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Old 09-04-2004, 11:34 PM
~ jan JJsPond.us
 
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Default snails air/water breathers/shipping

Yup. Thanks to KenCo.

It looks like there may soon be baby mystery (what I have learned are also called "apple")
snails.


Nah. Not the same, mystery snails are dark to black and get the size of a
ping pong ball at best. Apple snails are golden and get the size of a
baseball and they would eat anacharis like candy. One ponder (Roark, I
believe) had a tree limb weeping into his pond and found the apple snails
stripped it.

~ jan (Do you know where your water quality is?)

I may have to send LOTS of people snails if this keeps up!

They are doing a fine job of scarfing all this nasty algae! And they haven't touched the
plants. Nothing has, but my biggest koi, and he isn't eating any, just uprooting the ones
potted in pea gravel. I topped them with larger stones, and that ended his digging fun.
LOL. But no plants (even the anacharis) are being eaten. I guess that is a good thing!

DeAnna