World Record for Vermetid Snails Breeding in Reef Tank

[SahnCH]

Dear all,

I believe I am the unfortunate World Record Holder for Vermetid Snails Breeding in Reef Tank.
I can either buy 25 kg of glue or... reset.

 

[Dread Pirate Dave]

Lots and lots of bumblebee snails perhaps?

 

[SahnCH]

I was thinking to :
- 1 - remove all rocks
- 2 - brush them all with an iron brush and remove all these evils stuff.
- 3 - keep it in fresh water 2 weeks
- 4 - freeze them 1 week at -20C

Then I guess I will have removed them ?

 

[JoJosReef]

Would a valentini puffer or something like that go after them?

 

[Dread Pirate Dave]

I haven't looked into any specific physical removal methods but your outline looks good to me!

 

[Xanthurum]

They will be in the plumbing and pumps as well so you’d have to let the rock dry out along with everything else.

 

[dakoop]

Melt the rocks in a volcano then reshape magma into desired aquascape.

 

[get-salty]

Dear all,

I believe I am the unfortunate World Record Holder for Vermetid Snails Breeding in Reef Tank.
I can either buy 25 kg of glue or... reset.

Just RESET lol

 

[krollins]

Lots and lots of bumblebee snails perhaps?

Those bumble bee snails would become overweight.

 

[IceNein]

Nice thing about a vermetid dominated reef tank is that you don't have to worry about PAR.

 

[monfilsi]

Do you have any livestock in the tank beyond vemitids? What is your plan for these while reset the tank?

 

[SahnCH]

I do have 4 chromis & 2 clown + Trochus snails and Astrea snails which reproduced themselves in the tank, they are ~30.

I'm planning to get a Red Sea Peninsula S-700 G2+ in the coming months so I'll be able to hard reset.

My plan is to :
1 - Remove the rock 20% per week until there are no more rock in the tank until there are no more rock except for my maxspects bio-block and nano-balls in the sump.
- 2 - brush them all with an iron brush and remove all these evils stuff.
- 3 - keep it in fresh water 2 weeks
- 4 - freeze them 1 week at -20C
- 5 - once all the rock have been cleaned, re-introduce them at 20% per week and make a 90% water change. That should soft reset the current tank.
- 6 - once the new tank is cycled, move all the fish and snail in a QT tank and watch if vermetid comes back in the new QT Tank.
- 7 - Once the new tank is cycle move the fish and snail to the new tank.

Would you suggest a different approach ?

 

[JonoH]

Only thing i would watch out for when transferring snails - is vermitids also attach onto other snail shells!

 

[spsick]

Those are rookie numbers!

 

[littlehermit0]

Those are vermetid snails? I have decoration beach rocks that also have spikes like that

As a person loving any hitchhiker, I'd keep the rock to be honest

 

[dkline]

Lots and lots of bumblebee snails perhaps?

I had a fair amount of them as well and bumblebee snails did the trick. Buy a bunch and let them do their thing in the tank. The shells won’t go away but they kill all the live ones so the infestation stops. You may also get them in filters and things so there you’ll have to scrape them off yourself.

 

[Koty]

IME W/O any intervention, they eventually disappear. I had the same issue and they are gone. I think (and had indications) that my canary wrasse may have participated in eliminating them.

 

[tautog83]

Remove them ... buy yourself new rock start curing them in a bin
.rehome your 3 fish and snails take your time coming up with a solid plan for the new tank..it just seems like a lot of work if youre getting a new tank

 

[Reef Puncher]

I do have 4 chromis & 2 clown + Trochus snails and Astrea snails which reproduced themselves in the tank, they are ~30.

I'm planning to get a Red Sea Peninsula S-700 G2+ in the coming months so I'll be able to hard reset.

My plan is to :
1 - Remove the rock 20% per week until there are no more rock in the tank until there are no more rock except for my maxspects bio-block and nano-balls in the sump.
- 2 - brush them all with an iron brush and remove all these evils stuff.
- 3 - keep it in fresh water 2 weeks
- 4 - freeze them 1 week at -20C
- 5 - once all the rock have been cleaned, re-introduce them at 20% per week and make a 90% water change. That should soft reset the current tank.
- 6 - once the new tank is cycled, move all the fish and snail in a QT tank and watch if vermetid comes back in the new QT Tank.
- 7 - Once the new tank is cycle move the fish and snail to the new tank.

Would you suggest a different approach ?

or....just buy new wet live rock from a LFS or even dead dry rock, throw some dr fritz bacteria in, and let them cycle while you wait on the new tank.

 

[spsick]

I just upgraded tanks and as usual every inch of rock surface is covered with them after 3 years. I just scrape them all off with like a toothbrush handle and let them start their Roman Empire again from the ashes.