unknowen species

[mikedd]

Hi everyone i have a very fine sieve just below where water exits pond filter, everyday i check whats coming through and i'm finding hundreds of what looks like minute prawns and fresh water snails has anybody experienced this ?

 

[sissy]

I get lots of tiny snails .birds deposit everything .

 

[RobAmy]

Same here, lots of snails. I never put any in the pond.

 

[GBBUDD]

I've started pulling lots of hyacinth from the pond and I'm seeing everything from worms, snails frogs salamanders and a cray fish that was the biggest surprise. I should add I have the hyacinth everywhere from the 3" water depth bog to the shallow stream and floating in the ponds

 

[j.w]

Snails yes prawns no. Too bad the prawns aren't the kind you can eat or maybe they are if you let them grow? Yum!

 

[mikedd]

Thanks Guys and gal's i have been depositing them in pond as it appeares my larger Koi love them

 

[Tara]

Yum!

Prawn cocktail .

 

[Jhn]

The minute prawns are probably amphipods/ gammarus shrimp. Signs of a healthy pond/ecosystem. As you found fish love to eat them.

I have snails, worms, amphipods all over the pond hiding in the root systems of plants. Snails aren’t quite as prevalent, as they are on the terrapins menu in my pond.

 

[GBBUDD]

The minute prawns are probably amphipods/ gammarus shrimp. Signs of a healthy pond/ecosystem. As you found fish love to eat them.

I have snails, worms, amphipods all over the pond hiding in the root systems of plants. Snails aren’t quite as prevalent, as they are on the terrapins menu in my pond.

I am amazed at the diversity of bugs or what ever they may be I keep finding in the pond it's pretty cool.

 

[Jhn]

I am amazed at the diversity of bugs or what ever they may be I keep finding in the pond it's pretty cool.

Agree, reminds me of reef tanks with deep sand beds. All the life that is found in well set up pond/ecosystems is fascinating.

 

[GBBUDD]

Agree, reminds me of reef tanks with deep sand beds. All the life that is found in well set up pond/ecosystems is fascinating.

Oh please I beg of you don't get me thinking back to my reef tank . That was 20 plus years ago I remember well the amazing creatures I would find in the tank. buying live rock and god only know what would be found down the road. I remember having some pink stony hard coral appear on a piece of live rock. and a fish I had never bought all I could think of was he had to come on a piece of live rock as plankton and in time grew to size. I would spend hours and hours gazing into the tank.