Lol! That's where I collect my plants too! I had a run in with the police too. They told me to watch out for the alligator(barely 4 feet). I swear the UCF police hide in the bushes to catch you! After they left my boyfriend threw a mushroom in there for the gator. It was funny watching it trying to eat it; looked like it was trying to eat a frisbee.
I usually go on the weekends when there aren't many people. Right now the greeks are all over Lake Claire so I'm postponing my plant gathering. A while ago I got some plants from there for my pond nano and haven't had a problem with snails. I actually went looking for snails there and only found some sort of trumpet. I see empty ramshorn shells, but no live snails. But for the plants in my normal tank I'm definatly going to dip the plants. I don't want any nasties attacking my fish. ^^
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