Some pics and 3 new additions.. Again T_T...

Gave them kiwi and jackfruit.. but they only nibbled afew seconds and left the fruits alone.. next day flies came.. so threw all away..

Here's one of the 3 new hermits..


Here's another hermit that I bought.. I loved the black and white limbs it has.. Did not take a pic of the other hermit as it changed shell the moment I put it into the tank.. and was lazy to retake.. and the first pic was blur -_-;; haha.



Here's what happened when I put too many hermit on tray level 2.. They started climbing all over each other.. :)

Sigh.. Total Number of Hermits as of TODAY!!! = 14..
Went to the shop wanting to just get some shells.. but everytime ended up getting more hermits.. T_T.. HAHHAHA..

Oh well.. Hope they enjoys each others company lol
cya all

Updates for the past few days :P

Sorry Posts has not been added regularly :).. sometimes I'm either too tired, or I simply forgot to post for that day :P

Anywayz here's some pics on ... What else? Hermits :) and some taglines on stuff they did.

The only hermit which came forward to eat the grapes, ate only for 5 minutes and left.. guess it prefers jackfruit which it spent at least 5 hours eating :).. the rest did not even bother going to eat the grape.

My 2 largest hermits, 1 in peatmoss, the other in the food dish.. look at it take up almost 40% of the entire food dish just by sitting in it!

Finally after days of wondering if sand is okay for them to dig in, this fella actually managed to dig right under the water dish. But he messed up my colour pattern.. Oh well :).


Other crabs also started digging on the same day too :) notice the messed up colours under the bridge :).


I bought a plastic divider for use as a divider and cut it to fit the tank nicely, after which I wrapped the entire divider in saran wrap to keep in the humidity :).. I'm rather proud of it... except for the messy saran wrapping :)

Thats all the pics I took.. And Next Up.. A Video :)


Heres a video of Hermit Eating Grape

3 New Additions To The Family

Grand Total as of today: 11.. Woo

And here they are.. 1's a medium speedster.. another 2 are shy giants.. until they got into the tank :)
Here's the new 3

Heres the speedster caught :)

Heres one of the gentle giant

Here's the other

Having a nice gathering of new and old hermits at the pool.

P.S. The speedster changed shell a minute after it was added into the tank.. It now uses a large green shell.. Talk about fast.. lol

Here's some videos

1 of the gentle GIANTS :)


Gathering By The Pool.

Aftermath of rubbing away sticker on water and food dish... And Treat For Today!!!

*sings* Nobody knows.. the troubles I feel....

So here's proof WAKAKKA



Gave them jackfruit.. appears only my largest 2 crabs love it.. and only my white crab has the appetite to eat since.. 8pm till now 12am.. approx 4 hours and still going strong at it..

Hmm no idea why this picture got rotated after upload.. oh well.. as long as crab and fruit is visible.. *shrug*

Next up is the Video *clap clap clap Wolf Whistle*

Btw I suspect this white shelled hermit has been bullying other crabs away... as some of them seem to crowd around nearby but none actually gone to peck at the food.. maybe they did while I was not watching.. but.. the white shelled hermit was actually sitting on top of the piece of jackfruit all the time. *shrug*.. biggest gets to feast I suppose.

Nite to all hermits and readers :)

Nothing special today :)

hehe, actually abit lazy.. cos I see my hermits all being so lazy today :)..
All of them are so stoned today.. just sitting there all day long.. perhaps they'll move around more later hehe.

Hmm think maybe tomorrow I'll see if I can get them some fruits to perk them up :)

Thats all for today .. Good night all..
(V) (-^v^-) (V) hehe

Crabs on the move...

Here's some updates for today :)

Crabbie out for a stroll along the sand.. they just look so peaceful walking slowly.. :)

Next up are some suspects who were caught digging the sand in the early morning.. But no charges were made.. as they removed all traces of digging and restored it to as it was. Anyway.. here are the evidence produced...

PRODUCING EXHIBIT A...
This little critter was caught digging around 0730 in the morning..

And here was his accomplice which dug at another location at the exact same time. Notice the large amount of sand behind him...

And finally our 3rd suspect who is either the crab in front or the one behind.. The suspect behind hiding in it's shell while the front suspect calmly stares at the camera.. Whether daring the cameraman, or blissfully unaware... we'll never know..

Anyway, Below are the 3 eco terra water and food dishes for them.. Apparently.. they like it.. judging from the amount of sand in them by evening time.. They should ought to say thank you instead of throwing 1 shell down from the shell tray per day.. ZZZ I even gotten blister on my thumb from rubbing the glue from the sticker on the dishes.. took me 30 min to get the glues on all 3 dishes totally off...

Splurged $$$ on hermit's crabitat again T_T..

I bought new stuff for the hermits.. zzz I really gotta break this bad habit of mine.. spending more on them than on myself.. anyways the stuff I got are.. 2 hideouts( 1 too big for the tank.. but lucky its very cheap) and 2 water dishes and 1 feeding dish..(will post pics of these stuff tomorrow). The reason I got new water dishes, is that.. the current dish is rather small as in only 2 of them can fit in at a time, and it's not deep enough.. so i got these new dishes in hopes that they like it more :)

Hermit Number 8

Today I went crazy and got another hermit thats about the same size and looks very similar to my largest white-shelled hermit :) now I've got 2 large (judging by my own mesurements) 4 mediums 2 small hermits total :).
Newest hermit crawling around
Anywayz, I'll stop the amount at 8 for now, due to 2 basic reasons. FIRST and MOST important reason is.. I'm broke.. pocket burnt on crabs.. SECOND reason is.. 8 in chinese is "BA" and it sounds like "FA" which means to prosper, if i remember my chinese right :).

So, far my hermits seem to be enjoying their new home as I see lots of crab trails along the sand by the glass. I really enjoy looking at them more, now that it's not as cluttered as compared as the previous tank.
Lots of trails goin all around.

Oops almost 4got.. I suppose in their appreciation for me giving them such a large space to run.. They gave me.. A Large pile of poop.. lucky for me their poop is rather concentrated to an area :).

Poo.. Lots of poo.. in just 1 night!!! >.<

Think I'll slowly assign the names I chosen to them 1 by 1 by next week hehe. Cya all.

A Sad End But A New Beginning.

A Sad End...
The Molting Hermit has been pronounced dead as of 0930hrs this morning. The Smell had gotten worse than yesterday.

A New Beginning..
Yesterday.. I bought a new larger tank for the hermits, as well as some coloured sand. YAY!! Unfortunately, I was a tad tired yesterday and bought way.. way.. way.. too little sand.. So ended up I went out to get more today.. Total amount I spent for upgrade has really burnt a hole in my pocket T_T;; 70 Bucks.. 25 for tank 40 for coloured sand and 5 for normal play sand. OUCH!!

I finished putting the tank new tank together and they're already starting to dismantle stuff, messing up the sand, and also running all over the place :) . Seems they like it hehe..

Heres the setup I went through..


Removed the hermits and placed them in a plastic container.

Placed Sand. (from the right..Play sand. Blue Sand, Purple sand, and lastly Multi-coloured sand.) Too bad the Multi-Colored sand can't be seen clearly.

Fixed in all the accessories and such. (Lamp, Aircon, Hygrometer+thermometer, Level 2 Shell Tray, Branches, Glow in the dark Stones, plastic plant, bridge, food and water dish, and the newest addition, peat moss [said to keep the air humid and crabs love it].)
Added Food and Water (From the top, Calci-sand and hermit food, plain water, salt water and lastly flower with abit of calci-sand on top.)
Lastly add the hermits in :), and wrap the top to maintain humidity.
End.

They're running all over the place, snacking on flowers and pushing each other around. I Shifted the hygro and thermometer to the right instead, cos I'm worried they'll climb out.

Btw, While cleaning out the old tank, I found a limb in the sand, I tried looking at the hermits as they walk around. But.. I can't figure out which of them lost that limb.. Oh well.. Hope they'll like their new home :)

Sad to say...

I suspect Molting crab did not make it. There was a strong seafood smell from the crab today... It even made the sand stink. sigh Gave it a salt water bath and gonna leave it for 2 more days and hope for the best.. if not and the smell increases... guess it's really good bye T_T..

Apologies for the lack of updates

Again, Apologies for the last 2 days for lack of updates :p..

1st day was busy with preparing for FYP presentation, preparation of script and memorizing and such.

Crabs were mostly hidden.. Must be my nervousness that got to them >.<..

Hermit Hiding Among The Shells

2nd day left early in morning, and returned late at night after presentation, celebrating friend's birthday, as well as watching F1 on a bridge with offers 1 sec view per car -_-.. got home too tired to blog hehe..

And here we are today.. went to the singapore motorshow.. followed by hunting for a nice spot to watch F1 Night race. :) not gonna say more here.. more updates on my other blog soon hehe..

This morning before I went to the Singapore Motorshow, I saw my crabs 5 out of 7 were unburied and facing each other with a small space between them, as if they were having a secret conference :p. But by the time I went to get my handphone to take a pic.. they had scattered slightly..
Scattered Crabs with Large one Eating Petal..

Gave them some flowers last night too. But by this morning, the flowers were tossed around the place and it even made their drinking water yellow, but my largest hermit seemed to enjoy plucking tiny bits of petals to eat. So I'll prob give them flowers once in awhile to munch lol.

Update for Molting Hermit Day.. erm.. 9?
Still no change. At least the musky smell is not strong.. sigh hope he'll be out soon..

Hmm worried about my hermit.

hmm my lvl 2 tray collapsed today -_-.. adhesive not strong enuff I suppose..


Update on molting hermit Day 6:

Very worried about the hermit. It has a slight smell, hope its due to the tank being too humid and not the "Smell of Death" that I read so often online.. >.<
I could not resist and lifted him up for a sniff.. he has a slight fish smell.. but its not strong smelly smell as mentioned online.. so I hope it's all right and all will turn out right >.<.
Wonder what else I can do... sigh.

Hermits Update for today :)

Hmm where shall I start..
Temperature was ok when I got home earlier(which was rather late), but the hygrometer mentioned my % of humidity was abit low -_- 70%.. so I misted the tank.

1 active.. 2 unhidden.. 4 hidden and 1 molting.

Update on Molting Hermit Day 5.
Still no movement or change :-(

Happy Day :)

Temperature is between 29 and 30 degrees, humidity is 80, Crabs are all actively running around :) Only thing is they totally ignored my strawberry which I threw away this morning..

Status of crabs 3 Active, 4 Hidden, 1 Molting. :(

Day 4 of molting crab update.
Still no change from yesterday. Hope it's all right.

Just got another hermie today.

Went to the petshop to get peat moss when,
I saw this cute little fella. :)














Could not resist so bought him..
Bringing my total number of hermits to 7.5.

*Feisty little fella.. Barely even 3 minutes I placed him into the tank he pulled my other tiny hermit out of its hiding place. I separated them each to a corner of the tank and they seem more content now :)

**Bought strawberries and gave them a tiny portion. Hope they enjoy..

***Did some rough calculation on the total cost I spent on hermits, sand, and the upgrades to the crabitat and I was stunned when I realized.. I spent approximately 272 dollars.. Perhaps even more during this 3+ Months. Guess I gonna have to spend the next few weeks on sandwiches >.<;; sigh. Oh well weight management I suppose :)

****I mentioned I wanted to name the hermits, I thought of the names, but not decided which goes to which hermits yet :) hehe. And they are.. Ah Guo, Ah Gui, Ah Teo, Ah Liang, Ah Lim, Ah Ros, Ah Sin and Ah Chen. (More if I Get more hermits in the months to come :))


Update On Molting Hermit Day 4.
Still looks the same without any change.. Sigh.

My Nicest Video Of The LOT!!! HERMIT ENJOYING BANANA

Of the 4 that were feasting, only this hermit remained to let me take this video :)
I only realised the brown shelled hermit was gonna molt after I recorded this video :)

Shell Inspector!!

Hermit Inspecting Shell!

RUN!!!!

RUN!!! Hermits Scattering After Being Placed Back Into Main Tank.

Just Lazing Around :)

Hermits In Temporary Tank While Main Gets Cleaned

The Great Crabidini >.<

INTRODUCING!!!! THE GREAT!!! CRABDINI!!!
(Ps. Thats not its name yet :P)

Hermit Sulking After It Got Caught..HA

Its only been a day since I Installed the level 2 tray, and my hermit actually manages to find a way out onto the air-con unit!! My guess is that it had somehow managed to reach.. and squeeze through the small gap in the saran wrap, walked along the edge of the tank (found poop there) before heading up Mount AirCon. (Where thankfully, it had no where else to go. PHEW!!) It did latch onto the vent quite tightly though, I had to sprinkle abit of water to make it let go :)
I rearranged the tank so it's harder to escape. (I Hope!).

Rearranged Tank As Of Today.

Anyways, It's Day 3 of my Molting Hermit, bought small saucers but still too big.. so I used 1 saucer and 2 spoons.

Molting Crab Day 3.

Watch Out For More :)

My Crabitat After Many Upgrades.

This is my crabitat, gotta say, I'm Rather Proud Of It :p.
It's abit small though, so I'm gonna get a larger one once I have the funds to do so :)


Anywayz, this tank contains the following items from Top Down:

1. Lamp (Cheap lamp, Gonna get the dayglo lamp one day)
2. Cooler (Air-Conditioner for the crabs, as Singapore Temperature does go above what I read was optimal for the hermits (approx72-80 F (22-27 degree celcius). I only turn it on when the thermometer says its too hot. e.g 30 degree celcius).
3. Saran Wrap (Keeps Humidity In)
4. Hygrometer & Thermometer (2nd upgrade. 1st one was a seperate thermometer and hygrometer, which took up space, and the thermometer kept dropping. Currently upgraded 2 in 1, which is hung instead of using sucker cups. This item allows me to keep track of the hermit's environment).
5. Tray Full of Shells (Just installed that tray today, As ground level was out of space, got the idea from another website. Just can't remember which.. sorry).
6. 2 Branches ( 1 to laze around on, or under.. The other acts as a ramp Onto The Tray.)
7. Fake Plant (My hermits either climb, or hide behind it).
8. Ceramic Bridge (Popular when added, now mostly ignored by hermits once the first branch was added).
9. Glow in the dark pebbles (Wanted to add some nice glow to the tank. It was only after adding them, that I realised... They won't glow.. Due to my sis's tank lights being turned on 24/7. DOH!!).
   
10. 4 In 1 sauce tray (3rd upgrade. Started from caps, to sauce bowls, to this. The 4 sections nicely allows me to separate a dechlorinated water, salt water, hermit feed, and treats (or Calci-sand for them to eat).
11. Sand (Generally I try to get as fine a sand as possible, gonna change to the coloured sand the hermit store currently uses soon and see how things go ) ;-p
12. Glass Tank ( 2nd upgrade. Started from a small plastic tank. Upgraded it when I had my 2nd and 3rd hermit added.)

I give them the above.. And.. They give me..

1. Many fun and interesting moments. (Gonna share some soon lol)
   
2. Destress and even relaxing times.
3. A hole in my pocket.
4. Worry that something might go wrong.
   
5. And Finally, Tons of poop to clear :)

Still. I love my pets.. Though I never did get around to naming or checking their gender. Think I'll think of some names soon, and leave out their gender :).

My 6.5 Hermits :)

This Blog Is Basically Just To Share About
How My 6.5 Hermit Crabs Are Doing.
I'll Also Be Posting Several Videos I Took
During The 3 Months Plus Period I Had Them.
They're Great Fun To Have Around :).

Long Description Of My 3Mths Rearing Hermits.

Well It Started I Was Feeling Down So Tried Rearing Fishes,
Sad To Say Out Of The 4 Fishes I Started With,
2 Turned White And Died, And I Passed The Other 2 Fishes
Onto My Sister Who Had A More Successful Tank Than I Did.

Gotten A White Crab, Which Mysteriously Died With Its Legs
And Claws Opened Wide During The Night. Found Him Floating
Upside Down Like A Boat.

Had A Tiny Black Crab Too.. But Something Went Wrong.. It
Lost All Its Limbs And Died. Probably From Stress As It Did
Not Move From Day 1.

Went With My Sis To Qian Hu Fish Farm To Look At Fishes
And Get Some Stuff, When I Saw And Bought My First
Hermit Crab (To Tell The Truth, I Knew Nuts About Them).
Lol Also It Costs Double What What My Later Hermits Costed,
Though To Be Fair, It's Also The Largest I Have.

I Chose It For Its Nice Silvery Shell It Had.
-_-.. Though.. The Silvery Shell Did Not Last Long..
The Reason Being... The Fella There Was Nice Enough To
Give Me A Spare Shell When I Asked Where To Get Some,
And While It Was Waiting For Me To Get Stuff It Needed,
It Changed Shell In The Plastic Bag Which It Was Packed In..
Still.. The New White Shell Looked Great Too.

This Hermit Distracted Me From Unhappy Thoughts And Provided Me,
With Fun As It Plays Hide And Seek, Moving Only When I look Away
And Hides Immediately When I Look Back.

Soon, I Bought A Larger Tank For The Hermit And
Spent A Bundle Hunting For Sand Around Singapore.
At First I Used Calci Sand, Till I Decided It Was
Burning A Hole In My Pocket As My Hermits Needed A
Rather Deep Layer. Read Online And Found Play Sand
Could Be Used Too. Hunted Around Singapore For Some,
Till I Found I Could Get Cheap Sand From Pasir Ris
Farmway. Read Alot Of Websites On How To Maintain
A Hermit Crab Too. While Hunting For Sand, I found
A Place Which, Sells Tiny Hermit Crabs Once In Awhile
At The Farmway. I Bought 2 On The Spot. Sad To Say 1
decided to go Nude Without Its Shell Frequently and
Subsequently Died Not Long After. The Other's Still
Surviving Nicely And Even Changed To A Larger Shell
Not Long After.

The Next 2 Came Along When I Heard or Read Somewhere
that Clementi Had a 24 Hour Shop. Went There Late At
Night, Though That Shop Did Not Have Hermit, They Had
Quite Afew Supplies Which I Kept Going To Get From Them.
The Shop Beside It However Had Hermits, I Bought 2..
Though I Gotta Admit. The Enclosure The Hermits Were Kept
In Did Not Look Well Maintained. Still, I'm Happy With
These 2 Additions.

The Last 2 Crabs I Have, Came Only A Week Ago, When
The Above Mentioned 24 Hour Shop Mentioned That
Serangoon North Ave 1 or 2 Sold Hermit Crabs. I
Went There And Found Hermits Which Looked Very Healthy
And Nice, The Staff There Were Very Friendly Too.
Think The Shop Name is Called PetMart.
The Crabs Were Very Active and I bought 2 Straight Away
And Got 2 More Afew Days After. Which Ends With My Current
Total Of 7 Hermits.

Now, You Might Be Wondering, Why Did I State That
I have 6.5 Crabs Instead Of 7?

Lol Its Because One Of My Crab Has Started To Molt,
And Its Causing Me Some Worry, As It's Doing A Surface
Molt, Meaning Molting Without Being Buried. Heard It
Reduces Their Chance Of Survival. I Sperated It
From The Other Hermits And Hoping Its All Right.
Prob Gonna Take 1-2 Months Before I'll State I
Have 7 Again :).

These Crabs Have Provided Me With Tons Of Entertainment,
And I Try To Give Them Whatever I Can Think Of,
And Hope It's Enough.

Gonna Add A Chatter Box Soon So We Can All Chat :)
Also Gonna Post What My Tank Looks Like Now,
After Many Upgrading Of Stuff. :)

Cya

P.S. Pardon The Poor Phrasing And Long Verbal Vomiting,
As Its Currently Almost 2 Am And My Brain's Half Asleep..
Think This Is The Last Time I'll Use Capital Letters Before
Each Word :) So.. Rejoice :)