On Aquabid.com was a gorgeous spotted apple snail a few days now, and after a little thinking I bid on it, and winning!!! I'll get 4 more of those snails to the winning price, and I can't wait to see them!!...They look stunning on the pictures! ....
http://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/auction/clo...nails1087268401

Well done they are from Maria who I know from applesnail.net..you will get a really well looked after snail from her , I have just ordered some snail bicuits from her for my snails I have heard they love them..Linda

Thats good to know that she is a reputable seller, there is always a next time where I might find some more snails that she has!...

Yep top class seller and she will ship them carefully to you..wish I had people like her in the UK I only know of one other person who may let me have some snails, I only have the golden brigs at the moment but I would love other colours..aahh well fingers crossed

The snails arrived today!! Perfectly packed, all 5 of them are fine, and eating their little hearts out on my anacharis and a tad of algae!! They look so gorgeous!
Maria even sent a sample of her new snail treat with them for free. I give it a try, she sells some other snail food. I think I will order some from her. AFter all, its made especially for snails, and has the best nutrition......
PIctures will follow as soon as I clean that tank a little bit. Isn't it strange, the snails are supposed to do that?

I have just had a order of her snail biscuits sent to me here in the UK...you should have seen my five snails all pushing and shoving each other to get chomping on it within seconds of dropping it in..they love them..no clouding of the water and over night every bit was gone..they are a bit expensive to ship over here but well worth it

PS sorry I forgot to add...great to hear the snails made it ok to you

Congradz Andrea,those snails are wonderful!
i can't wait until i could start biding and getting some fishy stuff off
teh net it seems like so much fun.
Can't wait for pictures!

ALexander, they weren't even that expensive. Each snail was 2$, plus 6$ shipping. For 16$ I got 5 nice looking snails...

At my petstore a golden apple snail coasts me 5 $

Canadian $$? I get those golden ones for around the same in US$, but I love the black ones even more. Or the cute striped ones on aquabid, which I better not look at right now....
I dropped some of the snail food that Maria sent with the snails into the tank, and they all went nuts over it. Not only the spotted ones, the black and golden ones as well, and among the bigger guys were the 30 or so baby black snails, about a week old. It was hilarious! They didn't even look at the cucumber until all the other food was gone!

Yup, Maria's food is very yummy for them. I'm a snail nut before goldies. A Cana, right?