Limpets, Vermetids Snails... Oh My!

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  1. carpenter

    carpenter Feather Duster

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    Indo Pacific Snails

    1) Vermetid Snails. About 1/4 way down the page is a perfect picture of this animal, far better than I can take. This is exactly what I have in my tank. I can say the the vermetid snails are a pest. Is there anything that eats them? Is there anything I can/should do?

    2) Limpits. Just below the vermetid snails are the limpits. I only recently noticed them in the back of my tank at the top of the sand against the glass. I have the same questions, what do I do and does anything eat them?
     
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  2. Av8Bluewater

    Av8Bluewater Giant Squid

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    I have vermetids. Manual removal and try to deprive them of food.. Try not to add phyto and coral food. I scrape them off regularly with a knife. Try to crush the bottom part. I bought a copperband hoping it would eat vermetids but it didn't live. So I'm still battling them.
    Limpets are fine.. I actually bought some limpets once but none lived.
     
    Av8Bluewater, Oct 13, 2009
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