It does not sound as if the Caulerpa had any pathogen or if it did, that was not the problem. From the short period of time in your hands until it died, it sounds as if it simply shipped poorly. In that case, the decomposition that happened in the display would have occurred instead in the safety of the quarantine tank where there would have been no other collateral damage.
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Steven Pro, yep that is my real name.
19th Annual Marine Aquarium Conference of North America (MACNA)
in Pittsburgh, PA September 14-16, 2007
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