The link below was very helpful and in my case identical. Read the entire thing before coming to any conclusions. IMO and IME the small snails or pond snails are very helpful. They only infest when there is an abundance of food. I look at these little snails as an indicator that something is not right if an infestation breaks out. Either my ferts aren't balanced or overfeeding. I have only one tank now with fish and plants, and 2 plant only. Since my clown loaches are in that tank I have had trouble with algae growth on the leaves of the plants. They are not totally wasted, but deffinately not as vibrant as normal. I got into trouble by not dipping a plant that I bought from a local Petsmart (stupid me). I have a major blue green algae problem in that plant only 55 gallon. Once I return from a few trips planned in the next month I should be able to set up the others and finally start a mixed reef. This will give me a chance to place the loaches back into rotation (of course not in the reef). For a long time I thought it only the Otos keeping the plants really clean, but in fact the snails done a big part of it. Besides that, they are interesting additions if they are not infesting. Another good snail is the Malaysian Trumpet, this is a must for a sand substrate planted. They bury themselves during the day when the lights are on and when they multiply enough you can see the sand "moving". This is good because it keeps the sand from compacting toxic gases. I have never set up a tank this way, but I was inspired by seeing one in a customers house. This will be an addition I look forward to trying. Here is a link that might be useful: Snails

Keep any eye on the eggs. I don't know how long you have had the snail, but the females can store sperm untill they want to lay eggs. Ramshorn snails can be very prolific. The golden snails that lay eggs above the waterline are apple snails. you do need to bring those into your aquarium in winter or they will die. If you take good care of them they can live for about two years. Applesnails reproduce by sexual reproduction, and can lay multiple clutches from one copulation. One could be fertle while another might not be. Once they hatch the babies are so tiny that you can barely see them, and if you have big fish in your pond they were probably eaten, before you even knew that they hatched. If you get more snails for your pond next year, when they lay eggs, wait for the clutch to harden ( about 4 days) then scoop them up. Roll the clutch up in a dry paper towel, place it in a ziplock bag with a damp paper towel that is rolled up in a dry one. (the eggs need humidity, but will drown if they get too wet)seal and float the bag on top of the water in your aquarium, after a few weeks of keeping an eye on it the babies should hatch. Keeping them in a breeder net is the best way to make sure that they don't get eaten. After about two weeks the babies should be about the size of a BB. It will probably be safe to let them browse around your aquarium. I hope this helps! Thought this might be usefull info since it seems like you want to be a snail mommy! Applesnail.net is a great website to learn all about any kind of snails, there is also a forum there the people are nice and will help you with any questions!

Amy you've probably got different types of snails in your pond so there probably isn't a one time - one application type of cure. I would turn over as many leaves as you can and scrape off any eggs you find into a jar or bucket and then dispose of them in the compost pile away from the water. I would also go down to the bait shop and get a crayfish or two or better yet a larval salamander. If you can't find a bait shop try Pets Mart, they often get stray crawfish in with their feeder goldfish order and will usually give them away for free (mine does). Mature salamanders or newts love to eat snails but they also want to wander off. You might be able to talk them into sticking around if you have enough snails to keep them well fed. Of course you could then run into a problem where you are buying snails to feed the salamanders you originally bought to solve your snail problem.

I am amazed that Jane Edmonson,who I have great admiration for,for her huge wealth of diverse gardening knowledge and presentations on the ABC's Gardening Australia,is promoting and perpetuating the use of egg shells as a snail repellent. This is complete silliness.Snails will readily slide all over the edges of razor blades to get at food. It is bleedingly obvious that Jane is passing on this egg shell snail myth without ever trying it herself. If Jane had of gone to the laborious task of collecting and crushing shells and scattering them she would of then seen the snails and slugs happily traversing all over the crushed up shells. Another useless myth Jane likes to promote is the idea that just laying copper around ya vegies will stop snails. Once again,she must never have tried this,because it is utter baloney. My best method for an average size home vegie plot is go out at night and see em/kill em,however you want to.Plus a night visit to ya plot is fun. Being a skeptic and a lateral thinker is much better than blindly believing in these useless myths. Using egg shells as a snail deterrent is as pointless and ineffectual as is the dopey notion that praying for a goddy intervention for your problems will work.