Topic: Snails!!

[Bel]

I have a small pond that I made last year...I brought plants from a friends fish pond and there were snails on them...the problem is they seem to have been breeding like crazy and they are everywhere you look!!!...can you have too many? and what do I do about it?....anybody got any suggestions??

Bel

[Margaret]

Hi Bel.Is it a nature pond or does it have fish in it? The former will be fine,as they will be kept in check by other water creatures,some of which,if carniverous, will eat the snails.However if you have them in a fish pond they can be hosts to parasites that can affect the health of fish and they are not a good idea if in large numbers.

If that is the case i recommend you remove as many as you can,though you will never get rid of them,and put them into a nature pond in the wild,or give them to someone who has a natural pond, as in reasonable  numbers they are beneficial .