is so far out of hand that I can't afford enough supper glue and scraping for a few hours a day gets no where because the back and bottom of the rocks are far worse than what you can see. I also have only and always will target feed my fish and corals, so limiting food has always been done since day one.
I recall when I moved my tank (with no causalities) I added some salt directly to the tank which made the sand sifting snails go crazy with the temporary slightly higher salinity.
Has anyone ever tried to soak a vermetid snail infested rock in a very high salinity solution? What limits of salinity can beneficial bacteria tolerate? I assume more for a short time than a snail?
