As some of you may recall, my sons bought 4 straws before Christmas and we did our very best with information we had to get the little guys into the best home we knew how. Of course now we find that they are tough little buggars to keep in captivity!
When the four disappeared, we read the hermit crab book again and decided they must be molting. A month later I found this forum.
the impeccable advice to be found here is very likely saving the lives of our four little straws.
Steve had popped up after about 3 weeks but went back down two weeks ago and I am guessing he's pulling a back to back molt.
Then Carl came up. He seemed a little groggy the first day, but happily has found all the nice goodies to eat and lovely water dishes and is out and about quite a bit both day and night with cat-naps in between. He finally picked a new shell, I'll have to get a pic the next time I get him in a good pose. He loves to hang in the hanging plants!
Now tonight as I went to get my sons settled into bed I took a peek into the tank and LO!! a new little air hole with the cutest little hermie face in it!
I'm not sure who it is just yet, Bumblebee or Godzilla, it's been so long since we've seen him! I am dying for him to come out. I freshened the food and water dishes. I hope the nice smelly shrimp will draw him out. It's so hard to not lift him out of the hole to check him out. But again....patience.
And now I'm not sure if my eyes are playing tricks on me but I think I see another possible hole forming from below!
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I have half sand half EE in my current straw/blue tank, but everyone seems to prefer the sand (I suspect it's because it smells used and the EE smells new :roll: go figure )