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Snails and plants
I purchased an Apple Snail ($4.99). Put him or her in my 3' deep pond.
Within 20 minutes he was at the top munching on these floating lettuce like plants I have. I knocked him down twice. Happily I found him on the bottom this morning munching on the bottom gunk. Are these guys a danger for plants? |
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Yeah, they like the green leafy leaves of the pond plants as well as the
algae - a good place for info & reference is www.applesnail.net Gale :~) I purchased an Apple Snail ($4.99). Put him or her in my 3' deep pond. Within 20 minutes he was at the top munching on these floating lettuce like plants I have. I knocked him down twice. Happily I found him on the bottom this morning munching on the bottom gunk. Are these guys a danger for plants? |
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On Mon, 08 Sep 2003 13:03:57 GMT, "Barry"
wrote: I purchased an Apple Snail ($4.99). Put him or her in my 3' deep pond. Within 20 minutes he was at the top munching on these floating lettuce like plants I have. I knocked him down twice. Happily I found him on the bottom this morning munching on the bottom gunk. Are these guys a danger for plants? Yeah, there were some at the local pond store. I asked "Dont those things eat the plants?" and the lady replied, "If they did, we wouldn't sell them" I didn't believe her. Green Mama's Davis Blvd. NRH, Texas |
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When I purchased mine three years ago I was told they would not winter
in NJ. They are still alive ( a few fell victim to raccoons, but that's another story) and as large as an apple. As long as there is enough algae to feed on they don't bother the plants much. Of course this year I really got my algae under control so I sacrifice some watercress to save my lilies. If you have no algae try feeding lettuce or they love orange slices ......... if they can get it away from the koi. You do know they are frowned upon in some southern states. Check out this link. http://doacs.state.fl.us/~pi/plantin...nailMainx.html http://community.webshots.com/user/hankpage1 "Barry" wrote in message ink.net... I purchased an Apple Snail ($4.99). Put him or her in my 3' deep pond. Within 20 minutes he was at the top munching on these floating lettuce like plants I have. I knocked him down twice. Happily I found him on the bottom this morning munching on the bottom gunk. Are these guys a danger for plants? |
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