Here is my first post!!

This is my only (so far) scorpion and his tank set up.
Mr. Grumpy


And his 10 gal tank

I just started collecting, but I have to admit that terrariums make very striking and interesting additions to ones house!

very nice setup

CZlover: Hi, welcome to the forum. Set - ups look good. Do you use a heat mat? If so, is it on the side of the tank?

Actually, I do not use a heat mat. I live in Phoenix, AZ so my room is at 80-81 Degrees F all day and all night right now. When it gets allittle cooler in my room at night I have a lamp and a infered blub to heat the right side of the tank. Which raises the temp to around 85*F.
Thanks for the compilments

Ok, no probs, just had to check.
Just to warn you, you will become addicted to this hobby...

Already am... but some people in my family will not let me have anymore that one... but I am working on that.

FINALLY!!! As some may know, I've been rehousing, reshuffling and rebooting for roughly over and month and at this point I'm borderline schizo :twitch:twitch: nothing new in that dept but... alas I've brought it to 85% of the ideal arrangment...

SETUP NOV09


The Breeding Rack: Heterometrus spinifer

With 4 of Angie's brood ready for breeding it was high-time to consider converting the other long 4ft tank into multiple section for individual housing. After profuse deliberation I opted for plastic dividers instead permanent glass ones. The advantage was to be able to alter the divisions later to cater for changing requirements. The downside was that these barriers were not exactly scorpion-proof.

To ensure that they wont squeeze through the sides or move the dividers, they are pinned by suction cups and piece of plastic tubing cut length-wise to stuff the gap at the walls. After some observation with live scorpions, even my confidence was secured. The first 4 cubicles house Angie's 4 matured daughters. The 5th contains a female I picked up on sale at some pet store. Angie herself occupies a larger section at the end. Way pass her age and still going strong.

HOT SHELF

This wall-mounted shelf suspends my feistier brutes away from the reach of the young and/or clumsy. They are sturdier than I would imagine so but still I don't intend to push the boundaries. Preferably for lighter or not-so-heavy things.

This is what you see when you step in straight from the door to my apartment.


The Penthouse Suite

I put the Emperor enclosure here hoping that the live plant will get enough sunlight from my balcony across the living room. I also put my Hadogenes paucidens on this level. One female in an individual tank behind it and a pair in the larger tank to the left. I know their not communal but this pair gets along pretty well when given ample space and hiding places. The solo female is larger and wants a piece of both of them.

Below that is Eleanor's Brood and my Liocheles drawers conveniently stacked.

Underneath that I stashed my 3 Vinegaroons and my terrarium supplies

Circling around my 2ft Het community, here is my O. boehmi tank and my maurus sand bins; all the burrowers together,

and the longimanus pair on the side of the planted community.

Above this, flanking my work bench is my Haddy with a temporary lid. This is thye 3rd time I redid her tank to get the right substrate conditions for burrowing. This tank is HEAVY!

Up on the right of it behind the Emperor crib is the ravenous single female flat-rock. In the little flask just in view behind the Haddy tank is my last C. hentzi (female).

At the very bottom is the a divided 2ft and 3 individual enclosures to the side where I have some Heterometrus species awaiting Identification...


On the opposite wall is my old Scorp shelf which used to be inside the pet room know turned snake room


Arachnid Shelf

The experimental tank is a project I'm undertaking for a friend to make a semi-aquatic setup for Dolomedes water spiders. In between that and the Brood R tank are 3 flask containing a juvenile pede (Scolopendra sp.), an Orange Huntsman (Thelcticopis modesta), and a Badge Huntsman (Neosparassus sp.). The red critter keeper in between Brood S and H is an anomaly coming soon to a theater near you.

Special Care Unit

On top is where I house my most precious jewels.

I fret to admit that with new things coming in, some of this will be subject to change. My spinifer broods and tarantulas will soon need bigger housing as the grow. But at least for now, I have everything in its appropriate place... for now "twitch, twitch"