Product Overview
Trapdoor Pond Snails (Viviparus malleatus)
Trapdoor Snails are the preferred snail species for pond owners. Trapdoor Snails will survive in northern climates, will not eat live healthy plant tissue, and will not climb out of the water. Pond snails are helpful in keeping algae under control in your pond as they groom your plant containers, rocks, liner sides and plants. Trapdoor snails will consume excess fish food, fish waste and decaying leaves from the bottom of the pond, and therefore help to detoxify waste products. Trapdoor Snails are live-bearing (viviparous) -- they don't have as many offspring as most snails, and do not bear young as often, so are unlikely to overpopulate the pond, as is common with egg-laying snails. To have a positive effect on algae growth, a minimum of 10 snails per 50 square feet of pond surface is necessary. Large natural ponds would require at least 200 snails per acre to be effective. It also is important to have pond plants filter the pond and providing some shade, and to not overfeed fish, as the pond's ecosystem needs to be fairly balanced for the snails to make a significant difference.
Minimum order of 10
Reviews
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5 Love those snails
Posted by Moshe Usadi on Jun 17th 2022
They arrived healthy and happy and are doing a good job of keeping the algae in my little pond under control
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5 Trapdoor snails
Posted by Debbie Player on Jun 14th 2022
They arrived in very excellent condition.
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5 Trapdoor snails
Posted by Susan Kent on Jun 14th 2022
They came just as described will be ordering more
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5 Perfect snails
Posted by Penina Meisels on Jun 14th 2022
Arrived in excellent condition and were very healthy.
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5 Japanese Trapdoor Snails
Posted by Chuck G on Jun 12th 2022
Even though FedEx delayed delivery by 24 hours, the snails arrived healthy and happy. Within two hours of sitting in a tub of pond water, they were all running around. A real bonus was all the tiny baby snails we discovered in the tub with the mature snails. After just a week, the pone is already looking better. Thanks!!
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3 Trapdoor snails
Posted by Carol Guillot on Jun 8th 2022
This was second order as I was happy with the first 50. This order not so much arrived a day later,smelled terrible ,been losing some daily. Hope to have some live. Ordered 100 this time.
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5 Snails
Posted by Leanna "Gidget" Moreno on May 31st 2022
They were so big and healthy. I love Lillyblooms. I have never been dissatisfied with any of my orders. I live in a small town with no access to a good pond supplier. I recommend!
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5 Pond Snails
Posted by Mike Murphy on May 31st 2022
They were delivered alive and good size. Pleased with my purchase.
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5 Japanese Trapdoor Snails
Posted by Tara Dalga on May 22nd 2022
I am so pleased with these snails! The shipping was very quick and we received 4 extra snails in our order of 40. We have been struggling with our pond water clarity for quite a while now and now it's amazingly clear! We put the snails in and within 10 days the water is wonderfully clear! We can't see the little guys working in there but they are certainly doing their job. We like to use natural methods as much as possible for the pond and this is great. I highly recommend LilyBlooms and these snails! Thank you so much!
