Pond snails eating oxygenators
We've got a load of the 'wrong' type (eg not Ramshorn) water snail in
our pond (eggs arrived on plants, no doubt)& they have completely stripped all the oxygenators & are starting on the water soldiers, water lettuce etc. Anyone have any ideas how we ccan at least discourage/reduce the population? We've tried the cabbage stalk/lettuce stalk trick to no avail. FYI, the pond is aroubnd 9 feet in diameter, 2 feet deep & we have 2 goldfish (around 4 - 5 inches long), upwards of 20 frogs and umpteen common & a few crested newts in residence. |
wrote in message oups.com... We've got a load of the 'wrong' type (eg not Ramshorn) water snail in our pond (eggs arrived on plants, no doubt)& they have completely stripped all the oxygenators & are starting on the water soldiers, water lettuce etc. Anyone have any ideas how we ccan at least discourage/reduce the population? We've tried the cabbage stalk/lettuce stalk trick to no avail. FYI, the pond is aroubnd 9 feet in diameter, 2 feet deep & we have 2 goldfish (around 4 - 5 inches long), upwards of 20 frogs and umpteen common & a few crested newts in residence. ================== Why not ask this on rec.ponds as someone there may have some suggestions. -- McKoi.... the frugal ponder... EVERYONE: "Please check people's headers for forgeries before flushing." NAMES ARE BEING FORGED. My Pond Page http://tinyurl.com/cuq5b ~~~ }((((o ~~~ }{{{{o ~~~ }(((((o |
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