This may be a stupid question but I am interseted in opinions. When I first stocked my new 2 ac. pond Sept '05 I put 200 snails that i purchased from a hatchery in it. Sometime after that I added about 50 more from a local pond. When I drained the pond last month to repair a leak there were literally thousands of snails crawling to stay in the water. It was amazing how many there were.

Can you have too many snails? If so what is the consequence? What eats the mature snails in deep water? When I restock should I go with another 200 to start?

I had a problem getting an algae bloom before even with aggressive fertilization and never got water clarity below 4'. I also had an unwanted BB population.

Thanks in advance for any replies.


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