POND SNAILS
 
Trapdoor Snails Help to Naturally Keep Your Pond Clean
The trapdoor pond snail is a great asset to any pond. This clearly explains why they are the most purchased species of snail used by pond owners, and hobbiest nation-wide. These snails are blackish brown in color and reach a max size of about 2" inches in diameter. We start shipping them out to customers when they reach about 1"inch long. All of our snails are raised in large aquariums under perfect conditions. Trapdoor snails are tough little guys and can adapt very well to most U.S. climate zones. Infact they are one of the few varieties that can survive the harsh winter in cold northern climates.
This pond snail is fantastic at keeping algae under control as this is their main diet. It's amazing what proper pond maintenance and fifty trapdoor snails can do for water quality in a pond. These snails basicly crawl over your pond's bottom and sides consuming algae, fish waste, and other tiny microscopic organisms that contribute to algae growth. These snails will not eat your aquatic plants like other varieties of snails. infact they help your aquatic plants by keeping algae from coating your plants leaves. As you can see these snails are the perfect addition to your pond & water garden.
How Many Snails Should I Purchase? The amount of snails you will need depends on the size of your pond. The minimum amount we recommend is 25 this is the perfect number for ponds with a surface area of 6 x 6 to 8 x 11 larger pond's 11 x 11 to 11 x 16 would need around 50 snails to have a positive effect on algae growth. Larger ponds up to 16 x 16 should use 75 snails.
How Do Trapdoor Snails Eat? Trapdoor snails have a rough tongue called a radula. These tongues are very course and have small rows of teeth designed for scraping algae and other vegetation off anything they crawl across. This radula grinds food almost like a fine cheese grader making digestion very easy.
How Do Trapdoor Snails Move? All snails move by contracting muscles in a flat foot underneth their shells. These strong little muscles create a rippling movement that pushes them along on any given path.
How Do Trapdoor Snails Breath? They breath through gills like fish do. These gills extract oxygen from your water garden allowing these snails to thrive totaly under water.
What to Do When I Receive My New Snails. Simply release them into your pond once you receive them in the mail. Your new snails will be motion-less for several hours as they get use to their new home. This is normal as they are not very happy from the shock of shipping. After about a day they will spread out in your pond and start to feed.
Snail Warranty Information. We cannot say that each and every snail will arrive alive and un-damaged do to shipping conditions that is out of our control. If you receive a snail order that just does not look right take a digital picture of your snails and e-mail us the picture so we can verify your claim. Once verified we will send you out a new order right away.
Pond Snail Packages Ship Fed-Ex Ground
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