sarah Posted December 29, 2015 Report Share Posted December 29, 2015 I have been looking for nerite snails locally without much luck. I looked in 2-3 local petsmart/petco stores, and I am not impressed with the quality/health of their snails. Has anyone here ever bought anything from Aquatic Arts? They have nerites available on Amazon, and the reviews are mostly very good. Would love to hear people's experiences with this seller/store. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve R. Posted December 29, 2015 Report Share Posted December 29, 2015 I ordered some Sulawesi rabbit snails from them. Good quality, 1 snail died during shipment, but they added three snails belonging to another rabbit snail species as a bonus. I would order snails from them again. Louie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigXor Posted December 29, 2015 Report Share Posted December 29, 2015 Petsmart and Petco snails only live 1-2 weeks in their heavily medicated water. If you ask when they receive their next batch and be right there to get some, you'll get good snails. In the winter I get snails from bobstropicalplants.com and in warmer weather I get them from ebay (if they are good deals). I've also read good reviews of Aquatic Arts. svetilda 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kikojaharo Posted December 29, 2015 Report Share Posted December 29, 2015 Isn't that invertobsession's new name? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wygglz Posted December 29, 2015 Report Share Posted December 29, 2015 Don't want to bad mouth anyone, but I had a bad experience with them. Because it entailed shipping, amazon wouldn't allow me to post it. Louie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarah Posted December 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2015 Thanks all. Wygglz, would you mind PMing me about it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pokeshrimp Posted December 29, 2015 Report Share Posted December 29, 2015 http://msjinkzd.com Never bought snails from her but have bought amanos that arrived on time and all alive. Louie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vpier Posted December 29, 2015 Report Share Posted December 29, 2015 Isn't that invertobsession's new name? Yes! STAY AWAY FROM THEM! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svetilda Posted December 29, 2015 Report Share Posted December 29, 2015 It's what I do too. I know that my Petsmart receive shipments on Fridays. So, if I want to buy some I go to the store before they drop the snails in their water. That advise was given to me by a manager of the fish department. Petsmart and Petco snails only live 1-2 weeks in their heavily medicated water. If you ask when they receive their next batch and be right there to get some, you'll get good snails. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChadO Posted December 29, 2015 Report Share Posted December 29, 2015 http://msjinkzd.com Never bought snails from her but have bought amanos that arrived on time and all alive. I've had really good luck in my dealings with her as well. Good seller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrimple minded Posted December 29, 2015 Report Share Posted December 29, 2015 I've had really good luck in my dealings with her as well. Good seller. Same experience for me. Would highly recommend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. F Posted December 29, 2015 Report Share Posted December 29, 2015 Isn't that invertobsession's new name? No, I don't believe so. Furthermore, I've ordered plants from invertobsession with good results, but not so good with live animals. However, I have ordered amanos, blue dreams, and nerites from AquaticArts and they arrived quickly and healthy. I would highly recommend AquaticArts. You can order from them through their website or on aquabid. http://www.aquaticarts.com/freshwater-snails Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMG Aquatics Posted December 29, 2015 Report Share Posted December 29, 2015 No, I don't believe so. Furthermore, I've ordered plants from invertobsession with good results, but not so good with live animals. However, I have ordered amanos, blue dreams, and nerites from AquaticArts and they arrived quickly and healthy. I would highly recommend AquaticArts. You can order from them through their website or on aquabid. http://www.aquaticarts.com/freshwater-snails They are the same. InvertObsession = AquaticArts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted December 29, 2015 Report Share Posted December 29, 2015 InvertObsession is the biz that hijacked all my ads/photos of homebred shrimp on amazon to read the shrimp were coming from them instead. Happened multiple times, and Amazon refused to do anything about it- even after I paid for UPC codes. I eventually removed around 1000 of my ads because anybody could hijack my ads and make me look bad, and Amazon wouldn't do anything. ShrimpP and Louie 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarah Posted December 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2015 WOW I am soooo glad I asked! Thanks all. And sorry for your horrible experiences. I really appreciate the warnings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve R. Posted December 29, 2015 Report Share Posted December 29, 2015 InvertObsession is the biz that hijacked all my ads/photos of homebred shrimp on amazon to read the shrimp were coming from them instead. Happened multiple times, and Amazon refused to do anything about it- even after I paid for UPC codes. I eventually removed around 1000 of my ads because anybody could hijack my ads and make me look bad, and Amazon wouldn't do anything. Bryce, what do you mean my "hijacked"? Did they use your photos and the text with their seller name? Do you know if InvertObsession changed the name to AquaticArts? Or are these other people? Louie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMG Aquatics Posted December 29, 2015 Report Share Posted December 29, 2015 They are the same. InvertObsession = AquaticArts Their ad even use to say Tank Bred as well but we all know where they get it from and it obviously isn't tank bred Louie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted December 29, 2015 Report Share Posted December 29, 2015 Bryce, what do you mean my "hijacked"? Did they use your photos and the text with their seller name? Do you know if InvertObsession changed the name to AquaticArts? Or are these other people? My ads were on Amazon, and they would change the ad to say the shrimp was theirs, and give their contact info too. My UPC didn't mean squat. They would rewrite the text and keep my photos/UPC at the time. I contacted them several times, and they didn't care. Neither did Amazon. It was beyond frustrating. Haven't looked on Amazon for awhile now for shrimp, so don't know if they still are using my photos or not. Nothing I could do anyway, so I wrote off the incident. Don't know if it is the same people, but if it is as the posters here have said it is, I have no love for their selling tactics. ShrimpP 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve R. Posted December 29, 2015 Report Share Posted December 29, 2015 That really stinks. This is definitely stealing in my book. Shocking that Amazon did not do anything. I am sure if you were a big company, Amazon would have taken action. Soothing Shrimp and Wygglz 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vpier Posted December 29, 2015 Report Share Posted December 29, 2015 If they arent "invertobsession's" then I have no input in this matter. What makes this subject difficult is places like "invertobsession's" operate under several names and you have no idea of who or what your dealing with. That is why I made the decision to deal with people on here who are well known, especially when it comes to live animals. Steve R., Louie and Soothing Shrimp 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vpier Posted December 29, 2015 Report Share Posted December 29, 2015 They are the same. InvertObsession = AquaticArts I ordered over $200 worth of low light plants and was shorted or they substituted plants that required more light. Wouldn't answer emails and sent me some moss that I can go get in a bog on a log near my house, it fell apart into tiny pieces and made a huge mess in my tank just to shut me up. They took my brothers money for some RCS, after 3 weeks of emails they finally replied back and told him they took more orders than what they had and would take another two weeks to fulfill order. I used to own the 3rd largest paintball internet site and my philiopshy was and still is "Dont take people's money if you dont have it in stock!" Soothing Shrimp, Louie, Kikojaharo and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crackhead Johny Posted January 8, 2016 Report Share Posted January 8, 2016 Aquatic Arts openly says "Formerly Invert Obsession". I bought some assassin snails from them to fix pond snail problem in my wife's tank. Lazy lazy snails (are assassins normally?), They didn't noticeably touch the pond snails. I think one of the 5 is alive a few months later. Stuff showed up on time and alive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. F Posted January 10, 2016 Report Share Posted January 10, 2016 They are the same. InvertObsession = AquaticArtsOkay, regardless, I've done business with both entities and have had mostly bad results with InvertObsession and nothing but good with Aquatic Arts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dukendabears Posted January 11, 2016 Report Share Posted January 11, 2016 Crappy to hear, i especially dislike people/businesses claiming to sell tank raised shrimp, that they import.. Im glad to hear they changed that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louie Posted January 11, 2016 Report Share Posted January 11, 2016 I have bought mini moth catfish, different types of nerite snails and green shrimp from Aquatics and very happy with them. I have another order that should ship this week . Soothing Shrimp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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