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Re: [APD] On the subject of snails....
Rory O'Brien wrote:
> Once introduced, will they just run rampant or can they be controlled at
> reasonable numbers?
Depends if they are hermaphroditic or not.
> (Although my water is very soft and if I were to stop
> adding calcium, I suspect all snails would eventually dissappear
> anyway...)
True.
> So I guess I'm asking, how many folks deliberately introduced snails and
> have regretted it ever since ;-)
Only some.
I've got Golden Apple snails (Pomacea bridgesii), Giant Apple Snail (Pomacea
maculata), Nerites and Malaysian Trumpet Snails (Melanoides tuberculata).
Won't be without them.
http://www.aqualandpetsplus.com/Bug,%20Snails,%20Malaysian%20Trumpet.htm
Only the Ramshorns and pond snails eat my plants.
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Stuart Halliday
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