Movin' On Up!

The hermies got a new tank set up today. They graduated to a 20high aquarium.

Start with a shiny new tank...








Fill with 100 pounds of sand (clean and raked with a magnet of course)...







Add 2 gallons of de-chlorinated water and mix well (not easy, btw)...







A fresh water dish with sponges for humidity control...








Some salt water dishes...








A few things to climb on...








Relocated hermies...








New and larger shells and a food dish...








Fresh food...








Decorative stones and special food (because my pets are spoiled!)...








Lid and a froggie to keep an eye on things....

Toodles

Who knew, not I...

The girl cat on Tom and Jerry is named Toodles. Hermit Crab number three is a girl and has earned the name Toodles.

And *enter name here* Makes Three...

We had the privilage of talking face to face with someone very knowledgable about hermit crabs today. We went over to Mount Dora and spoke with the lady from the Crabbage Patch. She helped us sort out some of my questions and even offered to take a look at the crabs we got from Petco and make sure they were healthy.

We picked up some new food, some shells and some climbing things. We also selected a third crab. She is yet unnamed. Yes, you read correctly. We actually know it is a she. I was able to check Jerry and as far as I can tell he is a she (oops). Tom, as usual, is not being cooperative.

The new crab and Jerry have been very active for the last 2 hours checking each other out. Tom is hiding with his nose in a corner as usual. The new crab is the one with the pretty shiny shell. She is not as colorful as Jerry though.

A Few Pix of the Crabs

Well one of them at least.

This is Jerry. He quite active. Tom is a bit camera shy so no pixs of him as of yet. I am worried that Tom is not adjusting well but hopefully he will be fine in a while. Perhaps he just is just a private crab!

Our newest additions

Living creatures are becoming a tradition for birthdays and Christmas around here!

The boys are still debating names. So far they are considering the following:

Radical and Dude
Tom and Jerry
Thing 1 and Thing 2
Mr. Krabs and Plankton