Pond snails

Snooze wrote:
"Altum" wrote in message
et...
Sick fish - pelican or heron - infected snail - waterborne parasite.


I think you missed a step in there.

infected fish - heron - poop in water - infected snail - waterborne
parasite.

Yeah. Ewww. Another goes something like

infected fish - bird's throat - back in water while eating another
fish - infected snail - waterborne parasite - burrow into fish

Is that a weird lifecycle or what??? I'll stick to plain old sexual
reproduction, thanks. ;-)

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CanadianCowboy© wrote:
I am hearing good things about having snails in your pond.
What do you experts think ?
I am afraid that these things multiply like crazy and don't want them
getting into my vegetable garden or plants lining the pond.


Is this the first real pond post in days? I filter out all posts that
_don't_ have the word "pond" in their subject. How many am I missing?

I gave up keeping a killfile for this group long ago, the last couple of
days there have been hundreds of messages that got filtered down to zero
for not containing the word pond in their subject.

David

DavidM wrote:
CanadianCowboy© wrote:

I am hearing good things about having snails in your pond.
What do you experts think ?
I am afraid that these things multiply like crazy and don't want them
getting into my vegetable garden or plants lining the pond.



Is this the first real pond post in days? I filter out all posts that
_don't_ have the word "pond" in their subject. How many am I missing?

I gave up keeping a killfile for this group long ago, the last couple of
days there have been hundreds of messages that got filtered down to zero
for not containing the word pond in their subject.

David

There have been a lot of on-topic postings over the last few days but
most don't have the word "pond" in the subject. The background noise is
quietening down although not gone completely. Try looking at the recent
stuff (this month) and filter out the off-topic stuff...

Gill

On Fri, 31 Mar 2006 08:16:07 GMT, Altum
wrote:

Snooze wrote:
"Altum" wrote in message
et...
Sick fish - pelican or heron - infected snail - waterborne parasite.


I think you missed a step in there.

infected fish - heron - poop in water - infected snail - waterborne
parasite.

Yeah. Ewww. Another goes something like

infected fish - bird's throat - back in water while eating another
fish - infected snail - waterborne parasite - burrow into fish

Is that a weird lifecycle or what??? I'll stick to plain old sexual
reproduction, thanks. ;-)

Heeheehee. Now that's something most of us can relate to.
(picture of dirty old man snickering goes here)

-- Mister Gardener

"Gareee©" wrote:

I wrote in message
I use trap door snails to keep my pond clean. They thrive on algae and
don't touch my plants and dead plant material. My fish love the nice
clean water they leave.

Can those be purchased at pet stores?

I bought mine at a pond shop. Here in SE PA our best pond shop is a
great garden center called Black Creek Greenhouse off route 625 in
Lancaster County in the Pennsylvania Dutch area. *It is about a couple
miles north of Shady Maple (rt. 23). It is open from April 1 to July 1,
and is the best place for water plants, Koi, and snails.
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On Fri, 31 Mar 2006 12:32:19 +0100, DavidM
wrote:

Is this the first real pond post in days? I filter out all posts that
_don't_ have the word "pond" in their subject. How many am I missing?

Hey, open up your filter and join in. You've been missing a LOT of
good pond posting. The background noise is at a very low rumble right
now. Barely audible.

-- Mister Gardener

DavidM wrote:

CanadianCowboy© wrote:
I am hearing good things about having snails in your pond.
What do you experts think ?
I am afraid that these things multiply like crazy and don't want them
getting into my vegetable garden or plants lining the pond.


Is this the first real pond post in days? I filter out all posts that
_don't_ have the word "pond" in their subject. How many am I missing?

Most. The group's doing quite well, actually. I have 337 valid posts over
10 days. I guarantee there are a good number of others that got
unfortunately blocked by my fairly simple filters.

I filter all cross-posts, anything from anonymous remailers, a few IPs, and
just a few specific posters (and I really think I could drop those rules -
the others take care of it) and I haven't seen a single non-pond post in
days. I refuse to put "pond" in the subject - besides the fact that it's
just as easy for the troublemakers to do it, you block out all the new
posters who come looking for help but don't know your rules.
--
derek

"Mister Gardener" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 31 Mar 2006 12:32:19 +0100, DavidM
wrote:

Is this the first real pond post in days? I filter out all posts that
_don't_ have the word "pond" in their subject. How many am I missing?

Hey, open up your filter and join in. You've been missing a LOT of
good pond posting. The background noise is at a very low rumble right
now. Barely audible.

Off thread topic.. is there a way to filter out crossposts in outlook
express?

--
Gareee©
(Gary Tabar Jr.)

the well known ones maybe yes, but black spot doesnt need a fish eating bird. and
then there are ALL the unknown ones cause nobody is looking for them.
Ingrid

Altum wrote:
although all of the snail-borne diseases also require specific
fish-eating birds and specific species of snails. The whole lifecycle
is unlikely to be completed in a small pond, but maybe in a larger one.


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Derek Broughton wrote:
Is this the first real pond post in days? I filter out all posts that
_don't_ have the word "pond" in their subject. How many am I missing?

Most. The group's doing quite well, actually. I have 337 valid posts over
10 days. I guarantee there are a good number of others that got
unfortunately blocked by my fairly simple filters.

I filter all cross-posts, anything from anonymous remailers, a few IPs, and
just a few specific posters (and I really think I could drop those rules -
the others take care of it) and I haven't seen a single non-pond post in
days. I refuse to put "pond" in the subject - besides the fact that it's
just as easy for the troublemakers to do it, you block out all the new
posters who come looking for help but don't know your rules.

I'll try dropping the "pond" filter and see what turns up.

Spring has just about arrived in the UK, so I need to start paying the
pond a bit more attention. The skippy-style filter I installed last May
seems to be doing very well (fingers crossed).
David