G. portentosa body types

Varies with the amount of food they've eaten recently. Notice how the one who's flat-shaped has molted recently.

 
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Zephyr said:
Varies with the amount of food they've eaten recently. Notice how the one who's flat-shaped has molted recently.
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What makes you think he molted recently? Remember, even though I've managed to keep them alive for a while, I'm still new to the "hobby". There are bunches of those wide, flat shaped ones. I don't think it has anything to do with how much they've eaten. Some of them are just built like that and when I've housed them individually for months on end, neither type changes shape when they are well fed or cut back. I took a lot more pics to illustrate my point, but almost all of them came out blurry or dark. I'm setting up a better lighting and bounce system, so I'll post some more asap. Some of the little bitty ones are as round and flat as that dime and others look like the one in the pic.

 
They always get that shape after molting, and that guy is also very light colored, a possible sign of recent molting.

 
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Ralph said:
They always get that shape after molting, and that guy is also very light colored, a possible sign of recent molting.
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Looking at size genetics in G. Portentosa currently, I have noticed the difference you have talked about and it is NOT related to how much they have eaten. I have no conclusion as of yet as to why u see these two forms. There are those "in the middle" though in my colony, do you have those "average" ones as well or is there a gap between the two types?

 
DrSnake said:
Looking at size genetics in G. Portentosa currently, I have noticed the difference you have talked about and it is NOT related to how much they have eaten. I have no conclusion as of yet as to why u see these two forms. There are those "in the middle" though in my colony, do you have those "average" ones as well or is there a gap between the two types?
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Those are the two extremes in my colony, but I have everything in between too. Most of mine are the normal or average looking type. I've also got some of those jet black ones and they run the full spectrum of sizes and shapes.

 
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