wanting to put some ramshorn snails in my outside pond of 900 gallons,but havent a clue how many i require,can anyone assist please ??
thanks
peter
2006-07-02 02:22:15 · 9 answers · asked by zak r 1 in Pets ➔ Fish
One will be quite enough! They breed like crazy - in no time you will have as many as needed.
I would have thought that your local garden centre would either sell them or let you have them for free. A handful will be quite enough and their population will increase according to the amount of food available.
2006-07-02 02:28:27 · answer #1 · answered by Owlwings 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get at least two or three. I have an outside pond and we got 16 snails (sorta ALOT!) and they reproduced and how we have lotz of baby snails! And it is really helping the alge and keeping the pond clean! But you might want to get a plant(that you put in the pond like cactails) or a fountain the help but more oxygen into the pond so you fish nor the snails use it all up because if there are too many animals some may die because of lack of oxygen. There are also things you can buy at your local pet store that can put oxygen into the pond. Those are proablly the most effective. good luck!
2006-07-02 02:40:43 · answer #2 · answered by Marie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Snails are asexual. If you really want snails, you would only have to purchase one and wait. Soon, you will have enough and then there will be too many, and then, if that is not enough, you will be cursing the day you bought your first snail and then looking into a fish to solve your algae problems.
Good luck!
2006-07-02 02:33:30 · answer #3 · answered by bugaroo71 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to www.snailshop.co.uk - one snail per 2.5 gallons.
So that's 360 in all. (that sounds like an awful lot of snails!)
2006-07-02 02:36:46 · answer #4 · answered by Rust Bunny 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One snail will be plenty as they are hermafrodites and breed by themselves. I have hundreds in my pond and started off with one.
2006-07-02 07:49:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
at least 2 as they breed well. look for small clumps of jelly the size of a 5p coin attached to the underside of lilly leaves,there eggs.
2006-07-02 10:38:44 · answer #6 · answered by nikgy71 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmm, for an entreé I would recommend six. Any more and you won't have room for your sea-snake main.
2006-07-06 13:52:29 · answer #7 · answered by Richard C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We started with four, now we are overun with the dam things.
2006-07-02 02:45:13 · answer #8 · answered by intel_inside44 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They breed very quick so i do not think you will need a lot
2006-07-05 06:28:35 · answer #9 · answered by Ollie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋