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There are also many invasive aquatic plants you could collect from those areas for your pond as well such as kidney leaf mud plantain and water lettuce
We were on the northside of Brisbane, as there are many accessible creeks and waterways. Many are near walking paths. We do not take all that we catch, sometimes none. We have enough in tub ponds at home with a foam filter (in the tub) and often a small water pump filter (edge of tub) creating a small current. We've been using cheap K-mart water pump ones. The fish love a current and in a healthy tub with plenty of plants, both the snails and fish grow well. Some tubs don't have the side filter, and another has a floating solar flower which shoots water up, enough to break surface tension and aerate.
Thanks. I still run mine everyday, just on the low setting which is enough for me, and I haven't seen any decline in the battery yet. That's charging it weekly.
Great work! it's good to see word got around and we all put a dint in the population, it's a good spot to re-visit over and over just to keep them down, they are cool in na aquarium but unfortunately don't belong in our waterways, Thanks for your help 🙂
Having watched your channel for a while, it was exciting to see a local spot where I could not only help our waterways, but get snails for my home tubs!
Great video, I collected some of these for my aquarium. Although they are invasive in the wild in Australia, when kept in captivity, they are not are not able to spread. These are actually sold at some aquarium shops for around $5 each.
Thanks. Yes, I put a few in my tanks and tubs to keep them clean. My Corydora's hang out fine with them, as do my other fish. I have some blackfoot ones and the whiter ones.
