10 gal communal?

[Dillon]

Hi everybody, im wondering if emperors are communal in a 10 gallon or if i need more room.

I have one at the moment but i decked out out this ten gallon and theres plenty of hides and room for more.

Think it could hold at least one more in there comfortably?

Thanks!

 

[talljosh003]

yeah i have heard that two can live in a 10 gallon as long as they have plenty of hides. i have my pair in a 29 gallon though

 

[JeffX]

I have two in a ten gallon. I have two hides as well as they plenty of places to burrow.

 

[inverts]

You should be able to put two Pandinus imperators together in a 10gal. tank as long as there are plenty of hides, they are fed regularly, and the substrate is deep enough to allow them to burrow; but you should probably rearrange the habitat before introducing a new inhabitant. Just keep an eye on the scorpions after introducing them.

 

[mkieff]

I have 4 adults in half of a 55 gallon tank. And they are doing fine. The only problem I had was one of them managed to get into the other side of the enclosure and was taken out by my Heterometrus longimanus.

It must of been a nasty fight. Because there were emp parts all over the enclosure.

 

[Thaedion]

The general rule-of-thumb is 1 emperor per 5 gallons... That said I've successfully kept 1 adult in a 2.5 gallon tank and 5 in a 10 gallon tank, just do as you stated at least 1 more premade hide than scorp and well fed.

Below is my 10 gallon with 5 emperors, there are at least 3 seperate burrows in the gnarly log and 1 hide under the 1/2 log in the lower left and 1 hide under the water dish upper left.

 

[Leadreign]

I kept my 5 adult emps in a 20 gallon with 3 hiding spots. They were fine for awhile.

 

[scorpion josh]

yeah i also have 5 emps in a 20 gal with 3 hides for over a year now and never had any problems.

 

[~Abyss~]

WTH, a few years ago people were saying 3 per 10 gallon? I've kept up to five. And they still had plenty of space especially since i made a combination of 3 underground burrows and three hides. Actually it was three P.imps and 2 H. spinifers.

 

[Dillon]

Right on guys...Looks like ill be getting my boy a girlfriend!!

 

[talljosh003]

Right on guys...Looks like ill be getting my boy a girlfriend!!

hopefully you can get some babies!!

 

[Malcara]

I have 4 big ones in a 20 gallon long was gonna get a 5th, but decided to get other species instead they seem happy. Keeps crickets happy when not being eaten lol

 

[Dillon]

ive read about re-arranging the tank to get rid of any territory thats been established....should i bother with that?

 

[inverts]

Yes, it would probably be best to rearrange the tank, although some will disagree and say this is "unnecessary"; the choice is yours, but I would say, "Better safe than sorry."

 

[Dillon]

Agreed. Thanks.