Naked E

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Naked E

Post by soilentgringa » Sun Jun 11, 2017 9:54 pm

Walked past my tank and noticed one of my E's, apparently freshly molted, fat and sassy, taking a skinny dip.

It is full of energy and took the fairy snail shell and is now running around in the tank.

I wonder if its shell got stuck on the way up top?

This E is only about 4 times bigger now than when it was given to me.

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Re: Naked E

Post by shanedaman112 » Sun Jun 11, 2017 10:00 pm

My big PP strawberry got himself stuck and ditched his shell just the other day. He was fine but he continues to squeeze himself in that same spot lol

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Re: Naked E

Post by Hermiearth » Mon Jun 12, 2017 12:45 am

Same thing happened to me the other day, it seems to just happen sometimes but I find that crabs who streak are either just fine molting or about to molt


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Post by wolfnipplechips » Mon Jun 12, 2017 2:05 am

Glad he's active and seems good to go! I once had an E who would come up naked EVERY TIME he molted. I named him nekky.
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Post by GotButterflies » Mon Jun 12, 2017 9:15 am

He's beautiful! Glad he's doing well now! Luckily mine have never done that to me. Now that I said that it will probably happen. Lol


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Re: Naked E

Post by Kermie16 » Mon Jun 12, 2017 12:01 pm

So glad he decided to re-shell himself! He's got some beautiful long legs on him!


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Re: Naked E

Post by ErikRasmussen » Fri Jun 30, 2017 2:09 pm

I had an E ditch a shell in a pool, i honestly think that sometimes they are just like..."forget this thing I am faster without it" Es are weird
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