Hi Tom,

That is an interesting story. I have never seen one recover to that extent but fully understand animals having a much reduced growth rate resulting from conspecific stress. And they really take off when seperated into their own enclosures. We had this happen this year with a few Niles. We seperated the larger from the smaller and within a few weeks it was virtually impossible to distinguish them at a distance.

We have found this less of a problem if the animals are raised together from the start but about the 4-5ft range we still get an issue or two.

But that is really a remarkable Saltie story.
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CDieter
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