Using Coral Snow to control Vermetid Snail - Here's the results

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In this video, I used Coral Snow to try and control my pesty vermetid snails. The one benefit results I did get is a clear glass like see through tank. Let me know your thoughts if you've tried out this product.
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[@simonlockley-evans3925]

First, just used food grade calcium carbonate in R/O its a lot cheaper, dose once a week the average time is 6-8 weeks. Ive killed vermatids in many tanks like this. It takes a while. 1 week is no where near long enough. The longest ever i needed to dose was 12 weeks.

[@ModernReefer]

Interesting and thanks for sharing.

[@EmmanuelLopez-ij7sf]

What worked for me was the combination of: 1)Stop broadcast feeding, feed only minimum pellets that the fish will consume. 2) DIY Corol Snow every day 3) Bumble Bee Snails. After a few weeks I didn't seem to have any more. If its not bad for the tank maybe do Coral Snow twice a day. The idea is to waste all the vermitid's calories consuming Coral Snow so they have no energy to reproduce while they starve or get eaten by the BB snails.

[@thefamilyportraitcompany]

I think you need to give it longer before judging. I've been dosing a diy snow and after 3-4 weeks I definatly notice less of the feeding lines from the snails. As someone else suggested you could also add bumblebee snails, I would but my clown wrasse would think he was being treated😂

[@ModernReefer]

I'm going to get a 500ml bottle to try for a month to see if it'll help.

[@frgggggdsedd6913]

Could it be DIY coral snow and coral snow he has which is branded is not the samething

[@mabdulmajeed1]

@@ModernReefer Please do an update video on this. Thanks.

[@ModernReefer]

@@mabdulmajeed1 That is one of the things I need to try again and do it for a month long to see if the results are better. The last time around, I did it for a week and then stopped because I ran out of the coral snow. I'm told I should do it for a month at least. I'll get some ordered and try again soon.

[@sunnygoold9449]

It's only a week... I was doing it and I def think it helped with them. But other benefits too (although I did a DIY with a little bacteria and carbon)... I think it's probably great nutrition for the corals but also water clarity... anyhow I run ozone so that's not really an issue

[@ModernReefer]

Coral Snow is pretty expensive. I'm curious, how long did you dose before seeing results?

[@sunnygoold9449]

@@ModernReefer regarding Vermitids I think I used it for 3 months and they were mostly gone. But my population had already dropped and I just bought the Calcium Carbonate (I think that is what it is) from a chemical manufacuturer (along with some other chemicals). IMO there's no real difference if you are trying to get rid of the Vermitids and I am not sure if KZ add anything else. I've become a very lazy reefer lately but if I wasn't DIYing the carbonate, adding some bacteria and food (I added Aminos and I think TM Bactobalance) is the way to go with a caveat... I've used some bacteria and some aminos in the past where I suspect they caused negative impacts on my corals. Having them bound up in the snow I think means they either get captured by the corals OR removed by the skimmer / become inert. This is why TMs Coral Snow thing is different and what I think they are trying to achieve - feeding the corals - as it didn't clarify the water when I was using. I still have it but MUCH prefer the DIY method as per Reefsite dot com's method. Also, Vermitids were not on my list as to reasons why I did it but I would definitely recommend doing it if they are a problem which mine used to be... I actually wonder what caused my population to drop... possibly using less coral foods and / or ozone... and saying that I'd add my foods into the snow in the future. Happy reefing! :)

[@frgggggdsedd6913]

Could it be DIY coral snow and this KZ coral snow isnt the same

[@ModernReefer]

hum.... not sure. Maybe?

[@KillerKev1961]

I used 25 bumblebee snails in my 100g. After a month, they were gone. Coral snow works but it takes a couple of months.to starve the vermetids. Bear in mind with coral snow, you are feeding them mostly calcium that has no nutritional value so in essence you are starving them-and thats a slow process.

[@ModernReefer]

Thanks for sharing the info. I have over 40 bumblebee and they don't go after the large vermetid snails. If I broke the vermetid shell, then they do their work but I just don't have the time to crack all the shells unfortunately.

[@STEVE-gf5xg]

Bumble bees snails definetely cut their pop down

[@ModernReefer]

I put in over 100 bubble bee snails from reefcleaners to date and it did not put a dent in the population.

[@stxe34]

somebody really needs to experiment on what effects them, ie temp, salinity, prey, chemicals etc. they spoil the hobby imo

[@ModernReefer]

I totally agree. I hate these burgers.