How to control serpulids

[chrisstankevitz]

How do I control serpulids? I have lots. Even more come out when I add calcium via purple-up. They cover my snails and rocks. I have no other pests.

Thank you,

Chris

 

[Waxxiemann]

Hey Chris,

How long have you been running your tank? I had this problem a long time ago as well and I had TONS of them. They eventually died off and I could just scrape them off and they wouldn't come back.

They will eventually die off, I wouldn't worry too much about it.

HTH,
Waxx

 

[chrisstankevitz]

Waxx,

Thanks for the reply. I can easily scrape them off the back wall, but it's not so easy to scrape them off the rock. My tank is 8 months old (24 gallon) and otherwise is beautiful. I don't think they're a problem either, just a bit of an eyesore. Especially on the bumblebee snails, serpulids seem to love those guys.

Chris