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The reason I put it up there is I can't do the temperature convrsion in my head fast enough to satisfy myself. With converting linear measurement I find it easy as 1" is roughly 2.5cm or 25mm which makes for quick conversion...temperature is not that simple but I always try to convert my measurements to metric along with the english system for both our North American, European and other metric system using members.
No one has to do this but I like it when I see that someone has taken the time and consideration to do the conversions in their posts...IMO it shows respect for all our members. We have a wide array of nationalities on Arachnopets which is even more aparrent in this Scorpion forum.
If you do take the time to make the conversions just separate the two with a "/" . i.e. "The metasoma is 1"/25mm in length" or "This species prefers an ideal temperature of 85F/29C".
Thanks,
John
];')
General note on what temperture to keep scorpions at:
You have to remember that for any species, even those in the warmest wetest tropical jungles, there is, on average, a minimum of 10F/6C temperature change between night and day. The surface temperature change for some desert species may be greater than 50F/30C from day to night...of course this will be mitigated somewhat by more stable temperature range in their burrow...but it still can be quite significant.
You need to take the temperatures suggest in all care sheets with a greain of salt. They are meant to be IDEAL or AVERAGE for the entire year...the natural world is not ideal by any means and has seasons.
A great rule of thumb is that you don't want to let non-desert Tropical scorpions get below about 65F/18C and no scorpion should have temps above 100F/39C for very long at all...at the very least they should have a cooler area in their enclosure than the 100F/39C areas. Many desert species(i.e. H.arizonensis) may in fact do better if they have a cooler few months in the winter and at night.
John
];')
No one has to do this but I like it when I see that someone has taken the time and consideration to do the conversions in their posts...IMO it shows respect for all our members. We have a wide array of nationalities on Arachnopets which is even more aparrent in this Scorpion forum.
If you do take the time to make the conversions just separate the two with a "/" . i.e. "The metasoma is 1"/25mm in length" or "This species prefers an ideal temperature of 85F/29C".
Thanks,
John
];')
General note on what temperture to keep scorpions at:
You have to remember that for any species, even those in the warmest wetest tropical jungles, there is, on average, a minimum of 10F/6C temperature change between night and day. The surface temperature change for some desert species may be greater than 50F/30C from day to night...of course this will be mitigated somewhat by more stable temperature range in their burrow...but it still can be quite significant.
You need to take the temperatures suggest in all care sheets with a greain of salt. They are meant to be IDEAL or AVERAGE for the entire year...the natural world is not ideal by any means and has seasons.
A great rule of thumb is that you don't want to let non-desert Tropical scorpions get below about 65F/18C and no scorpion should have temps above 100F/39C for very long at all...at the very least they should have a cooler area in their enclosure than the 100F/39C areas. Many desert species(i.e. H.arizonensis) may in fact do better if they have a cooler few months in the winter and at night.
John
];')
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