Dead Ceriths?

[Reefer Wannabe]

So I buy some snails from a guy in Sheboygan, and have him mail them priority, and he mails on Monday and they get here today...

A) He mailed with no heat packs...

B) Absolutely no styrofoam or other insulation used...

C) I get home about an hour after they were delivered. I didn't take the temp of the water, but it was probably about 55 degrees, if that.

What are the odds they survived? They've been "thawing" in my sump in a ziplock container since I got home. Is there any way to tell right now if they're alive?

I know I'll be able to smell them tomorrow if they're not.

I know it's wrong to assume, but was it wrong for me to assume they would be packed in styrofoam, and that a heat pack would be used in January? They were literally shipped in a paper towel inside a ziplock bag, thrown in a box with a little bit of cottony stuff in the box so they didn't get shaken up too bad.

Sigh...

 

[latazyo]

what the hell


isnt sheboygan in wisconsin where its -908 F?

 

[Reefer Wannabe]

Near Milwaukee I think. It was probably about 50 on Monday there.

 

[JxMetal]

Leighton.........the exaggeration is a bit much. It's more along the lines of -397 F

 

[breutus]

Thats definitly a bit crazy, but I would say they have a possibilty I have seen them survive worse!

 

[!wrass!]

They live in a pretty harsh environment. The ones that I have seen are exposed at low tide on mangrove sand flat. If the air temp drops, they get cold there too. At high tide, they are covered by a couple of feet of still, nutrient packed water. Give them a shot and watch for activity at night.

BTW, I have some if you need more.

 

[icepick96]

Hey don't knock Sheboygan it's the home of..........

They do come from a harsh enviroment but it will depend on how cold the snails got.

 

[Reefer Wannabe]

I've found 3-4 live ones. The rest are just kind of in the same pile, but not stuck to each other or anything else.

I didn't know Sheboygan is the home of Johnsonvill brats. Maybe I can arrange some brats as compensation