[dubmaneh]

Originally Posted by pisanoal

If you are referring to the in tank treatment methods thread i started, I dont believe we are going to find anything that is reef safe for absolute elimination.

That is the thread I'm referring to. It's a great read.

Originally Posted by pisanoal

As far as the harmfulness of the snails themselves, I believe that if you have enough water velocity, then you should not have a v snail problem where your sps are. Someone on that other thread alluded to this and I have seen similar results in my tank.

From what I have seen I would have to agree. The only spot in my tank I don't have any v snails is directly in front of one powerhead. I could ramp up my pumps but would have to get rid of what little sand I have left. Would also have to get rid of my last LPS pieces as they definitely do not appreciate the higher flow.

Originally Posted by pisanoal

If i were to do it over again, i would for sure try hard to keep them out, but now that i have them, I'm not going to risk my tank by adding something unless its 100% fleshed out as being safe.

All of that to say if you plan on trying coral snow, which I actually am planning on as well for its water clarifying properties, there is a DIY version that is pennies on the dollar. It probably doesnt have all the same stuff, but same main ingredient which is likely the one we are after anyways.

If you look up DIY coral snow, you should find the thread on another forum. Basically buy food grade calcium carbonate powder and mix with rodi.

I was at the point of a complete teardown and rebuild (v snail infestation and iodine deficiency) but now that I'm actually seeing some results in my tank I think I will try less drastic approaches to tackling the v snail problem. Coral snow (have a little of the blue bottle left but will definitely try the DIY formula), increased flow and slowly replacing badly infested rock with new, dry rock that has been curing in my sump. Perhaps I'll save that for your thread though.

Originally Posted by pisanoal

Also, great to see the iodine dosing appears to be working. Nice to see threads like this with success, and potentially answer some "mystery" stn events.

Thanks. I wanted to share my results in hopes that it could help a fellow reefer avoid the headaches that I went through. Because it was such a grey area when I looked into it (can't tell you how many people told me I had to be doing something else different) I was very careful to only change the iodine dosing. Not exactly super scientific but good enough for me.