Juvenile Orange Clarkii or Dwarf CPO?

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twincessna340a

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She is 2 1/8" from rostrum to tail. I've had her for 10 days and I first measured her at 1 3/4", but I think that might have been wrong because I haven't seen her molt or any remnants of one. I kept a large group of glass shrimp before and I was constantly finding their molt remnants around and stuck in the filter intakes. I know that crayfish eat their molt but I haven't seen anything...
 

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She'll get cranky before molting. Ours would tear up anything around them then hide for a day to molt. Another thing to look for is they will sometimes get a white bubble looking "thing" (not sure if it's species specific or not) behind the head right before the molt starts.

Not sure what type she is but her coloring is great. Good luck.
 
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