Hey guys! Today is very exciting because today is Jupiter's 1st time molting with me. I had to clean up the crabitat since it's a new month. I didn't get to Jupiter in time to put her in an isolation tank so I decided to do the soda bottle technique. So, when I was cleaning the crabitat, Jupiter was in the middle of her molt. Because of this, I decided that it would be too risky to scoop her out and place her in an isolation tank, so, I just got a soda bottle, rinsed it well, and cut it to the length I wanted, and finally, put it right on top of where Jupiter was molting. I decided to do this because it was just too risky. My main concern was that Kirby would eat Jupiter because of the exoskeleton smell and because she is rather larger than the size of Jupiter, which makes it more likely.
And I just hope that Jupiter's first molt with me will be a successful one and that she would come up healthy. So, yeah. I'm very excited to say that this is Jupiter's first time molting with me!
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Jupiter molting under soda bottle
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