Anacharis and Snails

[Pyramid_Party]

Hi,


I bought some Anacharis and the pond snails have devoured all the leaves, only the stems remain. I have heard of snails eating decaying plant matter, and I admit, the anacharis leaves were in bad shape.

What I wanna know is, is it really true they will only eat the dying/decaying plant matter or should I expect them to finish the whole plant off? Ive had these snails for awhile, they never ate any moss or pennywort, although they bit holes into the pennywort. I also added some malaysian trumpet snails and want to know how anacharis and other plants apply to them as well. Im hoping the anacharis isnt a goner yet.

Thx

 

[mgamer20o0]

i never had a problem with pond snails and anacharis. maybe it was just in bad shape plus the transition period. holes tend to be lack of fert/light. most snails in the aquarium will only eat dead plant matter. if you are by long beach and your anacharis doesnt make it i have some you can have. it isnt a lot but it will get you started.

 

[Pyramid_Party]

Well, they finished off the plants, ate the stems too. Hmm, Im hesitating on whether I wanna try anacharis again.

 

[mgamer20o0]

it tends to be a easy plant with several options such as floating background plant and so forth.

 

[Pyramid_Party]

I just wanted something I could plant in the substrate. I want something to eat up some of the excess nutrients in the gravel.