Been very busy for the past 2 weeks coz of the need to rush my assignments. 1st time in my whole uni life that i'm so "willing" to do assignments and study for test. Slept no earlier than 6am for the past 2 days.. and i guess today won't be of any difference. Thankfully (and hopefully), i can take a break and "enjoy" the new year after friday's lessons. I can thank all the coffe i had to keep me awake after that.
And then the exams invoice came.. around SGD 1300.. lol.. super broke le.. and don't complain if you hear me complain.. i am really really broked. The exams timetable is out too.. super glad that the dates of the papers are evenly spread, and all are in the afternoon. My last paper should be before 6th june.
Just this morning (early morning i mean.. around 3am), i saw something strange in my ruggie's tank.. i saw something blue.. yupz.. the blue haha crab emerges from its molt! Which means... the conditions are right. I'm so happy.. haha.. effort (and money) not wasted after all. I held the blue haha crab by its shell, and i saw it's new exoskeleton (the crab's own shell).. it is now a bit purple in colour, and i think it sort of grew bigger le.. whahaa.. and as usual, with the blue haha crab around (the biggest of the 3, now even bigger), the settings in the tank got "tanked" around.
Molting means that the crab is shedding it's exoskeleton, which is the red part... like snake shedding its skin like that. The blue part is its home (or clothes if you like), and it doesn't grows, unlike that of the tortise. It came from dead snails and the crab doesn't grow it. It is NOT attached to the crab by any cells or whatsoever.. and the crab can choose to come entirely out from the blue shell if it chooses to (and get attacked most probably).. hope it clears some doubts. ^^ (in this case, the shell is blue in colour la.. i am still looking for a unpainted natural shell and hopes it moves into it some day)
LOL.. all camera shy.. L,rug with M.rug (large ruggie with medium ruggie.. zzz.. stupid me forgot to give them names.. ahahahahaa) anyway, the L.rug is slighty purple.. maybe the exo still new, haven't really harden yet.
Its been 3 weeks since i last saw the blue haha crab.. lol.. and i'm quite happy to see it still alive... whahahahaa.. too bad it missed both xmas and new year. Now only left the smallest crab (S.rug)in the molting area. It should be much more of a challenge for the small crab becoz it had some missing legs.. by right (i read online), it would be more "stressful" for them to grow new legs.. but i guess it should be alright. By the way, both smaller crabs had missing legs when i got them from the shop.. lol.. they are sold at $8 each leh.. so no QC. Haha's is different.. a lot of QC, plus i think the crabs are older (by looking at the size), so higher chance of survival.. but then again.. i wondered why the other crab died on the 1st day it came... =X
LOL.. so interesting.. only that the start up is ma fan (very ma fan).. coz i don't know anything about it.. now i know where to get the items le, and so very much easier.. even easier than keeping hamsters.. lol.. plus the small size means they don't really eat a lot also, plus they don't poo much also.. so not much of changing sand or whatsoever... so.. anyone interested to keep ruggues as pets/hobby? Hahaa..
