Enclosure upkeep picture sharing

[sfpearl300z]

Was doing some enclosure upkeep tonight and thought I would snap a few shots to share!

C. gracilis:

BEAUTIFUL freshly molted 6i male.



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5i nom-ing



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6i female finishing some leftovers



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5i in pre-molt



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Have a large communal tank setup just waiting for them to all mature.


G. grandidieri:

Premolt to 6i

One of my fav's. Absolutely vicious eater.



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L. quinquestriatus

Got this one as a 3i scorpling with the missing arm. Molted to 6i a couple weeks ago with no problems still.



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His pad:



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A. australis:

Fat premolt 6i male, waiting for him to take the plunge to adulthood any day now.



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O.glabrifrons:

I believe an adult. Really hard to snap a good shot... very fast.



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Home sweet home



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H. paudicens:

Classic, adult male



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His hangout



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H. laoticus:

Adult... been so long since I sexed it... forgot. Extremely pissed off when disturbed.



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The lair.



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Thanks for looking!

 

[AzJohn]

Nice pictures. The freshly molted gracilis looks great.

 

[H. laoticus]

Excellent shots and beautiful scorpions I really like the O.glabrifrons with its odd looking carapace.

 

[Chrome69]

Is that freshly molted 6i C.gracilis missing the tip of its telson??? Or is it just a camera trick type thing?

 

[Roblicious]

Wow makes me want a C grac now, I might just get them from azjohn LD

 

[BQC123]

Very nice photos.

 

[gromgrom]

Is that freshly molted 6i C.gracilis missing the tip of its telson??? Or is it just a camera trick type thing?

i was thinking the same...

 

[sfpearl300z]

It's there. The tip of its telson is black, and it kind of blends in with the angle of the photo.

Thanks!

 

[sfpearl300z]

JACKPOT

Stopped by my LPS (http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?t=60562) on the way home from work to grab some assorted feeders when I noticed these two gems.

Needless to say, I left rather happy.

A. australis

I believe its a 6i female, I perfect girlfriend for my premolt 6i male in the above pics



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and this beauty...

A. bicolor:



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NOTE: for anyone in the central Florida area, they have a MF pair of the A.a's left for grabs.

Also an LQ.

 

[Sir Aculeus]

Sweet pics. I love how black your bicolor is.

 

[Spam010]

Can't wait till my H. paudicens grows to that size

 

[Ecstasy]

Nice enclsoures, but can I offer my advice(perhaps, read below)?

Though they do like bark and will spend majority of their time on there, you really should give the female in that cube more room on the floor as they do go off the pieces of bark sometimes to walk around. It could just be a optical illusion but it looks like she doesn't have any space. I'll repost your picture as a reference to which I'm talking about:

 

[scorpionmom]

Yes, definitely. I did not comment about it because I was thinking that it might just be a temporary enclosure, but I would say it needs more room as well. Just my opinion.

 

[sfpearl300z]

Thanks for the concern. Yes, it's a temporary enclosure. I was raising them from 2i to eventually keep 6 of them in a large 10g communal setup. I'm just waiting on 2 of them to molt and then they will be moved to a much more roomy home.

 

[Ecstasy]

Thanks for the concern. Yes, it's a temporary enclosure. I was raising them from 2i to eventually keep 6 of them in a large 10g communal setup. I'm just waiting on 2 of them to molt and then they will be moved to a much more roomy home.

Ah ok, I just figure that I would point my concern since it wasn't asked, looks nice though.

 

[sfpearl300z]

Just some updated shots!

G. grandidieri fresh molt:



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After hardening up:



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Gravid female C. gracilis, one of three:



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Adult male B. jacksoni:



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I removed female from the shared enclosure because she's getting ready for a brood, didn't want to disturb her for pics

Subadult(?) A. bicolor:



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Not sure of the sex on this one. There's a few more at the LPS where it came from. I'm going to try and get a mating pair.

A little A.a breeding project as well!

Rob's (Scorpendra) loaner male:



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and some pics of one of the breeding attempts!

(Did not go quite as planned. As it turns out, this female was already gravid and would not do the dance. This guy is now waiting for another girlfriend to molt (soon) and they should be ready to go.)

Just the female:



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Introducing the male:



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...it's just not working out:



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Thanks again Rob!

 

[Xanthopus]

Nice pics and collection. Better luck next time with ur AA mating . I love ur LQ, its so badass, one arm wont stop it from hunting its prey! The O galbifrons looks cute, in a weird way haha. Beautiful scorps u have :drool:. Thanks for sharing!

 

[2nscorpx]

You have a lot of nice species, especially the G. grandideri and O. glabifrons! It is great that you are trying to breed your scorpions. One question though, in the pictures of the recently molted G. grandideri, what is that stringy yellow-greenish grass stuff and where might you get it? It always looks attractive but I have never known what it was.

 

[Scorpendra]

Great to see he's doing well Good luck with the next attempt.

Beautiful pics of your collection too

-Rob

 

[sfpearl300z]

You have a lot of nice species, especially the G. grandideri and O. glabifrons! It is great that you are trying to breed your scorpions. One question though, in the pictures of the recently molted G. grandideri, what is that stringy yellow-greenish grass stuff and where might you get it? It always looks attractive but I have never known what it was.

The yellow-greenish grass stuff is just common terrarium moss. It's pretty common, I got it at my LPS any pet store should carry it.

Similar to this:

http://www.google.com/products/cata...a=X&ei=2JQcTrWROY6q0AHBqantBw&ved=0CFgQ8wIwAA

I think mine was a different brand, but it's similar. I use some of it for just decoration, and some to help regulate a humidity gradient for the gravid desert species.

Nice pics and collection. Better luck next time with ur AA mating . I love ur LQ, its so badass, one arm wont stop it from hunting its prey! The O galbifrons looks cute, in a weird way haha. Beautiful scorps u have :drool:. Thanks for sharing!

Thanks! They are all a bunch of characters.