So, if you're like me, you've dealt with the heartbreak of vermetid snails, or as I like to call them, "those snot snails from Hell". If you're also like me you've dealt with tons of different ways to try to get rid of them: predators (hoping they actually eat them), plucking them off (when they're under rockwork or corals it's easier said than done), supergluing the end of their tubes (again, when under corals or rock it's pretty hard to do). I was absolutely pulling my hair out (what little I have left) in frustration. And then it happened. I found the cure for vermetid snails.My cure:http://s2.quickmeme.com/img/f1/f19cda1fbbf7b65182fb4761e2eb845fd9dbf59d4dfc7466a148ba6d1aa164ab.jpgYou see, Marc (Melev) Levenson was nice enough to let me borrow his laser to take care of some aiptasia in my tank before my tank got overrun with it like his (ironically enough) anemone cube. Well, while blasting some nuisance anemones I saw one of the vermetid snot nets hanging in the water flow and went "AARGH you little bastard, why won't you just die?!" and hit it with the laser. And it died. Wait, what? That worked? YES, it WORKED. So then I tried it with another, and another, and another, and ALL died. Quickly, easily, no muss, no fuss. It was awesome."But wait, A.J.," I hear you saying, "don't they live in shells? How do you get to the soft tissue of the snail itself to kill it?" Easy, I reply, we nuke them with our FRICKIN' LASER BEAMS THROUGH THEIR SHELLS. Yup, the laser, if focused properly, not only cooks them inside the shell it even lights up the shell like a lamp so you can see them shriveling up and dying and/or see which shells are empty. Not only that, but they make immensely satisfying snap, crackle, and pop noises while they die their well-deserved deaths.Hope this helps others with the same problems, as always, your mileage may vary, be sure to wear proper eye protection at all times, don't stare directly into the laser, not responsible for any laser-related fires, try not to blind your fish, offer not valid in CA, NY, and the Virgin Islands, cannot be combined with other offers, limited time offer.
