Freshwater mussels a good idea?

[Eric Blair]

In the UK a company sells mussels to put in the pond. Is this a good thing for the pond?

Painters Mussels-(Unio pictorum)

Painters Mussels (Unio pictorum) Feeding off pond debris and other small pond organisms, these native molluscs will help filter debris from your pond and clean the water as they do so. Suitable for medium to large ponds and lakes (or 1 mussel per cubic metre of water) as they can grown to 12cm...

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Painters Mussels-(Unio pictorum)
Feeding off pond debris and other small pond organisms, these native molluscs will help filter debris from your pond and clean the water as they do so. Suitable for medium to large ponds and lakes (or 1 mussel per cubic metre of water) as they can grown to 12cm by 5cm in size.
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This is a small pond for wildlife no fish

 

[sissy]

I see here in Long Island they are using them to clean the water .It was on an eco show on tv here .Have you googled which ones are best and which ones are invasive .You may find video's on youtube also

 

[sissy]

I pretty sure that is a clam ,but there are lots of other video's on you tube

Wow can they reproduce

 

[Eric Blair]

Thanks all I have just realized that they probably won't be able to breed so won't get them (they need fish)

Mussel - Wikipedia

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[JamieB]

Why not add fish? Native bait fish, just find a creek you can catch some from.