In store contest / Harry needs a new house!
 

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

http://i903.photobucket.com/albums/a...Reef/harry.jpg

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!

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!

Here are the current contest submissions, we are keeping the contest running untill the end of the month to try and get a couple more!

http://i903.photobucket.com/albums/a...ells/Susan.jpg

http://i903.photobucket.com/albums/a...hells/Jill.jpg

http://i903.photobucket.com/albums/a...lls/George.jpg

http://i903.photobucket.com/albums/a...ells/Brian.jpg

http://i903.photobucket.com/albums/a...ls/Antoine.jpg

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

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