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Vermatids
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Well it seems best is to remove the rock....ugh
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They shoot out webs which pisses off corals and ends up damaging them in the long run. And they spread like cockroaches
deepblue68
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Tell me about it I have them and bumble bee snails have help but not completely.
Bumble bees work but it takes time.
Take out the rock. Sit at a window (it's sunny today and is perfect for doing this) Look the rock over. With a knife, scrape at the base of the vert and remove completely. They live at the base. Go to Petco and get 4 Bumblebees if this is the only rock with vert on it.
Take out the rock. Sit at a window (it's sunny today and is perfect for doing this) Look the rock over. With a knife, scrape at the base of the vert and remove completely. They live at the base. Go to Petco and get 4 Bumblebees if this is the only rock with vert on it.
Hockeynut
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Thanks it’s strange how after reefing for many years I’ve never had any. Thus the lack of knowledge. Good luck
Hockeynut
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Thanks never had them
DangerDave
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I have the small ones (like every mature reef I’ve ever seen) have them. They occasionally get in a position that annoy a coral and I will scrape or crush them.
The big ones are a whole different story.
The big ones are a whole different story.
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You may have had them but seems to be two versions. Some are little, like the thickness of Sea urchin needles, the others.muxh thicker. Both pit out a mucus thread like netting when food or suspended material is in the water column. This mucus is what causes he coral irritation.
I personally had both. I did a massive manual removal as Diana suggested. Rock by rock, put on the window and used an old wood chisel with a sharp blade.
Just pop or scrape the entire shell off. I did this to all the rocks. Then. I watched the tank later that day after turning my return pump off and feeding reef roofs. Found 3 or 4 more big ones. Got those....
Bumble bees will be my next step to keep in check. Couldn't get them before because I my coral banded shrimp would have made quick work of em I am sure.
He has since passed of old age. 3 years+. He was huge!
Sadly, like asterina, if you ha e one stuck in a crevice, on an overflow box, powerhead cage, etc. They will come back. But this major manual removal is protecting the corals. If I see any mucus I will remove at that point.
Good Luck.
Hard to quarantine for them, because.thwy could be ever so tiny and easily missed when new.
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If you pull the rock and it a nice rock, don’t throw it out. If you 100% to rid it from the rock then just do a bleach/water bath to kill everything on the rock.
If you pull the rock and it a nice rock, don’t throw it out. If you 100% to rid it from the rock then just do a bleach/water bath to kill everything on the rock.
Salted
NJRC Member
So they move at a snails' pace?
Luckily that is a cabbage coral, soft tissue and I should be able to remove it easily.
ole farny
NJRC Member
ugh, get rid of the rock. and i hope i'm wrong, but if you have that many on one rock, i'd bet you have them elsewhere too.
i left them on check in a softie tank for a year or more. now i can't get rid of them. about 6 or 8 months ago i removed every rock i could and scraped everyone off i could find and they're all over again already. i've just begun to plan an upgrade and these things are a huge part of the reason for that.
good luck.
I pulled that rock and found a few more. I saved the coral and am soaking the rock in water with vinegar. It was bigger than I remember and will posting it for trade/sale. I will rinse and measure it in a few days. I was able move the left side boat and rock back some. Have mire real estate in front now. The power head is clear and more flow.
