Re: Snails

["JimK" <jmk at cstone_net>]

Snails are good!  Unless you have the great big ones that gobble plants, in
which case you just reach in and remove them...Smaller snails help with
algae and consuming excess food.  The small trumpet snails burrow through
your gravel at night, like earthworms in your garden.  If you just don't
like the look of them, fish of the genus Botia (loaches) are usually good
snail eaters.  I would not advise poisoning your water.

JimK

----- Original Message -----
> Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 16:12:52 +0530
> From: "Venket" <val2k at vsnl_net>
> Subject: Snails
>
> Hello guys,
>
> I am new to this list and plants too. I hav been keeping plants for
sometime
> now and all of a sudden i hav problem with snails. One another friend of
> mine used to chemical compund and his plants are not flourishing properly.
> Please advice me about the problem.
>
> Regards
>
> Venket
>