Thanks for the great replies. I wish i would have known about PB before I started construction on my pond in '05 as I have spent almost as much trying to fix the terrible construction and trying to adjust populations.

There is no doubt that snails will be there when the pond refills. They simply multiplied like flys and it will be impossible to eradicate them entirely as we rework the bottom. But thanks to this forum i will add some RES and hopefully they can keep the numbers down. i have never seen drum offered around here and am not sure if they can live in northern VA.

Thanks again for the replies.



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