Container or bucket comes in a box which is then put in a shipping box. Ok so far. The bucket came in is about this size of a 28 oz can of tomatoes. Mine came partially wrapped in a piece of cellophane with the lid taped in 3 spots with clear scotch tape. These eels are very nicely wrapped around the inside of bucket but it was obvious that my contents were tampered with.

I thought based on description that the eels would be in some sort of fluid like Berkley GULP buckets. It turns out they are not. They are very realistic but very thin. I would have liked them to be at least 50% thicker. I’m sure they will work but because of how thin they are my plans of how to use them have changed. I will try them and update my review later