DoucetteJ Posted April 28, 2011 Report Share Posted April 28, 2011 (edited) Hi all, wondering if anyone knows of a Canadian online dealer of shells for shelldwellers. Or does anyone know if cichlidbreeding.com ships to Canada? I tried to make an order but it did recognize my address. Online dealer or local places I can find shells looking for shells like escargot, whales eye, turbo shells etc etc. Cheers, Jason Edited April 28, 2011 by DoucetteJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vallisneria Posted April 28, 2011 Report Share Posted April 28, 2011 I bought my shells off Ebay. There are lots of different kinds to choose from and they are usually also listed by shell opening size. I bought some land snail shells and whales eye shells from this store http://stores.ebay.ca/Florida-Shells-and-Gifts/Hermit-Crab-Shells-/_i.html?_fsub=2659217&_sid=94288166&_trksid=p4634.c0.m322 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neesmo Posted April 28, 2011 Report Share Posted April 28, 2011 i bought a huge bag of them at micheals for my brevis' and altolamprolagus. There was some that are pretty big too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JORG Posted April 28, 2011 Report Share Posted April 28, 2011 A lot of the dollar type stores sell bags of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingin' It Posted April 28, 2011 Report Share Posted April 28, 2011 I got all my shells from the dollar store Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoucetteJ Posted April 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2011 Awesome thanks everyone I'll check all those out! Cheers, Jason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CORVETTE Posted April 28, 2011 Report Share Posted April 28, 2011 i too went to micheals for my shells and they really liked them.(fish told me) Alot of there are quite large. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aonyx Posted May 1, 2011 Report Share Posted May 1, 2011 I just bought a box of 20 turbo shells for $9 at Pier One yesterday. They appear to be polished and smooth (hopefully not painted or varnished, I will check before putting them in the tank. They're actually $18 I think but there was an incorrect price tag someone had stuck on the bottom of the box so the cashier let me buy them for the lower price. I emailed cichlidbreeding.com back around Christmas asking about shells & shipping to Canada, but got no response. I concluded that they must not want my Canadian money =) Anways, good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vince0 Posted May 6, 2011 Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 (edited) I just bought a box of 20 turbo shells for $9 at Pier One yesterday. They appear to be polished and smooth (hopefully not painted or varnished, I will check before putting them in the tank. They're actually $18 I think but there was an incorrect price tag someone had stuck on the bottom of the box so the cashier let me buy them for the lower price. I emailed cichlidbreeding.com back around Christmas asking about shells & shipping to Canada, but got no response. I concluded that they must not want my Canadian money =) Anways, good luck! i even went as far as trying to call them to get stuff off them, and they are only open on weekends for 6 hours... i got mine from the seafood store, purchased a bag of "Escargot shells" and my brevis loved them and used and abused them Edited May 6, 2011 by vince0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aonyx Posted May 9, 2011 Report Share Posted May 9, 2011 OMG Vince, which seafood store?? I called several last year when I was desperately trying to find shells and they all sounded as if they thought if I was crazy! I even called restaurant supply stores... I've also found big bags of assorted shells at Walmart (in the candle section). Many aren't usable, but there were enough "turbo" type shells that I bought a bag (in desperation). Probably turned out to be less than $1/shell. i even went as far as trying to call them to get stuff off them, and they are only open on weekends for 6 hours... i got mine from the seafood store, purchased a bag of "Escargot shells" and my brevis loved them and used and abused them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vince0 Posted May 9, 2011 Report Share Posted May 9, 2011 OMG Vince, which seafood store?? I called several last year when I was desperately trying to find shells and they all sounded as if they thought if I was crazy! I even called restaurant supply stores... I've also found big bags of assorted shells at Walmart (in the candle section). Many aren't usable, but there were enough "turbo" type shells that I bought a bag (in desperation). Probably turned out to be less than $1/shell. i even went as far as trying to call them to get stuff off them, and they are only open on weekends for 6 hours... i got mine from the seafood store, purchased a bag of "Escargot shells" and my brevis loved them and used and abused them blue world sea food or something like that. Its in the same mall as "the brick" near southland dr s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoucetteJ Posted May 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2011 OMG Vince, which seafood store?? I called several last year when I was desperately trying to find shells and they all sounded as if they thought if I was crazy! I even called restaurant supply stores... I've also found big bags of assorted shells at Walmart (in the candle section). Many aren't usable, but there were enough "turbo" type shells that I bought a bag (in desperation). Probably turned out to be less than $1/shell. i even went as far as trying to call them to get stuff off them, and they are only open on weekends for 6 hours... i got mine from the seafood store, purchased a bag of "Escargot shells" and my brevis loved them and used and abused them I finally found some, went to the dollar store or dollar + store or whatever there called. They had some whales eye shells as well as some other ones I was looking at, also got some small purple clam shells for the substrate and a bag of larger clam shells just for fun. All in all about 10$ for 30-40 shells so I am super happy Thanks for all the help! Cheers, Jason blue world sea food or something like that. Its in the same mall as "the brick" near southland dr s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aonyx Posted May 12, 2011 Report Share Posted May 12, 2011 Hi Jason - which dollar store did you find all these shells? None of the dollar stores I've tried have had any =( (Thanks Vince, will try the Blue Seafood again. I'm pretty sure I called them a few months ago and they didn't have any) I finally found some, went to the dollar store or dollar + store or whatever there called. They had some whales eye shells as well as some other ones I was looking at, also got some small purple clam shells for the substrate and a bag of larger clam shells just for fun. All in all about 10$ for 30-40 shells so I am super happy Thanks for all the help! Cheers, Jason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PistolPete Posted May 13, 2011 Report Share Posted May 13, 2011 Both dollar stores i have tried have had shells. They are sometimes hard to find but usually there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crystal Posted May 17, 2011 Report Share Posted May 17, 2011 Both dollar stores i have tried have had shells. They are sometimes hard to find but usually there. I have had good luck with both Dollar stores and Dollaramas. Even Walmart in the Vase/pebble decoration section. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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