Black Japanese Trapdoor Pond Snails-Algae Eaters

cannot be shipped to AK, CA, HI, PR, or Canada.
Keeps Algae Under Control
Non-Invasive Compared to Egg Laying Snails
Promotes a Balanced Ecosystem

Smith Creek Fish Farm is centrally located in Western New York about an hours drive from Buffalo and Rochester. The hatchery and retail pond supply outlet has seasonal hours for fish pickup and walk in customers.

Our expert fish packers will oxygen bag your fish for easy, safe and stress-free transport. We do suggest bringing coolers or totes to to hold your bagged fish. Truck delivery of trout, game fish and forage is available in the WNY area, when orders meet our deliver minimums.

We also safely ship, by UPS Next Day Air, many of our fish species including triploid grass carp and crayfish. Unfortunately we ONLY ship fish to New York addresses. All of our fish are 2020 NY DEC certified disease free and have been for more than 10 years.

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Japanese Black Trap Door Snail (Viviparis malleatus) are the preferred species of snail for recreational and professional pond and water gardeners world-wide. Algae Eating Black Japanese Trapdoor Pond Snails are one of the few snail varieties that can over-winter well and survive in harsher northern climates.

Algae Eating Black Japanese Trapdoor Pond Snails are a great asset in helping keep algae under control in your pond and water garden as they groom your plants, planting-pots and water garden rocks and walls.

Algae Eating Black Japanese Trapdoor Pond Snails will tend to the ponds bottom, consuming any decaying matter such as leaves, excess fish food, and even fish waste. Algae Eating Black Japanese Trapdoor Pond Snails are live-bearing; they only breed a couple of times a year and will not take over your pond like other nuisance egg bearing snails.

In order for your Trapdoor Snails to have a positive effect on algae growth, a minimum of 10 snails per 50 sq feet will be needed, and farm ponds will need to have at least 200 Algae Eating Black Japanese Trapdoor Pond Snails per acre to have any effect. Baby trap door snails are great forage for many pan-fish and catfish species.

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cannot be shipped to AK, CA, HI, PR, or Canada.
Keeps Algae Under Control
Non-Invasive Compared to Egg Laying Snails
Promotes a Balanced Ecosystem

Black Japanese Trapdoor Snails (Viviparis malleatus)

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