LiveInFear
Arachnopeon
- Joined
- Aug 16, 2005
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- 13
I am the only person I know who keeps scorpions so I have no one to converse with about my set up, and how I am doing. So, I turned to the internet and found you guys! I have had 2 female Emperors for about 4 weeks now and everything has been going O.K. so far. I have a 3'x2'x2' tank, about 2 inches of bedding and logs and other hiding places. I feed them 4 tiny mealworms and 2 super worms a week (usually they don't eat them all), and try to shelter them from any harmful UV light. Now, the reason for me posting is… I have an open lid setup, and I noticed I lose ALOT of heat and ALOT of humidity. I have 2 heat lamps, one 125watt ceramic heat bulb on top of the cage in a dome suspended from the ceiling on the warm side, and on the cool side I have a under cage heater (it produces NO HEAT, I only use it to keep the substrate warm) and also suspended form the ceiling about 4 inches from the top of the cool side I have a 60watt ceramic heat bulb in a dome that turns on for only one hour in a 3 hour cycle (off for 2 hours, on for 1 hour). The hot side reaches as high as 90 degrees but usually sits around 88-89 and the cool side is usually around 78 degrees accept for the hour the heat bulb is on then it goes as high as 81-82 (the only reason I have that bulb is to keep that side at a stable temperature. If I didn't have it the temperature drops into the low 60's). Aside, from my heating I am also wondering about my humidity as I mentioned before. I mist 3 times a day, once VERY HEAVY before I leave for work, once lightly when I come home, and once VERY HEAVY again before I go to sleep. By very heavy I mean I use all the water in my squirt bottle which is the equivalent of 275mL on my heavy sprays. Although I do this my humidity only goes as high as 60% and usually stays around 40% all day unless it was right after a mist (before you ask, yes I have a shallow open dish for water, but it doesn’t seem to contribute to my tanks humidity level). I don't know if my humidity readings are 100% accurate because the humidity gauge is about half way up the wall of the tank. I do however know that my bedding loses all its moisture by the time I come home from work (9 hours after a heavy mist). If I mist any more at one time I will be literally making puddles but it only takes 20- 30 min before all the humidity is gone again. I also want to know why my scorpions seem to be coming out less now. I used to see them in the day a little bit, but now I NEVER do. Then they were coming out at 11:00pm and every night its getting later and later till they come out is there a possibility the lack of humidity is effecting their desire to leave their hiding places? I would also like to know if you all mist with distilled water. I keep ALOT of distilled water in my bar fridge just for misting, I’m very concerned about the growth of bacteria in my drinking water , misting water, and in my cage. Lastly how often do you replace your bedding? I read someone suggesting once every week but that would cost A LOT. PLEASE, feel free to give me some pointers and help me out, your my last hope for some real answers.
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