the 'project' is done.. babies arrived

hey scorpion forum.
just been surprised by mum, she lined up a 3 foot aquarium.. for free XD
it's got a crack and is filthy, i'll need to clean and reseal it next week.
watch this space for pics

3 feet? Damn, what are you going to house in that? :-D

pluto wrote:

3 feet? Damn, what are you going to house in that? :-D

um..
i was getting 4 P. imperator to start.
do you think i could get more then?

lol hell yes! But if one got eaten, i'd know it would be possible. Would go for 5, but 4 is safer, dpends how deep it is.

pluto wrote:

lol hell yes! But if one got eaten, i'd know it would be possible. Would go for 5, but 4 is safer, dpends how deep it is.

it's 15 inches deep.

i'm getting 4 to start like i said, then i'll expand lol.

Get some S. maurus instead. In a tank that size there should be enough space for them to live ''communally''. Fill it full of sand and excavator clay mix. Throw in a few rocks, abit of nice sandy coloured, weathered driftwood and maybe even plant some succulents. Add 4 to 6 S. maurus and see what happens lol. You could even have a crack at using a false bottom http://www.schorpioenenforum.nl/index.php?topic=151.0 to get the climate spot on and have a good chance at breeding and raising young.

I am itching to get my 3foot tank setup this way so I may be slightly biased as to what you should put in yours haha lol.

Pandinus are cool Tom, but I find them to be too much of 'pet holes' for large extravagant enclosures. You'll have this great tank just full of dirt and rocks while everything is hidden underground. Not to discourage you because I have a 20 with 3 adults in their and it's nice but I also have a 6ft long 1ft 6in wide and 2 feet deep tank. I was gonna have a large colony of Emps but decided against it for that reason.

So go for it if you want, but consider something else if you'd also like.

I have to agree with bedlam as i am going to be purchasing a 4 long x 2 wide at 18" deep next payday and i was thinking i want the most active scorps i can find as i love watching them move nothing more exciting than watching how they live their lives

i currently have 2 emps myself... my female is a pet hole... however my male im pretty sure is under them impression he is half spider in a sense that he is always climbing on things that werent originally intended for climbing as well as running laps around the tank while i add water and feed

If you want something more active that doesn't burrow, go for some bark scorpions. With a tank that size, you can literally house dozens and in some cases for hobbyists I know, up to and over a hundred. Your location says UK though, so your options will be different.

anybody know where the best place to buy scorpio maurus is then guys (and girls in the uk)
i'm actually getting the emps for free aside from postage so i don't have a choice, i'll decide sooner lol

and h. lao: all buthids are 'dangerous wild animals' you need a dwal, i'm 15 so i'll have to wait a few years lol:P

*UPDATE*
just mixed up 2 big blocks of that lucky reptile humus stuff, it is the dogs, cheaper than other stuff too.
i mixed it with a litre less water, just to speed things up

Are you definately going for an emp community then?? If so we are no longer on speaking terms hahaha joking lol. If you are still thinking of getting S. maurus the spider shop have them in for £8.95 and exoticpets.co .uk for £8.61.
I have started getting a few S. maurus for when I set up my community in the next few weeks. Picked two up for £7 each. Proper bargain and no postage fee (because the guy was close enough for me to pick them up lol).

wow... good deal there then callum.
i'm definitely going with the emps, like i said, i'm getting them for very little money..
i'd really like a nice showpiece viv, but i don't have enough cash going spare at the moment, believe me i would get a few S. maurus to go in there instead, but i'm going to stay with the Pandinus for a while, you never know, give it a year and i'll have loads of big tanks.. i've touched on the fact i'm getting addicted before

how big a viv do you think i would need for a pair or whatever the minimum is for a community?
thanks

Erm I think it's trial and error with S. maurus. Not strictly communal but will apparently tolerate each other if given enough space (which is probably true for many scorps lol). They are found in high densities in the wild but do not share hides/burrows like say an emperor would. Instead living in their own burrows that can be situated very close to others. I am sure I read somewhere there are areas where there can be as many as 10 S. maurus burrow entrances per metre squared.
The floor of my tank has an area of 0.4 m2 so I am going to have a go at putting 4 S. maurus together and see how things go lol.

this is the aquarium, that's not just dirt or condensation, it's limescale


the crack.. it's about 5 inches long.. need to borrow dad's sealant/silicone gun thing


paint?


all 16 litres of that humus stuff.. i've got another 8 litres 'curing' lol did i get too much?

watch this space

whahaha good luck. You take things big I get it

I need a tank that size for my L.parahybana when it gets big

*~BEX~* wrote:

I need a tank that size for my L.parahybana when it gets big

probably about right there.. they get frickin' huge
did you get it from pel, bex?

Yeah got all mine from pel or via got the curly and para first then he got me a chili Rose and a regalis from the bts show and ended up giving me them for my birthday which is awesome

^nice.

*UPDATE*
just sealed the crack i'm ashamed of my skills with the silicone gun
it's on the bottom and it dries clear so i don't care it covers the crack, that's it XD
no pics.. like i said, i'm ashamed of my work there, i'll stick to my dad job (when i get one)

hahah dad job? whats one of those?

well done for getting it done though who cares if you make a mess a?

*~BEX~* wrote:

hahah dad job? whats one of those?

well done for getting it done though who cares if you make a mess a?

i meant day job

i had a laugh doing it too.. i made a mess lol.
it's on the bottom, so yeah who cares?

*UPDATE*
it's all ready for the scorpions, except for heat but it will be going in a heated room
pics to come
scorpions to come- on tuesday hopefully

ive forgotton what scorps are you putting in was it emps?

yeah, it's 4 emps