Vermetid snails

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DESNJ

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Just noticed what I think are a few vermetid snails in my new reef tank (brownish blobs on the live rock with a pale brown tube extending about 2-4 mm or so). I see about 4 or 5 of them and am inclined to leave them alone but am concerned that they may take over if I don't attempt to get rid of them now. Advice greatly appreciated.
 
I have not been able to get rid of them in my tank. Every time I crush them they just come back and usually have another one growing close to it.
 
Thanks for response - that doesn't sound too good. Maybe I should attempt to get rid of them while there's only a few of them ? Are they a real problem ?
 
I also have these in my nano tank. They were covered in a peice of LR I got. At first I was worried about them, but it's been about 2 months and I rarely see the strings come out anymore. They have also no spread to any other rocks in the tank.

I don't feed much and I have low nutrients. I have noticed them slightly bother my zoas trying to filter feed, but that is about it. My plan was to place zoas all over this rock as it was kinda flat to hide the snails.

As far as I can tell the zoas are doing great and the snails seem to be less and less. Could be my CUC eating them, or dying from lack of food.
 
I'd get rid of them. They accumulate a lot of particulate matter in their webs and can irritate corals.Thye can get to point where control is difficult.
 
tmz said:
I'd get rid of them. They accumulate a lot of particulate matter in their webs and can irritate corals.Thye can get to point where control is difficult.
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biggest nuisance in my 450g! really wish i had tried to get control of these early on. too late now!

i have one particular coral that just can't catch a break from them...
 
I agree that the can bother coral. I have a montipora that won't grow in a certain spot. It seems to grow around the vermitid web.


I have heard that super glue on the too of the tube can kill them. Id imagine that could be a pain once they get to the hundreds.

I have also heard that nutrient control helps control the population of them and they will self regulate after nutrients are under control.
 
Never tried super glue; could work but crunchingthem off is pretty easy in the tank.Nutireint reduction helps a lot of things. These guys once established set up webs fulll of dissolving particluate matter for breakfast lunch and dinner though.
 
Crushing them at the base: not just the tube and picking out the pieces that detach with a tweezer does eliminate them for me. Most of the time you'll get the shell to detach with a pinch near wher it's attached to the galls .substate,, rock or coral. You'll know if you have the animal in the shell or shell fragment by the way it smells. Very strong odor so have some water on hand to drop them in as you remove them.
 
So the new growth I see after crushing is from the tube falling and then growing new off that piece?

Looks like I need to grab some tweezers tomorrow
 
There is a worm like snail inside the tube , you have to get it out of the tank. It retreats into the tube and base structure of the shell.
 
Superglue gel kills them by closing off the opening for them to get oxygen and food best I can tell from reading. I have done the few I had and so far so good... now if I could just get rid of my astrena starfish....
 
criticalencore said:
Superglue gel kills them by closing off the opening for them to get oxygen and food best I can tell from reading. I have done the few I had and so far so good... now if I could just get rid of my astrena starfish....
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My harlequin shrimp are slowly knocking out my asterna problem.
 
how do you do that with a 210g? even though mine is 2x the size, even with a 210g it would seem impossible to pull rocks from the bottom that the snails appear.

i guess this is where the coral mounting putty comes in to play?
 
My tank is only 24" tall so I can reach if I stand on a chair.

And yes coral putty or glue I just reach in with it and block there hole.
 
You apply the glue under water? Guess I never considered that. I was thinking having to pull the rock out.
 
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