Re: snails

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• Subject: Re: snails
• From: jemille at cello_gina.calstate.edu (Jeffrey Miller)
• Date: Wed, 13 Sep 1995 09:02:32 -0700

Greetings
In regards to snails, I have found two possible events to slow down the
pond snails that can run rampant in a tank or pond.
One is to introduce another snail, the ramshorn.  My VERY limited
experience in aquariums, I grow my plants in 5 gallon buckets and kiddie
pools, my ramshorns have kept the pond snails to a minimum, perhaps by
competing for the same food and can move faster.
The other is to introduce leeches in to your aquarium.  I have a bunch in
my buckets and they seem to keep the baby pond snails in check.

Hope this helps

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Jeffrey Miller                            Technology Facilitator
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