ants inside the tank

[mobster]

just got home from work and visited the scorps tank. there are lots of ants crawling inside. can this affect the scorps inside or am i going to clear the tank and put some new substrate? those are black ants inside.

 

[Juliancito]

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Dude i would say... .CLEAN IT. ..and change the substrat... I wouldn'tlike to have some ants just crawling inside my precious babies tank... ...oh no..i dont think so sir...no, no.

 

[asher8282]

yeah, it might be ok if it were just a few, yr scorp could eat them, but when it comes time to molt, that could get very nasty for yr little guy. i agree, clean it out.

 

[The Bear]

yeah, it might be ok if it were just a few, yr scorp could eat them, but when it comes time to molt, that could get very nasty for yr little guy. i agree, clean it out.

ants could even kill your scorpion when it molts(ants have to eat too ) clean it.

 

[mobster]

ok thanks for the response im cleaning it now.

 

[Skraevern]

just got home from work and visited the scorps tank. there are lots of ants crawling inside. can this affect the scorps inside or am i going to clear the tank and put some new substrate? those are black ants inside.

Are you sure that they`re ants. It can be a lot of baby crickets. It happened to me when once when I put a gravid female in the tank as food. She laid a bunch of eggs before she was eaten.

BTW it was a P. Imperator setup with moistened potting soil. Perfect for cricket eggs.

 

[Farom]

Definately remove all ants ASAP, they will not hesitate to kill all of your inverts if they get the chance. I lost 4 baby red-eye tree frogs to ants a couple years ago.

Thanks,
Andrew

 

[Scorpfanatic]

try finding ants trap insupermarkets and place them beside yr tanks when done! its help greatly on me especially hwen the ants start feeding on the cricket left overs!

 

[Kugellager]

Definitely remove the ants and clean the tank as soon as possible.

Since you are in a tropical climate ants and other crawling insects will be a continuing problem. Bug traps won't do it. I would suggest that you place a small line of vaseline/petroleum jelly around the edge of tha glass which will prevent ants and other crawling critters from climbing the tank. Upper rim works best.

John
];')

 

[mobster]

Definitely remove the ants and clean the tank as soon as possible.

Since you are in a tropical climate ants and other crawling insects will be a continuing problem. Bug traps won't do it. I would suggest that you place a small line of vaseline/petroleum jelly around the edge of tha glass which will prevent ants and other crawling critters from climbing the tank. Upper rim works best.

John
];')

is it inside or outside the upper rim of the tank

 

[Kugellager]

is it inside or outside the upper rim of the tank

Either will work; but putting it inside makes it less likely that you will get the petroleum jelly all over tha place by rubbing up against it accidently.

John
];')