Maternal P. imperators

[Formerphobe]

lol I missed this thread. Hey could you take a wide angle pic of the 40 gal you have them in? I've seen some behavior like that too but I didn't pay so close attention. The most I've seen is the mother killing something and dropping it, then the babies dig in.

Here's a link from when I transferred them.
http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?223121-Very-unhappy-P.-imperators-(

 

[Formerphobe]

I just acquired a free 50 gallon tank with stand, cover and multiple heat lamps. I believe the babies have a new home. I missed getting a free 100 gallon which would have housed all the scorps and allowed for continued growth. Oh, well. The 50 gallon fits in my room and the 40 gallon adult tank can go on the second shelf.

 

[Formerphobe]

In the process of rehousing to a larger communal tank, I've counted 20 babies from the second January brood and 17 from the April brood. There were 23 in the first January brood.
I also got in some 'new blood', a couple of males and some unsexed juvies, to add to the gene pool.

 

[Formerphobe]

Haven't replaced the plants yet, have more due to be delivered tomorrow.

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New emps were thirsty upon arrival.

Two of the mamas - mother and daughter.

Pandinus piles


One April baby molted while in the holding tank.

 

[ShredderEmp]

LOve how you called it a Pandinus pile haha. Is the mother-daughter duo gravid?

 

[Formerphobe]

LOve how you called it a Pandinus pile haha. Is the mother-daughter duo gravid?

Not at the moment. I just received a male and have put him to work, so we'll see what happens in 6 - 9 months or so.

 

[ShredderEmp]

Not at the moment. I just received a male and have put him to work, so we'll see what happens in 6 - 9 months or so.

Nice. Good luck!

 

[Formerphobe]

Plants arrived! Now they just need time to grow. New batch of isopods will be in next week. All those babies wreaked havoc on the isopod colony!

 

[ShredderEmp]

Love the moss.

 

[Formerphobe]

Love the moss.

Thanks. Me, too. I just hope it fares better than the last moss I had which ended up a lovely decaying brown mess. Gack!

 

[ShredderEmp]

Thanks. Me, too. I just hope it fares better than the last moss I had which ended up a lovely decaying brown mess. Gack!

I could see how torn up those backhoes would make it. What happened to your isopods? Mine just always died off.

 

[Formerphobe]

I could see how torn up those backhoes would make it. What happened to your isopods? Mine just always died off.

Amazingly, the scorpions left the moss alone. It just didn't thrive. :-(

I had the same thriving isopod colony for over four years. Started with about 10, then there were hundreds! I even transplanted them into other humid enclosures (Avic, Ephebopus, Haplo). I guess all the babies this year found them to be tasty little morsels. The adults never bothered with them.

I'm getting cultures of T. tomentosa, P. scaber, P. pruinosus. Going to keep a separate isopod tank so I always have some. They're great little maintenance workers.

 

[ShredderEmp]

Amazingly, the scorpions left the moss alone. It just didn't thrive. :-(

I had the same thriving isopod colony for over four years. Started with about 10, then there were hundreds! I even transplanted them into other humid enclosures (Avic, Ephebopus, Haplo). I guess all the babies this year found them to be tasty little morsels. The adults never bothered with them.

I'm getting cultures of T. tomentosa, P. scaber, P. pruinosus. Going to keep a separate isopod tank so I always have some. They're great little maintenance workers.

I'm trying to culture them for when I get some again, but I don't know how to tell if the isopods are reproducing.

 

[Formerphobe]

I threw 10 near adults in the original scorpion tank. Next thing I knew I was seeing lots of all sizes. I've seen wild 'roly polys' carrying their young on their ventrums, but have never observed that in any of my enclosures.

 

[ShredderEmp]

I threw 10 near adults in the original scorpion tank. Next thing I knew I was seeing lots of all sizes. I've seen wild 'roly polys' carrying their young on their ventrums, but have never observed that in any of my enclosures.

Ok, then I guess I might have them breeding after all.

 

[shebeen]

Shredder, try adding some decaying leaf litter to your Emperor enclosure to give your isopods something to eat and a place for the immatures to hide. Usually, they can't really survive on uneaten cricket parts alone.

 

[ShredderEmp]

Shredder, try adding some decaying leaf litter to your Emperor enclosure to give your isopods something to eat and a place for the immatures to hide. Usually, they can't really survive on uneaten cricket parts alone.

Well since Shredder died there is nothing in there, but I have been trying to raise them in a deli cup. I fed them raspberries which molded, but now are almost nothing but dirt. There is a pice of egg carton that is in there, but I don't know if they are using it. Lots of them burrowed in. I'll try the leaves once I get another Emperor.

 

[shebeen]

Try tossing a couple pieces of dog or cat food kibble into the deli cup. It will mold, but that's alright. The isopods will eat both the mold and the kibble. I also offer my cultures slivers of carrot, potato and mushrooms.

 

[ShredderEmp]

Try tossing a couple pieces of dog or cat food kibble into the deli cup. It will mold, but that's alright. The isopods will eat both the mold and the kibble. I also offer my cultures slivers of carrot, potato and mushrooms.

I got both dogs and cats so which d you think they like better?

 

[shebeen]

I don't think it matters, they're not real picky.