7 snails came in a plastic container surrounded by foam and box. They are still alive after 2 weeks in my community tank. To check if they snails are alive and healthy, I put them all in one spot in my tank, came back and hour later and they all went different places. Shipping is little expensive consider nothing special needed to ship snails. A moist paper tower in plastic container will keep them alive for days.
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I have bought 5 snails. They came to me alive. They were all very young and small. I can't see them in my aquarium often and they seem to stay on the gravel out of site. I guess they are still alive but I am not sure. I don't see how they could eat other snails as small as they are. My aquarium still has many of those small snails that somehow got there when buying plants. I hope that they begin to do the job I bought them to do soon.
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These snails do a great job, but you have to help them, if you have a snail infestation. I got my infestation from a sale at Meijers on plants, (never again). Take everything you can, out of the tank, (leaving the fish, live plants, filter, bubbler and heater). Put a leaf of lettuce, in a glass jar and sink it to the bottom, (not too big a jar, like a jam jar). Change the leaf, every day. Use the biggest net you have, and scrape the ones on the sides, into the net, by lifting up. My 4" net could hold 60+ snails, as long as you move down, very slowly. Check the bottom of the tank for the big snails, (you don't want them multiplying). Soon you will see a decrease in how many you are taking out. This will take awhile, so be patient, it works.
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I ordered these and received them promptly as promised. Upon arrival 1 of the 5 snails was dead however the other 4 were alive and healthy. They immediately began crawling around and doing their job in my pest snail infested aquarium.
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I had a snail problem. Hundreds of snails, all just eating away at my live plants. But I bought these snails and 2 Yo-Yo Loaches and now I don't have many snails. Fewer each day. I am crediting the snails, mainly, because they can get down into my river rocks.
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