vermitid

[douggiestyle]

read your article. it was one of those aha moments. i was about to search out this problem. i will start from the begining.

i have a reef tank and never had a problem with the snails nor had i ever seen one in my tank. the tank crashed. a problem with a float switch. most everything survived. excepting three mythrax crabs, a royal dotty back and a six line wrasse. i got the tank functioning and suddenly i noticed these worms. i identified them as vermitid snails. i have added nothing new to the tank except a pair of clowns. the snails are now taking over the tank. all this has transpired in the past 5 months.

so was it the crabs, pseudo chromis or wrasse that was keeping these invassive pests in check?

thanks,
doug

 

[rshimek]

Hi,

It could have been the combination, or any of them. After the fact, I can't really tell.

IF I had to guess, I would say the wrasse/crab combination...

 

[douggiestyle]

that was my thought.
i replaced both last week.
i will post any results.

thanks,
doug

 

[douggiestyle]

well its not the crab wrasse combo. 1 year later and these vemitid have all but taken over the tank.

any news on how to get rid of them?

thanks,
doug