The internet is such a great place, with so many blogs and message boards filled with helpful folks eager to give advice. Many times the person giving advice is incredibly eager to be helpful but may actually know less than the person seeking the advice. This is apparent when reading about the Aeae on the web.
This is a photo of the only Manini corm, which I shipped this year that died. It was inspected after 7 days and showed good root growth, much better than the Manini in this thread showed after 13 days. But it was clear from the discoloration that the soil aeration was not adequate. The inspection revealed a dark spot which was cleaned at that moment but the soil aeration issue wasn't addressed until several days later.
With a Manini, it is much easy to prevent this type of problem than it is to fix.
