I've had this with verrucosus once. It was the last one in the water, so het had the tanks for himself, and the temperatures were already getting colder. When he morphed he was bigger than all other siblings.
The little one didn't Make itLack of competition can be a factor, but I've raised a giant in with 6 adults before and the large larva held her own
Yes Aaron, he did not complete it.@&£" did he die during metamorphosis?