Emperor Scorpion questions

[Cyris69]

I went out and bought a heat probe, damn their expensive.
Walmart 7 bucks! It reads from 0F-220F.

Well, most of the ground temp is 75-80F(Surface to 4+" down) while air temp is 92-94F.
Humidity seems to be getting lower and lower at 68% now.
The false bottom is full of water, and it touching the substrate.

Maybe it will work it's self out.....

 

[BadBikaDamo]

OK, I couldn't find a link for this, but google

'Dark Spot ceramic heat emitter'

and something should come up. It still uses infra red, just doesn't emit light so only useful if the light from a standard IR is annoying. Mine is made buy 'Lucky Reptile' company.

Hope that is some help.

 

[Cyris69]

Cool looking bulbs! Very pricy though

I have been suckered in to buy all sorts of lighting by pet store reps. Which have costed me a great total of like $28. I don't want to purchase one of those for 25-40 bucks lol, they would be nice.

I think im going to take back all my other lights except the IR I have now.

Oh!!!
My two 3rd instart P.imps are on their way!!!!
I can't wait to get them thursday or friday.

I bought them deli conatainers and want to stack one on the other and put them inside Cyris's tank on the cool side is that safe?

I also bought them a new 10gal tank but didn't think I should put them in one yet, but if its safe to do that I'd rather put them in there.

What instar is it safe to put them in the 10 gal and not be at risk of death/injury during a molt?

 

[BadBikaDamo]

I've kept newborns (and Mom) in a 10gal setup no probs. I keep it fairly empty with just a couple of peices of (boiled) bark (around 3x5 inches) for the scorplings to hide under. I pressed a dent into the substrate and placed the bark over it, the scorps run straight under it. I would cut mealworms in half and leave them next to the bark and the scorplings would drag them under (and locusts too). Mom was close by in her hide and they would run to her if freaked, but a quick check by lifting the bark didn't upset them at all. Keep the humidity high and molts shouldn't be a problem. Keep them well fed and they'll not eat eachother (hopefully). As they get older (3instar) be prepared for them to disappear, and not be seen prior to a molt when they will resurface looking for extra food, then soon molt and disapear again for 6 weeks. Thats my experience anyway.

Good luck.

 

[Cyris69]

When will a false bottom be safe for them?
Is it safe to put them in a 10gal tank with no mom?
What instar, length/size should it be safe to upgrade to the 10gal?

I just bought two 40oz deli square containers

7.5" long 5" wide 3.5" deep

How should i setup the inards of the deli containers?
I just wanted to stack them in Cyris's tank.

 

[kellysaxez]

I've had the same trouble with heat and humidity and lighting. The heat from the lamp would dry out the tank to around 55% humidity and when spritzed it would go to 80% for only around 2o minutes. My solve? After trying all, including pouring more water into the substrate, was a wet towel over the top of half the tank with the wire mesh screen on top. the ir light during the day (75 watt for 20 gal housing two emus) and sometimes a moonlight at night but mostly no lighting at all. interesting too, when i shut the light off, the humidity goes up but the temp goes down. hoping that replicates the natural living environment.

 

[friendttyy]

There was a article on the internet about false bottoms or something...

---------- Post added 06-02-2014 at 08:50 PM ----------

This: http://www.scorpion-forum.com/t10221-how-to-false-bottom-emperor-enclosure-with-pool

 

[kellysaxez]

crickets lungs, if you can call them that, are located on their legs, which is why even walking through a shallow puddle can kill them. place some small rocks they can crawl over and out of the water on if need be, but make sure there is room for the scorp to still get a drink

 

[vespers]

crickets lungs, if you can call them that, are located on their legs

No they aren't. They respirate through spiracles, and they're located on the sides of a cricket's body.