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Well I decided to clean out the debris in our little pond bottom (leaves
etc) and when I picked up our clam it had nothing inside and chunks taken out of it's shell. Did it die a natural death or did one of our local creatures help it along. Also as far as we can tell we are missing 2 of the 5 pond snails. Lisa |
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Hi Lisa, I think the clam died, could be old clam age, lack of food, water too warm, and then was eaten by the critters whose job it is to clean up the deceased - fish, snails, zoo plankton. The snails would munch on the shell for the minerals. As for the missing snails, fish will eat them if they can fit them in their mouths, birds if they can get at them and turtles. The snails also could have gone on walk about. I had a japanese trapdoor that made it all the way into the compost area. Some aquatic snails have to come to the surface to breath and get 'lost' as it were and don't make it back to the water. k30a |
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Hi Lisa,
Unfortunately, it may forever remain a mystery. Perhaps the clam did not have enough to eat in your pond. You didn't mention the type of snails, but since you don't see the shells, perhaps a predator got them.....or they wandered out of the pond. So what is your pond like? I keep small ponds too. Terry www.pondsimple.com http://go-fishnet.com |
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