Evolution of an aRACKnid.

Hello all, well I just noticed I've been on here a year since yesterday so thought I'd make a thread to show how my arachnid rack has progressed and evolved over this past year. I know it hasn't come nearly as far as some people collections but I think it's still interesting to see in one place. Also I don't think I've done bad for a year

It all started with this, my faithful Hadrurus arizonensis, still going strong despite mycosis from before I got her.


Then pretty much straight away I added a baby Hadogenes paucidens which has only moulted once in the year and really not grown much. Also added my Hoffmannius spinigerus at this point.


Now this is where what species I added when is sort of a blur


Luckily I labelled this one, quite a jump from the last here.




Cheers.

This was while doing a rebuild on the new rack. My room felt full of tanks at this point!






And this is just after re-building the new rack, and the latest pic I've got.



There's some new additions since and some new tanks on the way so I will update, wish I'd got more pictures of the whole lot along the way. Cheers and feel free to post your aRACKnids

Wow thats really interesting to see, it is mad when you change things round when we did ours recently it was only then with all the tanks piled up together we really realised we have a problem lol, back to scorpaholics anonymous for us lol

how do you sleep at night with the light and noise?

I know, it's not until you sit back and look at the bigger picture you realise how addicted you are, see you at scorpaholics I'd be dangerous with more space, I see me adding alot more yet though.

Feels like I got the desert hairy then blacked out and woke up with a room full of tanks lol well sort of, I've had beardies for as long as I can remember. If I had the time again now I'd probably just have a wall of arachnids, I always think how many I could have in the place of 3x 4foot vivs but I could never let them go.

As for the lights, the beardies are on timers that turn off in the evening and I stopped using lamps of the inverts for that reason. Now I just have a big heat matt at the back of each shelf and tape the backs of the tanks to em so they're all on heat mats atm. Hadrurus, Pandinus, Heterometrus do bug me with their tapping away at times

Dont think i could keep them in my room did have the E.flavs and keyserlingi and Bothriurus burmeisteri at one point but they have joined the others down stairs now

Did you see that programm on the oher day? called Essex jungle, was half expecting you to be on it lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv-UvwfnY6k&feature=hp_SLN_curated&list=SL

ha just watching it now and scales and fangs are on it

Yeah I've watched all 3 of that Essex Jungle, can watch em on channel 5 website too. The bloke with the rattlesnake who done the phobia thing from scales and fangs is the shop I go to alot, good bloke, had scorps and T's from there, my most recommended rep shop. And the guy who's boa escaped is only up the road from me lol

ive only just watched this one now, saw it on the other night but ended up watching a life dvd i think so thought id look it up so about halfway through just seen some guy with snakes on a bus or something lol

Ah thats the most recent one, there's two more before that, definitely worth watching.

I got a few Life boxsets, favorite is life in cold blood, can't beat a bit of Attenborough

http://www.channel5.com/shows/essex-jungle

i want that full box set of life that costs like £60

I know that's expensive for a dvd, I just brought the ones I liked cause I watched 'em when they was on telly.

Oh yeah what's all this about you acquiring a scorpion room Are you moving your collection there or expanding?

Haha not sure yet bit of both we think lol it's not a big room about 2 meter spurred but big enough to line with tanks

Nice, I like the sound of that.

Tbh I like your choices of species, I like your tanks and I like your rack!
If all that changed in one years time, I am curious what next year will bring lol

Cheers bro, I think my choice of species would be more like your list if I could

I'm interested in what the next year brings, I can see me adding alot more yet.

Here's a copy of my current invert list.

Scorps

0.1.0 Hoffmannius spinigerus
0.0.1 Hadogenes paucidens
0.1.0 Hadrurus arizonensis
0.0.1 Smeringurus mesaensis
1.1.1 Heterometrus madraspatensis
1.2.0 Pandinus cavimanus
0.0.1 Liocheles waigiensis
0.0.1 Iurus dufoureius
0.0.2 Chaerilus celebensis

T's

0.0.1 Pterinochilus murinus
0.0.1 Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens
0.0.1 Grammostola porteri
0.0.1 Grammostola pulchripes
0.1.0 Aphonopelma bicoloratum
0.0.1 Brachypelma smithi
0.0.1 Brachypelma boehmei

That is getting a pretty lengthy list!

I envy your spirit keeping all those healthy. I am too lazy to have so many different species.
This is why I choose some, and I stick with them (usually couples though, for the breeding aspect). I try to get to know that species inside out.

I noticed if I have many different species, I tend to have favourites and the other ones get left behind a bit. So this is why I only pick my favorite top 3. But as I said, that is just my personality and I admire people who can look after so many!

Anyway, great collection!

Cheers!

heres our current list

scorpions 24

Chaerilus celebensis 0.0.1
Vaejovis spinigerus 0.0.1
Bothriurus burmeisteri 0.0.1
Caraboctonus keyserlingi 0.0.1
Scorpio maurus 0.0.3
Heterometrus madraspatensis 0.0.5
Heterometrus mysorensis 0.0.1
Heterometrus swammerdami 1.0.0.
Pandinus imperator 1.2.0
Pandinus cavimanus 1.2.0
Euscorpius flavicaudis 1.1.0
Hadrurus Arizonensis 0.1.0
Iurus dufoureius asiaticus 0.0.1


T's 2

Lasiodora parahybana 0.0.1
Brachypelma albopilosum 0.0.1

Yeah I know what you mean but I think because my whole collection is in one place right were I am alot of the time I keep a good eye on 'em all. I'm always left thinking hmm what can I do now I do want to start keeping more of each species though for breeding attempts like you say, I've got a couple lined up.

Nice Bex, got any pics where can see most your collection in one? I like seeing peoples whole collections. Oh yeah, that reminds me I was meaning to ask you if any of your P.imps are gravid or likely to be? I don't even have an emp lol or if anyone in the UK's Pimps have popped let me know

what do you mean enclosure pics? hold on.....

lol addict.. pops to my mind suddenly

Yeah the first one, picture full of set-ups

They're handy those big pump up spray bottles aren't they, I got a couple, beats wearing out the wrists trying to mist lol

right im going to scorpaholics anonymous...anyone else lol

It'll only lead to more scorpions you know, see you there!

*~BEX~* wrote:

bex... where do you get the tubs on the left? first pic
thanks

Those small plastic jars are from eBay

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/5-x-Plastic-Bottle-Jars-500ml-Clear-Labels-/260694826409?pt=UK_Health_Beauty_Natural_AlternativeTherapies&hash=item3cb29f5da9