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Unread 02/04/2018, 05:58 PM   #15
Mr. Manty
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Originally Posted by Calappidae View Post
I'm going to chime in here because this raises my suspicion...

Quick question: who did you buy them from?

The last two O. Scyllarus I've purchased arrived in the exact same conditions you're describing, curious if it was the supplier mishandling them.

- 1 confirmed male, 1 not 100% sure but think male also.
- Both Metallic green
- One got the short acclimation (float 15 mins, water changing the bag with tank water a few times, right in.), the other was picked up 2 hours earlier then arrival at the storage center, and received the 2 hour drip acclimation.
- The one that got the short acclimation held on 15 hours before confirmed death. The one that got a 2 hour acclimation died within the hour.
- Both of them arrived with damaged raptorial appendages, with the "dagger" parts broken off.

Parameters were good, and the tank that both attempts failed in housed a perfectly healthy G. chiragra (who was moved) prior to them, and right now houses a lobster, dec. crab, and CBS for about a month so far.
Only the second one arrived with any damage. It can't be a coincidence that he died with the exact same symptoms.


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