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I tend to agree, our shipping routes are different, shorter or less transfers from water to water, unless a fish is a very specific one known for poor shipping all new fish swim out of the bag after acclimation as I trust my lfs water implicitly, special cases come to me in the bag from wholesaler, same acclimation but the fish is netted to go in the tank, the wholesaler is the importer so only sees one or two different waters before me.
i admit I do not have quite so much trust with my LFS water. Although their systems are spotless. I also wonder if the seeming rarity of mimics coming in around here is due to poor shipping survival.
then again though. He was soo healthy looking. Who knows