need fast answers...please help

woogy · 03/25/2010, 08:35 AM

I just received my order from blue zoo and the snails are in a bag with wet paper towel. Is this bad there is no water in the bag? How can I acclimate them?

Reverend Reefer · 03/25/2010, 08:38 AM

weird. throw em the tank right away. i guess u could drip em for 30 min but i never drip snails. of course ive never gotten mail orders either so what do i know? are they alive?

thebkramer · 03/25/2010, 08:40 AM

put some DT water in a separate container, put snails in that. Make sure they are alive, then you could acclimate in to DT

good luck

emmann · 03/25/2010, 08:44 AM

Thats how I got mine also. I just floated bag and added water a little at a time.

woogy · 03/25/2010, 08:51 AM

i put a little water in a bucket and put the snails in that and are drip acclimating as we speak...not sure if they are dead

thebkramer · 03/25/2010, 08:55 AM

I'm sure they are good! I can't imagine a place shipping snails the wrong way. Most snails are pretty resiliant (spelling error?) and also can survive outside of water. I have margarita snails that constantly find their way outside of tank. I just pluck them off and put them back in. Again you should be fine just give them some time to adjust.
Keep us updated

sdc19982002 · 03/25/2010, 09:12 AM

Snails are often shipped with little to no water.

woogy · 03/25/2010, 09:21 AM

the one nass snail is moving...there is a total of 2 nass and 2 astrea

troyman · 03/25/2010, 09:39 AM

some wont move for a day or so

woogy · 03/25/2010, 09:43 AM

astrea moving...2 more to go

Sugar Magnolia · 03/25/2010, 09:49 AM

I've just dumped my snails in the tank before. Over the years I may have lost a couple that didn't make it, but the majority of them do.

woogy · 03/25/2010, 09:57 AM

another nass moved...one astrea to go

StrongMN · 03/25/2010, 10:02 AM

astreas are pretty tough, may be ok, but my luck with astreas is that tehy will cling to a rock/hand within seconds of feeling it near.

-StrongMN

returnofsid · 03/25/2010, 10:06 AM

Snails are shipped, just in wet paper towels, by lots of vendors. I've received hundreds of them this way, with very little mortality.

03/25/2010, 08:35 AM	#1
woogy Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Western PA Posts: 986	need fast answers...please help I just received my order from blue zoo and the snails are in a bag with wet paper towel. Is this bad there is no water in the bag? How can I acclimate them?

03/25/2010, 09:49 AM	#11
Sugar Magnolia Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Northern VA Posts: 17,691	I've just dumped my snails in the tank before. Over the years I may have lost a couple that didn't make it, but the majority of them do. __________________ Adrienne The only thing to fear is fear itself....and spiders.

03/25/2010, 08:38 AM	#2
Reverend Reefer Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Toronto, ON, Canada Posts: 883	weird. throw em the tank right away. i guess u could drip em for 30 min but i never drip snails. of course ive never gotten mail orders either so what do i know? are they alive?

03/25/2010, 08:40 AM	#3
thebkramer Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Clifton Park, NY Posts: 3,198	put some DT water in a separate container, put snails in that. Make sure they are alive, then you could acclimate in to DT good luck

03/25/2010, 08:44 AM	#4
emmann Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Missouri Posts: 62	Thats how I got mine also. I just floated bag and added water a little at a time.

03/25/2010, 08:51 AM	#5
woogy Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Western PA Posts: 986	i put a little water in a bucket and put the snails in that and are drip acclimating as we speak...not sure if they are dead

03/25/2010, 08:55 AM	#6
thebkramer Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Clifton Park, NY Posts: 3,198	I'm sure they are good! I can't imagine a place shipping snails the wrong way. Most snails are pretty resiliant (spelling error?) and also can survive outside of water. I have margarita snails that constantly find their way outside of tank. I just pluck them off and put them back in. Again you should be fine just give them some time to adjust. Keep us updated

03/25/2010, 09:12 AM	#7
sdc19982002 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Wills Point,Texas Posts: 925	Snails are often shipped with little to no water.

03/25/2010, 09:21 AM	#8
woogy Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Western PA Posts: 986	the one nass snail is moving...there is a total of 2 nass and 2 astrea

03/25/2010, 09:39 AM	#9
troyman Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: troy ny Posts: 1,025	some wont move for a day or so

03/25/2010, 09:43 AM	#10
woogy Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Western PA Posts: 986	astrea moving...2 more to go

03/25/2010, 09:57 AM	#12
woogy Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Western PA Posts: 986	another nass moved...one astrea to go

03/25/2010, 10:02 AM	#13
StrongMN Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Iowa Posts: 82	astreas are pretty tough, may be ok, but my luck with astreas is that tehy will cling to a rock/hand within seconds of feeling it near. -StrongMN

03/25/2010, 10:06 AM	#14
returnofsid Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Spokane, WA Posts: 3,852	Snails are shipped, just in wet paper towels, by lots of vendors. I've received hundreds of them this way, with very little mortality.