Keeping multiple Asian forest scorpions in one tank

[SEPrice]

I recently acquired a rather large tank (29 gallons, 30" x 12" floor space), and I was thinking about keeping multiple in one tank. I am worried about the safety of them, as I don't want unnecessary injuries to each other due to my desires for their enclosure. I know the safest bet would be just to house one, but I was wondering about other people's experiences housing multiple and any tips that could help.

I haven't actually got the scorpions yet, I'm waiting till I set up the tank properly. I'm not sure of the exact species but I know this Heterometrus is native to Vietnam, being sold as a Vieneamese forest scorpion.

I had one housed alone, bought another put them together and all was well, added a third and the two smaller ones seemed to have killed the larger one...they ate a large amount of it....These two remaining have been housed together now for months and they sleep close together under a slab of bark. Seem fine.... we'll see as time passes how this arrangement works out longterm.

 

[NJDavy43]

I actually am currently housing 2 H. Spinifer together in a 40gal breeder. Lots of floor space and 8 different hides for the 2 to choose from. They tend to avoid eachother but I have seen them both out and about the tank without chasing eachother down. So far it’s working out well but I’ve only recently set these two up together in the last 3 months so we will see how it continues to go in the future.

 

[Kada]

Genuine question. If it is known and established that cannibalism is on the table, even if only sometimes, why risk sacrificing the life of the animals? Seems somewhat irresponsible to do so knowing it may cause death or injury to the very animals we are supposedly supposed to be caring for.

Just seems counter intuitive to me, I am curious the reasoning behind it

 

[The Snark]

I have no idea regarding cannibalism but at the tourist displays where 10 or more have been placed in a display arena, about a 10 foot across bare dirt or concrete area, several had a missing leg or more. Unscientific survey since the keepers probably removed the badly maimed ones.
Just seems very easy for them, deliberately or inadvertently, to clamp a fellow occupants leg. Badly injured individuals will of course become meals since they are opportunity feeders.

 

[NJDavy43]

Genuine question. If it is known and established that cannibalism is on the table, even if only sometimes, why risk sacrificing the life of the animals? Seems somewhat irresponsible to do so knowing it may cause death or injury to the very animals we are supposedly supposed to be caring for.

Just seems counter intuitive to me, I am curious the reasoning behind it

Honestly I really enjoy keeping pairs of animals together and really tend to only keep things I know will be 100% okay together. Putting these two together is really a trial run for me and unfortunately I’m going to have to cut it short as my female is not doing well so I’ve removed the male. Now that being said I don’t think it has anything to do with the two of them being together that she’s not doing well, because as far as i could tell they really couldn’t care less that there was a second scorp in the same tank. Not often but sometimes I would see them both wondering around the tank but majority of the time they seemed to take turns exploring. So my real reason doing this is more just experimenting to see if this specific species could be co habed if done right. And as far as I can tell if you offer lots of room lots of hides both warm cool humid and dry, and a self sustaining ecosystem they seem to do just fine together. We won’t ever find out if they could be co habed if we never try

 

[AJUKES90]

Hello all, hope you are all well,

I’ve literally just been to check on my scorplings (6 months old roughly) to find I only had 1 out and about. I moved the hide and water bowl to discover only a small part of the other scorpling left, was in total shock as I believed they got on very well together, after reading some of the comments I’ve come to learn it’s not a rarity for this to happen. So out of my 3 I only have 1 left now, 1 died through a malt and obviously the 2nd being eaten.
On another note how long roughly would anyone suggest till my remaining scorpling be at full size? It doesn’t seem as if it has grown much since ownership but then I think well I see them on a daily basis so I probably wouldn’t notice the growth as much. All in it’s about half the size of my baby finger so roughly 1 inch or so.