Aquatic Arts 3 Live Zebra Nerite Snails | Substrate Clearer/Aquarium Filter | Safe in Freshwater Tetra/Guppy/Betta Fish Tanks

Love these snails. They were all a nice size three I ordered have great color and markings. The extra one they added to my order is brown. But man o man they’ve cleaned up a ton of algae in one 24 hour period.

Snails are all obviously zebra snails as I requested. They arrived with vibrant colors, in good health, and moving around quite a bit. Their packaging was well thought out and considerate to us as customers as well as to the snails. I’ve gotta say this Seller really seems to know what they are doing and I look forward to ordering from them in the future.

The six snails I purchased all arrived alive, and have remained so for the last six weeks.They appear just as the snails in the product photo, when I have the bright lights on in the tank.Full disclosure: they were meant to be food for my monstrously large 16-year old goldfish who had been on an algae-only diet for three months (he refused all other food), and that couldn't be healthy. He hates shrimp - has fits when I try to feed it to him. So I thought I would try snails. TL;DR: the snails were much larger than I thought they would be and my dear scaly can't eat them (although he was curious at first).So, the shrimp settled in an immediately began clearing my algae farm. They appear to be thriving; indeed, there is no shortage of algea for them to feast on, at least for now. Tank is in a small open space with a north-facing window wall, and we never open the blinds on the windows. However, there is still enough sunlight for algae to prosper. I keep the water temperature between 66 and 72 degrees (depending upon the season). Apparently, zebra snails do not like hard water, so I have been diluting the filtered well water that supplies our home with bottled drinking water when we do our weekly cleanings. They seem to like that as they become more active as the weeks pass. There were decorations that I haven't seen without algae in over a decade that now all but sparkle. The glass on three sides is crystal clear, and they have even made inroads into the algae growing on the rear wall that I intentionally leave algae on as a bio filter. The footprint of the snails is about the size of a nickel coin, so they are not small, at least not nearly as small as I expected. In a few months I will likely have to add algae wafers to the water to keep them fed. I have also lowered the water line in the tank as a few of them have a propensity to climb above the water line. I am afraid of them exiting the tank, then drying up. Funny, I bought them as a food source for my scaly and now I'm doing everything I can to keep them alive and comfortable.So glad I made this purchase.

The only reason I gave them just the three stars is because they are a lot smaller than I thought they’d be but they’re still beautiful and I’m sure they’ll get bigger. They came very alive. We packed very well and I will be ordering again.

The snails arrived safely and there were six of them, so I was immediately grateful. They all arrived alive and they are in my tank doing fine, at least I think so. They love to hide in the dark, so I have not seen all but two as they tend to hide in the inside of my aquarium decoration. Their colors are spot on, but unless you have bright aquarium lights, do not expect them to look as spectacular. In dim lighting they may appear more brown. I have mine with Goldfish with a water temperature of 71-74 degrees and the snails are doing just fine. I find mine mostly active at night. Because they are tiny, don't expect miracles as far as tank cleaning is concerned because they can only eat so much being so tiny. I would certainly not add these small snails to tanks with larger tropical fish who might eat them or damage their shell by trying to eat and then spit them out repeatedly. Also, since these snails are tiny, it even takes them awhile to come out of their shells if you have fish who are inquisitive and peck on them constantly. I have caught one trying to climb above the water line, trying to get out of my fish tank, so be warned. As far as them not being able to breed, I'm afraid that no one told my snails that because I do have small baby snails in my tank and there are no lives plants, so they are the definitely from these snails purchased. They are truly beautiful and the shipper did a wonderful job shipping them quickly, safely, and, very kindly, added an extra snail.

Instead of 3, I got 4 snails and they immediately started sliming around the tank. Packed very nicely too. Will purchase again from Aquatic Arts

I love the snails. Great customer service given, even though I didn't need any service! An email is sent to describe the shipping procedure and to let the customer know to make any needed arrangements with the Post Office if their package is going to be outside in cold temperatures on delivery day. PO tracking number allows for updates by email and text, very convenient. Snails arrived safe and sound and snug and warm with an introductory letter. The shipping material that some say is "messy" is no big deal. Have a newspaper ready to open the box on. The warming packet was still producing heat. I divided the snails into two tanks, one for myself and one for my aunt. All of mine are doing well and got to work right away, eating algae. Now, they are, in fact, snails, so they do take their time! A nice tank addition. Varying sizes. Some seem to enjoy a piece of driftwood and the others are wandering around. In my aunt's tank, one is active, the other seems to possibly in that hibernation state that they are known for. He's not dead, at least not so far. I will keep checking. I'll likely do repeat business with Aquatic Arts in the spring, maybe add some shrimp. Don't want to overload my biomass. In my local area, Nerites are very hard to find, even in the high-end LFS. Likewise for other freshwater inverts. This is a great option for me, then.