When Gel Limbs Turned Into Brand New Limbs

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When Gel Limbs Turned Into Brand New Limbs

Post by Mokulele_Hawai'i » Sat Mar 31, 2007 6:43 am

My small indo and komurasaki molted together

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The gel limbs had already been flat and clear - like an empty plastic bag:

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Post by Guest » Sat Mar 31, 2007 7:11 am

WoooW! Why did they surface molt?


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Post by Guest » Sat Mar 31, 2007 7:22 am

good question XD... a question we'll never know lol.

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Post by Mokulele_Hawai'i » Sun Apr 01, 2007 5:20 am

When they started to appear sluggish and tried to dig, I immediately put them in the quarantine tank ... and as the environment was better, they molted in the following 36 hours.
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Founder of "Blueberry land hermit crab" - common name for Coenobita purpureus, and "Zebra Sunset land hermit crab" for a new subspecies of Coenobita violascens

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Post by Mokulele_Hawai'i » Sun Apr 01, 2007 5:20 am

When they started to appear sluggish and tried to dig, I immediately put them in the quarantine tank ... and as the environment was better, they molted in the following 36 hours.
Hermit crab lover since 1981
Founder of "Blueberry land hermit crab" - common name for Coenobita purpureus, and "Zebra Sunset land hermit crab" for a new subspecies of Coenobita violascens


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Shocking news

Post by Guest » Wed Apr 11, 2007 8:41 am

That's funny. never seen that before. But as long as it's sucessful, I think it's OK... :oops: :wink:

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