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Old 13-08-2008, 08:15 AM
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Re: ponds and snails

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Originally Posted by m1.carson View Post
Hi,

Snails love floating fish food, flake is good but doesn't float too long, small fish food pellets, [ they sell them in the pound or 99p shops] they'll gallop from all over for.

We've had greater pond snails and ramshorn in our pond, [20 yrs established] but they don't last long with shells so thin you can't pick them up, any ideas anyone ?.

Max.

I read somewhere on the internet that you can buy a ' snail conditioner ' , which contains calcium and various other minerals and is reputed to help strengthen their shells. I cannot remember the site name, but I guess if you do a search you will find it. Sorry, cannot be of more help as a complete novice when it comes to pond keeping - we have only had ours for 3 months.
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