Is poplar poisonous to Roman snails?

I found a (probably) poplar tree, or rather a poplar root, washed it and placed it in the aquarium. It now has a small shoot with leaves. Is it poisonous to Roman snails?

Is this perhaps something else?

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Erzesel
5 years ago

It’s hard to say which plant is on the photo. The hairy leaves and branches are more likely to speak against poplars or the efeu mentioned by predatory cats.

Both poplar and efeu are toxic.

Poplar contains alkaloids. Green poplar buds were used by Druiden and “Hexen” as Halluzinogen.

Efeu contains saponin.

To what extent both have an influence on vineyard snails I can’t say.

In general, you should make yourself smart before importing something into the aquarium/terrarium. In addition to toxic parts of plants, fungi and bacteria can also be introduced.

I recommend in principle to sterilize roots, gravel and stones before use by heating to at least 60 degrees….

raubkatze
5 years ago

It’s more like a piece of efeu and the snails don’t eat it.

Lostdeepboy
5 years ago

Lol. Did you really get out of a paper to make an underwater plant?

raubkatze
5 years ago
Reply to  Lostdeepboy

Terrarium is meant

raubkatze
5 years ago

Sure!