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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Eighth Eye Blind" data-source="post: 242691" data-attributes="member: 49683">I'm so sorry for your loss. It's never easy . . . especially when it's a critically endangered species. Thanks for taking such good care of her while she was with you.Don't blame yourself for this. Those temps are just fine. It's going to vary from species to species, but we know for a hard biological fact that the perfect temp range for keeping an A. hentzi healthy is 20°C-27°C. P. metallica's native habitat is in the same climate zone as part of A. hentzi's so you kept her at exactly the right temp. Don't kick yourself for this.In fact, given how slowly she grew, I'd bet she had a genetic problem from the start that affected her metabolism. That's not unexpected in a species like P. metallica that has gotten heavily inbred in captivity. It's a sad loss but take comfort that there's nothing to blame yourself over.</blockquote>