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In store contest / Harry needs a new house!

Harry-our lil'bad boy tank cleaning helper needs a new house!

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For those of you who don't know who "Harry" is here is a little background info.

Harry is a very large Dardanus Megistos hermit crab (aka: white spotted hairy hermit) that was dropped off at our store by one of our regular customers. Harry has since become a well loved pet for the store staff and has proven himself to be a usefull tank cleaner. We regularly move Harry from tank to tank to clean detritus from the sand beds and to keep him happy.

While Harry is a loveable creature, he has some pretty serious demands for food and housing. While we have been more then able to provide him copious amounts of tank space and a better diet then most of us tend to enjoy, we are finding ourselves in a bit of a pickle.

Harry needs a new shell.

Harry is a very large crab, and will soon be looking for a new shell to call home. Since we do not usually get our hands on larger shells, we are offering up a contest to any Vancouver Islanders who wish to participate.

We will be accepting large shells from anyone who is willing to drop them off. All shells will be displayed, with the donaters name listed with them. The top 5 shells (chosen by Ronnie and Gareth) will then be voted on by our in store customers (ballot box on the counter).

The top 3 winners will recieve the following prizes!

First Place: $40 Live Stock Credit and 15% off any dry goods (This includes equipment!, Salt is exempt however) purchased the day the prize is claimed
Second Place: $30 Live Stock Credit
Third Place $20 Live Stock Credit

We look forward to seeing your submissions!

Rules:
- Shells must not be varnished, painted, polished, or treated in any way (they will be going into salt water after all!)
- Shells must be at least 6" from point to point (or Harry won't fit!)
- Only one entry per person
- Entries must be submitted before January 1st (Voting will begin second week of January)

This is going to be a fun contest, Harry is looking forward to his bigger home.

Cheers Gareth and Ronnie :)

WOW the size of that thing! Thats not a hermit thats a main course at a top sea food restaurant! :biggrin:

Does Harry have a twitter account so we can all follow him? :mrgreen:

Harry is a monster for sure, but his large size makes him endearing. No twitter account for Harry, but Progressive Reef does have its own: Progressive Reefs Twitter

Why not let Harry choose the winning shell? Put all five finalists' shells in the tank with Harry and whichever shell he chooses wins.

now thats a cool idea!

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Originally Posted by saltcreep (Post 572859)

Why not let Harry choose the winning shell? Put all five finalists' shells in the tank with Harry and whichever shell he chooses wins.

That is a clever idea! but would make it impossible to determine 2nd and place winners. I think we will still do this with the top three shells, and come up with a "bonus" of some sort for whoever Harry chooses.

We have only recieved 5 shells so far, but a few good ones in the lot! We are going to extend the submission time for a couple more weeks so get those entries in! Harry is going to be a happy boy!

Hey all Ian just dropped off two shells he picked off the HAwaiian beaches on his latest holiday, so this contest is getting good. We now have 7 entries in the store and hairy is getting quite popular, there is ashell coming in from Prince George!!!! I will post some pics of the new shells Ian brought in tomorrow. Cheers Ronnie

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Originally Posted by Aqua-Digital (Post 572846)

WOW the size of that thing! Thats not a hermit thats a main course at a top sea food restaurant! :biggrin:

Does Harry have a twitter account so we can all follow him? :mrgreen:

That was a CUTE question :razz::razz::razz:

Hows the contest progressing?

Hey Tyler...the Hairy contest is going great, after word of your shell coming to Victoria from Prince George!! we have had more entries dropped off. But yes we are about to announce a Contest completion date. We just have to do some setting up of the viewing tank and then we will be posting "The Hairy Contest Event" for people close by to stop by Progressive Reef and see Hairy pick his shell. We are going to monitor his choices via pictures and video for all you out of towners to watch Hairy make his "Move". Stay tuned for the "Hairy Needs a New House" Event Announcment. This sould be pretty fun....and i just might make my famous Monster Cookies for nibblies while watching.Mmmmm!!!
Cheers Ronnie ;)

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Originally Posted by ProReef (Post 595302)

famous Monster Cookies

Cookies?? :)

We have now officially closed the Harry contest to new entries and are preparing for the Harry's shell selection. We will be setting up a freestanding tank for Harry with minimal decor and many shells to choose from!

Saturday March 12th we will be adding Harry's shells to his new temporary digs and watching how it plays out! If you would like to witness the potential shell swap drop in at Noon and share the excitement with us!

Don't forget, Ronnie will be satisfying our sweet tooth with complimentary monster cookies! (Yum!)

Look forward to seeing you here,

Ronnie and Gareth

Thanks to all that donated shells for harry, it didnt take long for him to start jumping shells.

here is a lil vid i did up of some of his swaps

VIDEO
Cheers - Jesse

Here is the WINNING SHELL

1st place: Jill & Brian
2nd place: Ian
3rd place: Antoine
Honorable Mention: Tyler from Prince George!!!

Congragulations to the winners!!!! And a thanks to all who came in to watch Harry do his swap and enjoy some cookies. It was great to see the Harry Fan Club. :)

Come on down to claim your prizes folks.
First prize: $40 Live Stock Credit and 15% off any dry goods-including equipment (salt exempt) purchased the day the prize is claimed.
Second prize: $30 Live Stock Credit
Third prize: $20 Live Stock Credit

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- Jesse