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+8bjaeger enjoier14 scorpion111 *Connie* Mr. Mordax ~Abyss~ Venom sliprep66 12 posters |
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sliprep66 Babycurus
Number of posts : 384 Age : 35 Location : Joliet IL Registration date : 2008-06-05
| Subject: Mites!!!!!! 6/16/2008, 6:45 pm | |
| I was looking in my emps tank and i saw a lot of mites crawling on the wall by the heat lamp their not on my scorpion Ive onley had desert animals before so i really dont know what to do i onley know their harmful and dont have any money for new substrate any ideas???? | |
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Venom Centruroides suffusus
Number of posts : 2834 Age : 2020 Location : Chicago Registration date : 2008-02-05
| Subject: Re: Mites!!!!!! 6/16/2008, 6:52 pm | |
| Are you sure they're not crickets? I've only dealth with crickets and they suicide themselves in the waterdish. | |
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sliprep66 Babycurus
Number of posts : 384 Age : 35 Location : Joliet IL Registration date : 2008-06-05
| Subject: Re: Mites!!!!!! 6/16/2008, 7:42 pm | |
| yeah im sure their tiny beetle looking things | |
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~Abyss~ Administrator
Number of posts : 6472 Age : 36 Location : Los Angeles Cali. Registration date : 2008-02-05
| Subject: Re: Mites!!!!!! 6/16/2008, 7:43 pm | |
| The could be little crickets if there are many of them I recomend cleaning the substrate out and cooking it or baking it. If there are only a few don't worry all tropical enclosures get a few. The best thing to do is clean up after your scorp and make sure theres no dead bugs around. | |
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Mr. Mordax Administrator
Number of posts : 7743 Age : 38 Location : PNW Registration date : 2008-02-06
| Subject: Re: Mites!!!!!! 6/17/2008, 8:39 am | |
| If they ARE mites, the ones you can actually see moving around are the good ones, so don't panic. From our Scorpion Glossary: - ~Abyss~ wrote:
Mites - little arachnids that sometimes live on and around scorpions. If you can see them and they run, they're good. If they're almost too small to see and congregate in large numbers WITHOUT moving, they're bad. | |
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~Abyss~ Administrator
Number of posts : 6472 Age : 36 Location : Los Angeles Cali. Registration date : 2008-02-05
| Subject: Re: Mites!!!!!! 6/17/2008, 12:12 pm | |
| Even an surplus of good mites can be a bad thing. You dont want a lot but a few are actually helpful. | |
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*Connie* Post-whore
Number of posts : 3705 Age : 40 Location : England Registration date : 2008-02-06
| Subject: Re: Mites!!!!!! 6/17/2008, 2:58 pm | |
| mites are just annoying.
I have mites and fruit flies in my babies tank *stupid frog tank downstairs which brings in the fruit flies!*
Last edited by *Connie* on 6/17/2008, 2:58 pm; edited 1 time in total (Reason for editing : typo) | |
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scorpion111 Post-whore
Number of posts : 3455 Age : 29 Location : scotland Registration date : 2008-04-07
| Subject: Re: Mites!!!!!! 6/17/2008, 4:45 pm | |
| ive seen a few mites on my scorp (the good ones) before and they dont seen to bother her at all. | |
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enjoier14 Pandinus
Number of posts : 5 Age : 35 Location : Rockwell, NC Registration date : 2008-05-11
| Subject: Re: Mites!!!!!! 6/27/2008, 2:26 am | |
| I have some mites in my P. imperator tank. I brought in two rocks from outside and put them in the tank. The rocks have tiny gray mites all over them. The rocks are covered by live moss and I don't want to get rid of the rocks or the moss(the moss adds character to "Thurman's" tank). Plus "Thurman" has burrowed right in between the two rocks. I wouldn't want to screw up his burrow.
What should I do???
(I heard that isopods might help control the mites, but I don't know...) | |
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bjaeger Leiurus
Number of posts : 2282 Age : 36 Location : Pennsylvania, US Registration date : 2008-04-29
| Subject: Re: Mites!!!!!! 6/27/2008, 2:45 am | |
| Order predatory mites and stick them in. They kill off the bad mites and eventually each other. I wish I still had the link to give ya for ordering, but I don't. | |
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Mr. Mordax Administrator
Number of posts : 7743 Age : 38 Location : PNW Registration date : 2008-02-06
| Subject: Re: Mites!!!!!! 6/30/2008, 10:37 am | |
| Once again, odds are that if you can easily see the mites, they're not the bad kind. I've actually never seen an "infestation" of predatory mites -- just small population booms when the scorpion has leftovers. Take out the leftovers, take out the mitetropolis. No worries. | |
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electrophyste Babycurus
Number of posts : 357 Age : 40 Location : Ontario Canada Registration date : 2008-05-09
| Subject: Re: Mites!!!!!! 7/4/2008, 4:59 pm | |
| if it looks like this one then there good | |
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*Connie* Post-whore
Number of posts : 3705 Age : 40 Location : England Registration date : 2008-02-06
| Subject: Re: Mites!!!!!! 7/4/2008, 5:55 pm | |
| ive had a whole range of mites in my tanks before. some look like that, some like mini spiders and some little "long in bum" sorta things. white and move. not a problem for me. just looks annoying. even grosser when a 4I had one crawl over it and then off again *shudders* xxx | |
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Kejser Administrator
Number of posts : 1373 Age : 38 Location : Denmark Registration date : 2008-02-06
| Subject: Re: Mites!!!!!! 7/4/2008, 6:14 pm | |
| may i remind that there is good mites out there, most mites you will find it good ones, unless you have alot of dead crickets and stuff lying around.. then they can be bad mites.. | |
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Mr. Mordax Administrator
Number of posts : 7743 Age : 38 Location : PNW Registration date : 2008-02-06
| Subject: Re: Mites!!!!!! 7/4/2008, 6:41 pm | |
| ^Or those are just the good mites having a feast. | |
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Kuma Tityus
Number of posts : 839 Age : 46 Location : London Registration date : 2008-09-29
| Subject: Re: Mites!!!!!! 12/18/2008, 8:39 pm | |
| My 3i p.imps have mite on them that look like specsof dust (one or two of my 3i's) what do i do? wait for it to shed again? | |
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scorpion111 Post-whore
Number of posts : 3455 Age : 29 Location : scotland Registration date : 2008-04-07
| Subject: Re: Mites!!!!!! 12/18/2008, 8:41 pm | |
| try getting some predatory mites, I have a small colony of them and they are breeding like sewer rats. just flick a few onto the affected scorpion. | |
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Kuma Tityus
Number of posts : 839 Age : 46 Location : London Registration date : 2008-09-29
| Subject: Re: Mites!!!!!! 12/18/2008, 8:44 pm | |
| suppose i gotta get some going, shall i cut off a crickets head and stick it in the tank?
How on earth am i gona get a 3i to hold still long enough? lol | |
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scorpion111 Post-whore
Number of posts : 3455 Age : 29 Location : scotland Registration date : 2008-04-07
| Subject: Re: Mites!!!!!! 12/18/2008, 8:51 pm | |
| just get some soil from one of your tanks, a few mites, and stick it in a super-humid non ventilated plastic box. worked wonders for me also, these mites you are seeing; do they move around? pr do they congregate aroung your scorpions eyes, joints, etc. ? | |
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Mr. Mordax Administrator
Number of posts : 7743 Age : 38 Location : PNW Registration date : 2008-02-06
| Subject: Re: Mites!!!!!! 12/18/2008, 8:54 pm | |
| Yay for five-month old gravedigging . . . at least it wasn't a useless post. Anywho, enough of my sarcasm. "Speck of dust"-sized mites makes me think grain mites (the bad kind) -- if they stay around the joints and don't move, then that's what they are. Try introducing predatory mites as has been suggested (they look like bigger specks of dust that run around). If they're running around, they're the good kind and nothing to worry about. | |
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Kuma Tityus
Number of posts : 839 Age : 46 Location : London Registration date : 2008-09-29
| Subject: Re: Mites!!!!!! 12/18/2008, 8:55 pm | |
| They just stay there around tthe joints.... what damage can they cause? | |
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Kuma Tityus
Number of posts : 839 Age : 46 Location : London Registration date : 2008-09-29
| Subject: Re: Mites!!!!!! 12/18/2008, 8:57 pm | |
| Mike mike mike..... I thought rather than starting a new thread use the ever so helpful search function...... and look what i found!! | |
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Mr. Mordax Administrator
Number of posts : 7743 Age : 38 Location : PNW Registration date : 2008-02-06
| Subject: Re: Mites!!!!!! 12/18/2008, 9:13 pm | |
| I know, I'm just weird like that. No harm done. It sounds like they're the bad kind. Try predatory mites -- when your guy eventually molts, remove the old exoskeleton and transfer him to a new container as soon as he's hard enough to move (you can probably move him immediately after the molt, but it might be dangerous -- I've known people to help a molting scorp out of its exo). I assume that in large quantities they would suck yummy nutrients out of your scorpion and negatively impact its health. | |
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scorpion111 Post-whore
Number of posts : 3455 Age : 29 Location : scotland Registration date : 2008-04-07
| Subject: Re: Mites!!!!!! 12/18/2008, 9:19 pm | |
| And I think it would probably stress the scorpion out as well, plus I think they have caused moulting problems in a few of my scorpions. | |
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Kuma Tityus
Number of posts : 839 Age : 46 Location : London Registration date : 2008-09-29
| Subject: Re: Mites!!!!!! 12/18/2008, 9:21 pm | |
| Ha ha ha we cool Mike, in the future i'll try not to resurrect old threads, but as a lesser topic i thought it ok. No harm done and quite usefull too in the bargain... | |
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