Snails eating my plants,,,

[SC-Koi]

Hello, I picked some Water Hyacinth from a near by river. I've noticed something has been eating my lilies. A closer looked I discovered a lot of what appeared to be small snails. looking for advice on how to get rid of them. Please see pics.

 

[Lisak1]

Oh, boy. This is why it's risky to introduce plants found in the wild to your pond. You probably should have quarantined those first.

How big is your pond? I guess I would just start picking them off as fast humanly possible.

 

[SC-Koi]

Yes,, You are correct,, 600 gal. fry pond. The strangest thing is they don't eat the Hyacinth.

 

[dieselplower]

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but you will never get rid of those snails. They reproduce like crazy.

 

[SC-Koi]

I think you right,, I didn't put them in quarantine because I didn't see them. I washed them off because of the duckweed. now they are everywhere.

 

[Nepen]

goldfish/koi love to eat those

 

[Lisak1]

I was going to say - if you have fish, they do love them. I would start tossing them a few to give them the idea and then let them have at it. Hope for the best!