hey all! Not sure if this is allowed, lmk know and I'll take it down.
I recently moved to a new house with a ton of land and a small pond in the back which already has spring peepers and spotted salamanders in it (very excited! and pictured above) but tonight I saw these snails. I've never had snails or a pond before but I've heard stories on invasive ones and how fast they multiply (and I'd hate to have to kill them if they aren't invasive :/)
so one of my questions is do we know who these snails are? are they invasive or are they cool to hang out in this pond? it's not very big (first pics are of the pond itself) maybe four or so feet long ways, maybe five, so I don't want them to overrun it entirely.
I believe I'm also too late to clean the pond of the debris (old leaves and such) since there's fellas living in it already so if you have any advice on keeping it clean or when to clean it (or if I even should) I'd be thankful!
I'm also trying to keep everything native (I'm in Rhode island) and I already learned a few plants in it are not native (like the tall grass stuff and possibly the snails) but if anyone has any good native plants I could add to supplement and make it better for critters I'd love to hear about it!
My ultimate goal is for it to be a nice wildlife pond where animals can hatch their spawn ant thrive in so if anyone has any advice on what to do/how to do that I'd be grateful!
I'm also planning on setting aside a huge portion of the land (my mom won't let me do the whole yard or I would) what are some good native plants up here? I get some conflicting information when I look it up but I'd love to help with conservation of animals/bugs (I'd love to help monarchs)
We also have coyotes, deer, tons of birds, fisher cats, bobcats, foxes, just tons of critters. We're back in the woods with a marsh area back there. So if there's anything I should know regarding that I'd be happy! Thank you and sorry for the wall of text 😅
by crazywolf828
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