And uh.... I brought home another eight females.
We had an adoption I was very much looking forward to fall through at the last minute, and then one of my PPs who was attacked or had an accident while molting last week suddenly died on me completely unexpectedly about 15 minutes later. (I really thought he was going to be okay since he was getting stronger
) So when we stopped at the store to grab some bleach to take care of a massive ground hornet's nest and they had gotten in a shipment of some lovely ladies I was not in the right mental state to walk away from them knowing darn well what the scene would be like in just a couple of days. And my loving hubby, who I have come to realize, has absolutely no ability to say "no" when I'm upset even when we both know he probably should. (I really do love that man.
)
So yeah, another eight pugilator fem fatales have been added to the tank. That should put the tank at:
2 male pugnax/minax (not sure on the species) - one huge, one teeny
2 male pugilators - both new, both that are missing their big claws, both average
11 puglilator females - all new, small and average
7 female pugnax/minux - 1 huge, 2 mediums, 4 smalls
And with that the tank is full and we bring home no more until we see how they do. The magic number for fids to be safe from their version of "PPS" seems to be three months. If they can pass that mark there's a great chance they will live a full life. Unfortunately most don't seem to, and I've read that is due to having been shipped and kept in non-salt water - they just can never recover. What it sounds like to a hermit person is that something happens and they can't molt or have a failure molting. Just wait and see now, I guess.
you did a good job 
