Druid Tank - Closing the gap between normal to Heroic

[Seldum]

I have read, read and read some more guides, tips and tricks concerning gearing my tank. I know which stuff I need to go for, what kinda gems to use, which enchants etc. theres a ton of help out there to get me started.

What I don't know is the transition phase going from normal to heroic 5-mans.

I currently have 3500 g on my tank (see sign for equipment) he is now lvl 80 wuhu the first toon ever, and seriously I have no clue what i'm going to do next.

A friend at work told me to do some heroic pugs as DPS until I got a few epic pieces then I could begin to tank the easy heroics.

I did go to a heroic yesterday and did a wopping 1100 dps in cat form... I was almost to embarrassed to do the heroic to the end, until the tank in the group screwed up, did a bad pull and lost aggro... I switched to bear form, popped my survival abilities, and off tanked two elites, and saved the casters.

But I don't linke to be an @ss and having the rest of the group carry me through the instance.... (even though I have done exactly this for a few people while doing the random dungeons each day (I have often been top dps with my tank, lol).

I have been saving up my Triumph badges and have around 25 now, and I'm starting to stack up some frost aswell. So the gear will improve a bit now....

I'm only focusing on my tank atm. and when he is fairly well geared ill pull the rest of my team through instances to around lvl 80 and hopefully I have saved up enough shard to be able to purchase some heirloom equipment for a new team so I can ditch the moonkins as dps.

So basically I just need some help to go in the right direction.