Adding Snail to my pond

[Auren]

I would like to add some snails to my pond, yet I dont know much about snails. I read the the most recomended snail are the apple snails because they dont reproduce like crazy. I know that many stores sell the ramhorns snails, which I know nothing about.

What snails would you recommend, my temp is 26 degree celcius (78 f or so), its 300gallons and its made of concrete. Almost no real plants since some fish eat them.

[Gambusia]

I had a ton of small snails of some type breed in my patio pond. They came in on plants or in the water I dumped in there. Not really a pest as they just grazed on the algae but did little to stop it's growth.

I live in the Appalachian Mountains of the US.

I did have some big snails three years ago, one of which is still alive in an indoor aquarium.

They did not reproduce and seem long lived.

This looks like a big apple type snail.

It was and still is also too big for the goldfish to eat.

[aquariumfishguy]

Believe it or not, most Goldfish do not eat snails. In fact, they pretty much ignore most (if not all) snails.

However, there are certain snails better than others. To look at just about every snail specie profile there is, go to:

Snail Species List (profiles) (http://www.fishpondinfo.com/snail2.htm#pond)

[brianfl]

Apple snails would be good. Pond snails multiply like crazy and they can have a detrimental effect on filters and pumps if you have them and don't check the filters and pumps often. In your location, I would think almost any snail would do well.

[jacblades]

Originally posted by aquariumfishguy
Believe it or not, most Goldfish do not eat snails. In fact, they pretty much ignore most (if not all) snails.


tell that to my big oranda. every snail i put in there is gone within a day. maybe i will just have to get a giant baseball sized snail! :sad

[Auren]

Thank you all for the information!!!! aquariumfishguy; thanks for the link, the info is great, so ill be checking it more thoroughly to see what snails I should add.

[aquariumfishguy]

Glad to help ;)