Money/Gold Ring Cowrie Snails in USA

dnprall · Jul 23, 2023

I'm looking for some cowrie snails. I've seen some on sale at Aquariumcreationsonline.com ( not recommended per our other reef2reef friends) as well as Infinity Reefs (but they want $20/snail which I think is high). When I google for the snails, I find a lot of sites from Canada, the UK, and Australia. None of the Canadian sites will ship to the USA.

Reef Cleaners has then for $5/snail but has a $50 minimum and I don't need anything else on the site to get to the shipping minimum.

Anyone know of another reputable source of this snail?

Thanks!
David

blaxsun · Jul 23, 2023

Get 10x ring cowries to meet the minimum. $5/per is fairly common here in Canada.

Jmp998 · Jul 23, 2023

Can't help with the minimum order issue, but I did get three from Reefcleaners in March just to try and they are all still alive. I don't see them much except when I am doing maintenance, and I'm not sure exactly what they are eating. However they do seem to be 'Puffy' resistant (Canthigaster valentini).