I bought blue leopard ramshorns off ebay early spring and have a freaking ton of the things now. I think they just look solid blue but they seem a pretty good color. I am having some water condition issues though and shells were deteriorating or not forming even. I have added crushed coral to nearly all invert tanks. I was just going to sort my ramshorns from the pond snails in the snail tank. I don't kill all the pond/tadpole snails because they are good food for some of my other critters but they've gotten out of hand and are clogging up the tank while eating all the food. The glass is just coated in eggs too so I may be pulling snails for quite awhile. I have never shipped anything though. They were shipped to me with a small amount of damp paper towel in a baggie instead of water. It was nearly completely dry but he said they drown otherwise. About half did eventually recover but they had pulled way back in their shell. So I'm uncertain the best method. I wish I knew exactly how damp the paper towel was to start with.