The Grunge Goes In! I had been patiently waiting for my GARF Grunge and Janitors to arrive, and one great Tuesday, they did! The Grunge, a mix of who-knows-what, but what looked like coral rubble and very fine silt, was sprinkled over the sand and the rocks to 'seed' them, and in the process clouded the whole tank for about an hour. The snails and hermit crabs went in, and everyone was happy.

A funny thing happened when the cleanup crew was added; Hermie came to life! The Hermie we knew to be terribly shy and very attached to his home near the purple mushroom was suddenly outgoing and gregarious! He was all over the tank, cleaning up all the rocks and mingling with his fellow hermits. He even changed shells (there were a few extra) from his small ivory shell to a common, but broken, greenish shell. It's amazing what a little colony of crabs brought out in Hermie!  ¶ 11:59 PM