Vermetid Snails and Bumblebee Snails (1 Viewer)

Cody · Feb 14, 2020

Have yall ever heard of bumblebee snails eating vermetid snails? I recently heard about this and was curious what yalls opinion was? Did they eat the vermetid? Thanks.

Tstew32 · Feb 15, 2020

Read this also. Following

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sneezebeetle · Feb 15, 2020

I have a bunch of bumblebee snails and have never witnessed this....my vermatids can confirm [emoji849]

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Cody · Feb 15, 2020

sneezebeetle said:
I have a bunch of bumblebee snails and have never witnessed this....my vermatids can confirm [emoji849]

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About how much is a bunch? Sure they're bumblebees?

sneezebeetle · Feb 15, 2020

Yes, they are bumblebee snails. They are my favorite and i love their shells (so much more interesting than other snail shells, and they're small so they don't disturb frags like larger snails do). I buy whenever Dennis has them in stock and Im in the area.

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Cody · Feb 15, 2020

Yeah I can always use more snails. I'll give them a try.

Reefahholic · Feb 16, 2020

sneezebeetle said:
Yes, they are bumblebee snails. They are my favorite and i love their shells (so much more interesting than other snail shells, and they're small so they don't disturb frags like larger snails do). I buy whenever Dennis has them in stock and Im in the area.

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Do they eat Vermetid enough to make a dent in them? The information and videos I’ve watched are mixed.

sneezebeetle · Feb 16, 2020

Reefahholic said:
Do they eat Vermetid enough to make a dent in them? The information and videos I’ve watched are mixed.

Not that I've noticed.

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Reefahholic · Feb 16, 2020

sneezebeetle said:
Not that I've noticed.

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Yeah, kinda what I’ve heard. I can’t find many videos where they’re actually eating them. Emerald crabs definitely scrap them off the rocks no doubt, but they went after my corals.

I have a thread over at R2R about them and probably one of the best two answers I’ve heard is that coral snow will help eradicate them. Several people have reported this and I’ve been meaning to pick up a bottle. The other thing I’ve noticed a lot of people say is that they just went away on their own. Several people reported that one day they were just gone. I’m not sure if this has something to do with tank maturity or a particular product or supplement that people get lucky using and it eradicates them.

Reefahholic · Feb 16, 2020

Here’s some hope:

osenberglab.ecology.uga.edu/brown-meps2019-2/

Death and life: Muricid snails consume the vermetid gastropod, Dendropoma maximum, and use empty shells for reproduction - Coral Reefs

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Here’s the thread:

Vermetid Snails- The undefeatable pest

If you've been in this hobby long enough...you often hear reefers boast about how they defeated a particular pest with a natural predator. However, Vermetid snails seem to be the exception. The really don't have many natural predators. I've had them in a few of my systems over the years and...

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Death and life: Muricid snails consume the vermetid gastropod, Dendropoma maximum, and use empty shells for reproduction - Coral Reefs

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