Crab Status 1-30-08

Dinner tonight: leftovers from last night, plus crumbled eggshells

So today, the temperature controller came in the mail. I only have the 40W night bulb plugged into it, though. I think I want the side tank heaters to remain on. I have been alternating between the 40W night bulb, and the 50W infrared heat bulb. The infrared is much brighter in the room, but they seem to be equally heating the tank. I will write a review of all these bulbs and controller, once I figure out how they work for me.

Kelly has buried herself, but I think she'll probably come back up. I believe she had molted recently when I got her, as she was small, pink, and in a huge shell.

I had to get up (somewhat) early for work, and I caught Andrea roaming about the ISO. She's back under now, but the next time I see her out, she's going in the main tank. She's too big to really bury herself in the ISO, and I think she'd be more at home in the big tank. After all, she's a big crab!

The crabs also got a newly seeded field of chia and broccoli. These seeds are growing nicely in the tank, and I wanted to expand the operation. They should sprout within the week.

One question, I wonder how to get my crabs to be more active. It seems like they're still shell-shocked (pun intended). Brenda and Donna roam about late at night, but stay huddled up against the side heaters during the day. It's at least 74* in there!