I bought a pom pom cran online and had it shipping express (24 hrs). I acclimated it for about an hour and dropped it in the tank. I know they are sensitive creatures so I was careful.
BUT… I made a mistake and adjusted my salinity right after. I forgot about the crab and added 3 x 1/2 cup of salt mixed in 1 gallon of rodi, slowly poured into the sump.
My tank is about 140 gallons so that’s about a 2.1% increase in salt (the goal was to raise salinity from 1.025 to about 1.026)
The pom pom crab immediately retreated into a rock and was never seen again (3 weeks ago).
Did I kill it ?
BUT… I made a mistake and adjusted my salinity right after. I forgot about the crab and added 3 x 1/2 cup of salt mixed in 1 gallon of rodi, slowly poured into the sump.
My tank is about 140 gallons so that’s about a 2.1% increase in salt (the goal was to raise salinity from 1.025 to about 1.026)
The pom pom crab immediately retreated into a rock and was never seen again (3 weeks ago).
Did I kill it ?