Please help!

Questions about identifying the differences between species.
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Can someone PLEASE help me identify my three newly purchased hermit crabs? Thank you!
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-Katie Forbes
Es: Mr. Krabs*Xena*Hubert*Clarice*Tank*Paras
PPs: Cosmo*Unknown*Darla

RIP: Sandy + Calypso + Kaluha + Jorgen von Strangle + Daisy + Mojo (assumed) + Stella
See them: http://s173.photobucket.com/albums/w69/katelynforbes/
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All 3 are wonderful looking Ecuadorians. The 1st and 3rd pic are still in shells most likely carried with them from their native home, but the 2nd has changed shells somewhere along the line.
47 Ecuadorians 24 Purple Pincers 2 Ruggies and 27 micro Es see them here
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Yup definetly E's. I love thier eyes.
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ImCrabby wrote:All 3 are wonderful looking Ecuadorians. The 1st and 3rd pic are still in shells most likely carried with them from their native home, but the 2nd has changed shells somewhere along the line.
That's cool. Yeah, the 1st and 3rd won't change shells, even though they're too small. The 2nd one has changed shells dozens of times though.
HermieLove19 wrote:Yup definetly E's. I love thier eyes.
Lol, thanks. Yeah, they're cuties. :)
-Katie Forbes
Es: Mr. Krabs*Xena*Hubert*Clarice*Tank*Paras
PPs: Cosmo*Unknown*Darla

RIP: Sandy + Calypso + Kaluha + Jorgen von Strangle + Daisy + Mojo (assumed) + Stella
See them: http://s173.photobucket.com/albums/w69/katelynforbes/
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It is hard to get large Es to switch out of these shells, no matter how badly they are beat up. I found a place in Canada, and I think it is New Brunswick, that has Natica shells from their homelands that they liked. The only other kind of shell I have luck with are Turbo Peths.
47 Ecuadorians 24 Purple Pincers 2 Ruggies and 27 micro Es see them here
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I live in New Brunswick! Where abouts did you find these shells?
-Katie Forbes
Es: Mr. Krabs*Xena*Hubert*Clarice*Tank*Paras
PPs: Cosmo*Unknown*Darla

RIP: Sandy + Calypso + Kaluha + Jorgen von Strangle + Daisy + Mojo (assumed) + Stella
See them: http://s173.photobucket.com/albums/w69/katelynforbes/
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Here is a link to the site. He has thousands of shells. Look for shells that come from South or Central America. Those are the preferred E shells.
http://www.schnr-specimen-shells.com/Mi ... opods.html
47 Ecuadorians 24 Purple Pincers 2 Ruggies and 27 micro Es see them here
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And here is another I buy from. He is in Argentina so he has access to many E shells.
http://www.patagonianshells.com.ar/inde ... =families2
47 Ecuadorians 24 Purple Pincers 2 Ruggies and 27 micro Es see them here
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Thanks! :)
-Katie Forbes
Es: Mr. Krabs*Xena*Hubert*Clarice*Tank*Paras
PPs: Cosmo*Unknown*Darla

RIP: Sandy + Calypso + Kaluha + Jorgen von Strangle + Daisy + Mojo (assumed) + Stella
See them: http://s173.photobucket.com/albums/w69/katelynforbes/
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The eyes are awesome. they are E's
!!! pictures of my medium pp (take a look and plz comment)
http://hermitcrabparadise.com/forums/vi ... 911#p17911

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