Aquatic Arts 20 Live Blue Mystery Snails | Freshwater Scrubber / Real Living Aquarium Glass Clearer | Nano Tank Decorations

Arrived on time; and they are climbing that tank as i type. Thank you!

I was happy to find that the mystery snail arrived alive and well. After acclimating and gently placing in my tank, it soon moved to a shadowy place. After a week, it is still very shy and only comes out with the lights off, but seems to be doing well. Very well packed. The only thing about the snail that I wasn't expecting was its size. It is enormous! I had read in the listing that the snails are shipped while they are small (1/2" or so) so they can be enjoyed for longer, as their lifespan is usually only around a year. This blue snail is very large - well over an inch. I am hoping it isn't too old. It also seemed to have a chip or hole in the twist portion of the shell, but so far it doesn't seem to have affected its health.

I had one mystery snail. A friend of mine got four, and I got jealous, so I impulsively bought a new snail on Amazon while also buying toilet paper and comic books, because, honestly, Amazon, you know who I am.This was my first exchange of goods and services with Aquatic Arts, though I have purchased and received several living things in the mail now, which really, is just odd. I have had a Betta, had four other snails (be cool, I shipped two off to a better life, because four are too much for one five gallon;one did pass, I think it was from fast living,) a number of plants and moss things, and one tiny, mosquito-sized baby shrimp, all of whom arrived, oddly, in boxes. All these things have arrived alive, though the shrimp died promptly from shock despite efforts to the contrary, and who to date has provided the only $20 lobster dinner my betta will ever have. None of that is about Aquatic Arts, who packaged this one, tiny, 1/2 inch snail with such love that you'd think he pooped pearls. It's unlikely he will, but I am a hopeful person.One thing I would recommend is to be careful when opening your shipment from Aquatic Arts. The completely recycle-able, post-consumer, eco-friendly batting that they use to insulate boxes is a much more responsible choice than styrafoam, and like many responsible choices, it is wholly inconvenient. It will poof out of the box like mushroom spores when you unpack it, so do your best to be standing near the recycle bin, or on the antique carpet of someone you hate, when you open it. This terrible substance is, however, utterly effective, and the small snail, now known as Prince Howitzer, was clearly alive and well in his small, damp cup buried deep inside his insulation. He began moving around almost immediately and despite his small size acclimated well to a tank that contained a much bigger mystery snail, Biggie Smalls, and Peter the Betta fish, whose primary activities are pooping and hating, respectively.For those who have wondered, yes: your betta can probably live with mystery snails. If you consider yourself to be a Good Person, watch your snail and your betta meet for several minutes. Some bettas will try to nip the snail's antennae, others will be too stupid or too smart to do this. Peter did it exactly once, however, since then, Biggie has grown to be much larger than he is, and sometimes throws herself from the top of the tank and tries to land on him, like a slow, but very sincere, carpet bomb. He no longer harasses the snails.The folks at Aquatic Arts send a letter along with their once charges, and it is easily as long as this review, which is long. It is a heartfelt and, considering the average literacy of the internet, a wholly literate communication chronicling the genesis of their small family business. Even if you truly do not care where your goods and wares come from, I think that even the biggest fan of sweatshop goods and GMO's will find dealing with Aquatic Arts a personal and refreshing experience. As for Prince Howitzer, well, he is as good and as kind of a snail soul as they come. Really blue, too. Real cutie-pie. I mean, I assume if you are reading this that you are into snails, right? Then you know how cute they are when they eat carrot sticks, right?

I received 5 snails for a birthday surprise to my little brother. FedEx delivered right as I was leaving the home so they were immediately out of the weathers. All was well until about 3 days after receiving the little guys. Two sadly didn't make it, and the other three are very inactive for their species. We took precautions such as acclimating them to the tank water, and the tank was filtered and contianed good bacteria, as well as fish that left a healthy amount for food on the tank floor for the snail's to munch on. I'm sure the stress of shipping is what caused this, its hard telling the life span of any animal being shipped in the mail. Just unfortunate for my little brother who grew very interested in learning about them as well as having an addition to his tank he's never seen before. They did cost a hefty amount of money for shipping as well but so far three remain so I'm not dissatisfied with my order.

Absolutely love my little snail, but when I bought him amazon said the delivery would be around oct 5th, but the package was delivered on the 28th of september, and because I expected it to come in october, I wasnt checking for updates very often, until one day I looked and it said it was delivered two days before I saw, and I rushed to the mailbox and luckily he was fine and is doing well, but he was SO cold I thought he would surely be dead.But aside from that, the snail is completly fine so far, seems healthy and active, definitely would buy from here again and probably will :)

Our blue mystery snail arrived by UPS as scheduled and I was so pleased with the care Aquatic Arts had taken to ensure he/she would survive the journey. The box was lined everywhere with cushioning materials, the snail was housed in a wet wrapper and that was inside a stiff plastic container. I will do more business with this company and avoid the big box pet stores.

The media could not be loaded.  After reading the reviews and seriously considering that it cost $16.95 to ship a $4.95 snail I finally did it and am not disappointed at all!! This guy is fun to watch. I have him in a small 3 gallon aquarium behind my desk at work and people that see him cannot believe how fast he moves around the tank. He sticks to the side of the glass and when I put in a algae disk he must smell it because he drops down and "runs" right over and starts to chow down on it. I never thought a snail could have a personality, but this guy seems to. If you are considering this purchase I say go for it. They ship him well protected and he was "running" around as soon as I put him in the tank.Update 7/14/18. “Gary” passed away this week. It was due to old age. They live about a year, I got him 10 months ago and he was already full grown, so I guess he had a good run.