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03-05-2006, 06:32 PM posted to rec.ponds

wrote:

your pond is not natural. snails are intermediate host for diseases of
fish. if you arent going to have goldfish or koi, then there isnt a
problem. large snails, when they die and rot, are gaggingly putrid stinky.

Only if they have massive enough shells to deter the fish - otherwise they
get eaten anyway (of course, still exposing the fish to potential disease).
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derek