Is this normal for an octopus?

[Thales]

I talked to Tom's Tropicals and he said some species just can't handle the water in certain areas regardless of if it was purified or not. He said sometimes theres just trace elements that are missing or present that the octopus just cant handle and they don't last but a few hours.

That sounds iffy to me. What areas is he talking about? What trace elements? Sounds to me like the general kinds of inaccuracies that some use when they don't know why something happened, but don't feel they should say that.

I'm inclined to believe him as he is refunding me for the octopus.

I'm glad you are getting your money back.

 

[drakanorn]

out of curiosity what salt mix do you use?