Thread: Pond snails
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Old 31-03-2006, 05:13 AM posted to rec.ponds
Stephen Henning
 
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Default Pond snails

wrote:
they eat your plants, the die and seriously foul the water.
worst, snails are the intermediate host for quite a few fish diseases.
Ingrid


I use trap door snails to keep my pond clean. They thrive on algae and
don't touch my plants and dead plant material. My fish love the nice
clean water they leave.
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