New Tank Setup

This particular tank is for a single H. Spadix. The sand that has been soaked, and completely dried of all moisture to allow burrowing. Two piles of rocks, and a piece of cork bark have been added as shelters. The great thing is, I haven't paid a cent to create it. Thoughts or suggestions are appreciated, besides those stating I need a heat source lol.

Looks like what the pet shop had my H.spin in when I got him.lol
Nice setup though....and blade lol

deeper substrate might allow more digging

MUCH deeper! and give it some kokofiber and soil, the sand only will NOT give it something to dig in.

I had my H.spadix pair in +-20cm (7-8inch) deep substrate, 60/20/20 (Soil/bark/sand).
And you dont have to be afraid of your scorp getting mycosis, i had some of my A.australis (and other "dessert" scorps) 70% humidity all the vinter, without any problems, or signs of mycosis.

And support those stones a little, they will dig under it and it may fall down and kill your scorp.

If you want to make the substrate very burrow-friendly, add Excavator clay at about 30%. It really helps to support the burrows.

And yes, deeper is better.

Lol i didn't mean to include the sai. I do need to make it deeper, though it looks more shallow in that picture, than it actually is. That's about four and a half inches of sand, peat, and some small chucks of bark. I'll grab some Excavator though.

looks good buddy!

I'm going to pick up some eco-earth or excavator clay, and a bit more red sand. I was thinking that a depth of 7-8 inches was not entirely necessary, and as long as I gave it a decent amount of areas to burrow under, it should be okay. I suppose its not terrible for something put together for free. Gotta love trading left-over tank supplies.

Here is the new set-up. I'll probably take out a bit of cork bark, as I think its a little excessive. I took Mordax's advice, and made it a mix of some red sand, and Excavator clay. As much as I dislike ZooMed, this seems to be a pretty solid product. I mixed it in, and took a sample. The sample is now completely dry, and it looks awesome for burrowing.

Much better.

But I wouldn't suggest adding that pepper spray to the mix.

Those are more pseudo-stones than anything. They're made of a sort of hard plastic. I'm thinking of melting some small metal rods (coat hanger clippings perhaps) into them, so the rod will give extra support.

I've noticed a thin layer of some sort of mold growing on the top of the substrate. This never happened with the sand, though I did not have as much sand or water before. I'm thinking of using a non-toxic fungicide before introducing a scorp into it.

Coincidentally I keep my knife/weapon collection next to my tank on my desk lol. I bought the pepper spray specially to keep the scorpion away in the event it gets out of it's tank.

mold shouldn't be a problem when you let it dry out and warm up some. why is it so moist still anyways? bake that substrate under a heat lamp for a few days and then back the light off, add scorpion, and you should have great success. if the mold is still there, throw the substrate away and start from scratch, this time no soaking it at any point.

I soaked it to allow the sand and clay to harden, to allow optimal burrowing. I didn't think that the mold shouldn't be able to survive in an extremely dry, and hot environment. I guess the mold won't be a problem.