My Emperor

Ecstasy wrote:

The moss just isn't needed, and it doesn't go well with the setup.

As far as the size, the reason I said a bit bigger is because he really has no room to forage.

The depth(front to back) isn't a big deal, but the width could be wider, it's not going to kill him or anything if you don't but I would try to put him in something bigger.

As far as more cocoa fiber, that's fine with what you have. I can't see how deep it is, but I would at least have minimum of 3" because with the room he'll end up burrowing.

To maximize the kritter keeper space, if you go to a walmart and get the flower pot tray(the thing that the flower pots sit on that when u water it doesn't drain all over) and turn it upside down and make him a little hide in the corner then cover it up.

The tray I'm referring to is: and it comes in different sizes, just get the appropriate one.

I've bred Emperors for years btw, and I've never had one die without the age factor playing a part.

Hey any info and input is welcome I'm more of a T guy but I would like to branch out into some scorpions. I just didnt want to give him to much space because I've heard thats bad for them.

I've never heard of that. Here are some pics of my setup for my 2 emps

That looks awesome

Thank you i found the idea of the pool in a tank on this forum. it is really easy to do.

Scorpioooo wrote:

I've never heard of that. Here are some pics of my setup for my 2 emps

how big is your tank?

yeah my emperor and red claw are both in 12x12x12 enclosures and they dont even come out, its a little cluttered but when the red claw did explore it wasnt a problem.

link to the pool idea? i am setting up a new enclosure for my asian forest scorpion and I would love to do something cool like that.

You should have at least 4-6 inches of cocoa fibre for burrowing there are care sheets on here with all the info you would need and yeah like the others have said if your gonna use moss just use it in a few places it's only really uses to help with humidity and I can't see it helps them if they decide to burrow

This is ours...





The second is kinda in maintainance pic our heat lamp is outside the tank

I like the setup bex, simple yet looks nice.

I have good caresheets for a lot of the commonly kept species.

thanx, was hard trying to keep it simple to be honest just wanted to put loads in lol, gonna be changing it all soon though, as we cant get hold of another adult male to go with our female im gonna remove her to a new home and set up a communal one with juvi emps in there, been thinking about trying to do a waterfall to shallow pool type thing but dunno if i can be bothered with it to be honest lol

I would keep it as it is to be honest.

Hey do you ever check your messages?