Wednesday, November 01, 2006

Water Snails


Why are snails such pests...? They're so cute and so pretty-looking. I was so happy that my little water pond had little tiny black snails. About a month ago I found a clear mucusy thing on a floating twig in the water. I immediately thought that it could be snail eggs but I wasn't sure, having never seen snails eggs before. But I was right. Turns out having snails in your pond isn't such a great thing after all, according to some sites. But, then, why do water gardening companies, like Lilypons Water Gardens, suggest stocking your pond with water snails for use as a natural cleaning method?

EDIT 11/13/06: The snails eggs hatched sometime last week. Since them I found about a dozen more of these in my small container pond.

Labels: ponds, snails, water-dwelling animals

Posted by Krystal :: 5:54 PM ::