5 Live Freshwater Assassin Snails (Clea Helena) 0.5″ – 1″

Great snails
All 5 are alive, good size and already moving while acclimating. I prob received 20 minutes ago and immediately opened the box and started acclimating. They were nicely packed and I don’t see any signs of extra critters other say they had tagging along with them. If anything changes with them I will update this post since it’s literally been less than a half an hour since I got them. Side note: be sure you are paying attention to the delivery day and time and make sure you are home. They were delivered by USPS and my inconsiderate mailman placed them in my mailbox in Florida on an 80 degree day. They would have cooked if I wouldn’t have immediately gotten them out. But this is a postal issue not an issue with the snails or seller.

Alive and In Time
Received alive and on time. I followed instructions to acclimate the snails before putting them in my tank. I assume they are doing what I bought them to do…assassinate the pest snails.

Came with worms and copepods…
If you were looking for assassin snails that come with friends and a seller on Amazon that stops replying to you.. these might be for you!I have three tanks that I haven’t added anything to in a very long time. All three tanks have a few more bladder snails than I would like them to have and although I could cut back on feeding to possibly reduce their population, I always wanted to get some assassin snails so I thought now would be a good time.I guess I shouldn’t have been surprised to find them on Amazon but I was.The snails all arrived in a small plastic tub with a little bit of water and a piece of paper towel.They all looked fine, a little bit of excess algae on their shells but otherwise fine.I ended up splitting them up into two groups. One with three snails and one with two. I filed their instructions on acclimating them and placed three in one of my smaller tanks and two in the other small tank. I did not put any in my larger tank. I partially did this to quarantine then because I was reluctant to add anything new to my big tank.I’m glad I did. I’m pretty sure the little bug like things are copepods and beneficial/harmless.The worms are what I’m concerned about. Both of my small tanks now have worms. At first it was only a couple but it didn’t take long for there to be lots of them.I can’t say for sure but they might be detritis worms or something else that’s hopefully harmless to my fish.Before writing this review I contacted the seller through Amazon. At first they of course acted very surprised but wanted pictures of the worms. That was difficult but I eventually got some good macro shot pictures of the worms crawling on the glass of the aquarium.The pictures I’ve added to this review or the same pictures I sent the seller. I waited four and a half days, and since I’ve still not gotten a reply I went ahead and reported them to Amazon but also decided to write this review.The snails are still alive and still look healthy so that’s a plus..They came with critters I preferred not to have in my tanks but when adding things like snails and plants, these things do happen. Hence why I didn’t just dump them all in my big tank which is where I wanted them eventually and they may still go in there if I can properly identify the worms.I’m giving it one star simply because the seller ghosted me. That doesn’t make me confident that I correctly identified the worms nor doesn’t make me feel confident recommending you buy assassin snails from the seller.

Great seller!
The snails look healthy and were moving around when I opened the package. Instructions and packaging were great. Had an issue with my original order and the seller had prompt and polite communication. Will buy from again. Thank you!