i won these off ebay they just arrived

[downtime89]

Hey guys i won these snails offebay they arrived in mail today with no water in bag well bag is a little damp maybe a teaspoon of water snails in atleast one bag are still alive, the message on the ebayh page says dont float in tank or they will die just place in tank. look here are the links wat should i do? i never orderd off line before lol. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260553823499&ru=http%3A%2F%2Fshop.ebay.com%3A80%2Fi.html%3F_nkw%3D260553823499%26_sacat%3D0%26_trksid%3Dp3286.m270.l1313%26_odkw%3Dreef%2Bsnails%26_osacat%3D0%26bkBtn%3D1%26_fvi%3D1&_rdc=1">http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260553823499&ru=http%3A%2F%2Fshop.ebay.com%3A80%2Fi.html%3F_nkw%3D260553823499%26_sacat%3D0%26_trksid%3Dp3286.m270.l1313%26_odkw%3Dreef%2Bsnails%26_osacat%3D0%26bkBtn%3D1%26_fvi%3D1&_rdc=1 </a>

i also got these, they have a little more water than the others [IMG]http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260553821011&ru=http%3A%2F%2Fshop.ebay.com%3A80%2F%3F_from%3DR40%26_trksid%3Dp3907.m38.l1313%26_nkw%3D260553821011%26_sacat%3DSee-All-Categories%26_fvi%3D1&_rdc=1">http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260553821011&ru=http%3A%2F%2Fshop.ebay.com%3A80%2F%3F_from%3DR40%26_trksid%3Dp3907.m38.l1313%26_nkw%3D260553821011%26_sacat%3DSee-All-Categories%26_fvi%3D1&_rdc=1</a>


should i drip aclimate each?

 

[weaglereefer]

downtime89;470325 wrote: wat should i do? i never orderd off line before lol.

Don't order from people with 10 feedback at 91%...

 

[brianjfinn]

They should be in water and they should be acclimated just like any other snail. It will not kill them.

 

[lilrobb]

Well,

some snails and other crustaceans do well when shipped damp - just the 'do not float' idea is ehhh id10tic

 

[downtime89]

au01st;470329 wrote: Don't order from people with 10 feedback at 91%...

well i was bored lol, and thanks guys i will acclimate like normal then thanks!

 

[weaglereefer]

I would float some kind of container with tank water so you can pick out the dead ones and not cause a spike.

 

[downtime89]

au01st;470337 wrote: I would float some kind of container with tank water so you can pick out the dead ones and not cause a spike.

yea i was planning on that one, i think there will be quite a few deads altho i see alot of movement.

 

[fishhook]

Several years ago, I purchased snails off ebay and they came just as you described. The seller suggested just as au01st did. I placed poured them out of the bag into a container of saltwater and watched for movement. As they started moving around I placed them in the tank. Worked pretty well and only had lost maybe 8 - 10 snails out of the three hundred that were shipped.

 

[rbredding]

FishHook;470482 wrote: Several years ago, I purchased snails off ebay and they came just as you described. The seller suggested just as au01st did. I placed poured them out of the bag into a container of saltwater and watched for movement. As they started moving around I placed them in the tank. Worked pretty well and only had lost maybe 8 - 10 snails out of the three hundred that were shipped.

wow.. that seems like a pretty low die off rate..

 

[fishhook]

Rbredding;470494 wrote: wow.. that seems like a pretty low die off rate..

I know, I expected to lose way more than that, but that was all I threw away. I did have the occasional dead snail after a few months, but I was totally surprised at the survival rate coming in just damp.

 

[munchkin]

I ordered some a few months back. The order was for 25 and they shipped 32. I placed them in a bowl, added water and wathced. I had 31 live ones. I just put them in the tank and they were fine.

 

[nanonano]

downtime89;470336 wrote: well i was bored lol, and thanks guys i will acclimate like normal then thanks!

Next time you are bored, talk to John Maloney at Reef Cleaners. They are the best.

 

[downtime89]

well out of the 50 diff snails i think i had like two dead ones in total. The rest are in the tank now climbing over the sand and glass, some are burrowing.