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More insane colors

Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2018 8:58 pm
by wodesorel
These two. ImageImage

Re: More insane colors

Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2018 8:59 pm
by piratetoothgir
wodesorel wrote:These two. ImageImage
Woah! Those are Caribbean right?

Re: More insane colors

Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2018 9:01 pm
by wodesorel
And for anyone that missed it, my blue guy from a few weeks ago. He has already started getting greyer.

The white one was a rescue from a few years back. I started going through my archives and pulling good pics and I always thought the color was nuts. It was otherwise fine and was not molting, and returned to a normal shade after its next molt a few months later. ImageImage

Re: More insane colors

Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2018 9:02 pm
by wodesorel
Yep, they are all Purple Pinchers!

Re: More insane colors

Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2018 9:04 pm
by piratetoothgir
wodesorel wrote:Yep, they are all Purple Pinchers!
Where have you found such interestingly colored crabs?
How big are they?

Re: More insane colors

Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2018 9:06 pm
by wodesorel
They just randomly come up that way, and the next molt go back to more normal. I've had everything from smalls to jumbos do it. These guys are all borderline jumbos though.

Re: More insane colors

Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2018 9:08 pm
by piratetoothgir
wodesorel wrote:They just randomly come up that way, and the next molt go back to more normal. I've had everything from smalls to jumbos do it. These guys are all borderline jumbos though.
Cool! I have a guy down for a month now, maybe he’s morphing into a weird color form like that.

I have two crabs that are larges, with my largest being near jumbo.

Re: More insane colors

Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2018 9:38 pm
by Angel_crab
Wow love their colouring!


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Re: More insane colors

Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2018 7:15 am
by GotButterflies
Beautiful!! Thank you for sharing!


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Re: More insane colors

Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2018 7:15 am
by Giner13
Gorgeous crabs!!!


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Re: More insane colors

Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2018 9:19 pm
by Kermie16
Oh WOW!!! Beautiful


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Re: More insane colors

Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2018 11:35 am
by mlakers
So cool! I love these random things they do. Mysterious little buggers.

Re: More insane colors

Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2018 3:57 pm
by Ankutchey
wodesorel wrote:They just randomly come up that way, and the next molt go back to more normal. I've had everything from smalls to jumbos do it. These guys are all borderline jumbos though.
Do you think the change could be due to increase in certain foods? Like in humans eating a lot of carrots (like A LOT) can cause a yellow discoloration of the skin?

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Re: More insane colors

Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2018 6:37 pm
by LadyJinglyJones
:love10: S W O O N :love10:

Re: More insane colors

Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2018 2:06 am
by wodesorel
Ankutchey wrote:
wodesorel wrote:They just randomly come up that way, and the next molt goes back to more normal. I've had everything from smalls to jumbos do it. These guys are all borderline jumbos though.
Do you think the change could be due to increase in certain foods? Like in humans eating a lot of carrots (like A LOT) can cause a yellow discoloration of the skin?

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I doubt it. Up until a couple of years ago it would have meant starving themselves while waiting for something particular to come around as I was feeding individual food items on random rotation. Now it would be picking through a very varied mix for one or two things. The color itself is just a stronger version of their own regular coloration, like someone had jacked the saturation and brightness up.