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Congratulations! That is as simple an enclosure they need? No much fuss to it it seems. I definitely need to start reading on them. I am happy for you and your new flatmate.
Species of scorpion?
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Needs deeper substrate of a 70 / 30 mix of sand and excavator clay for burrowing.My scorpion's final home
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I have not yet used excavator clay. Does it harden to a point that no more burrowing can happen?
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Commonly called sandy loam. Enough clay present to lend cohesiveness but not enough to become an near impermeable mass. Proportions depend on who you ask.
Sandy Loam Soil Characteristics Every Gardening Lover Must Know
Based on their particle size, soils are classified into sandy, loamy, and clayey soils. A combination of sandy and loamy soils, the sandy loam soil type has 60% sand, 30% silt, and 10% clay. Gardenerdy lists the characteristics of sandy loam soil.
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I love the Loam pyramid. We have to learn it by heart and be able to categorize aggregates, by touch and sight, in my work.Commonly called sandy loam. Enough clay present to lend cohesiveness but not enough to become an near impermeable mass. Proportions depend on who you ask.
Sandy Loam Soil Characteristics Every Gardening Lover Must Know
Based on their particle size, soils are classified into sandy, loamy, and clayey soils. A combination of sandy and loamy soils, the sandy loam soil type has 60% sand, 30% silt, and 10% clay. Gardenerdy lists the characteristics of sandy loam soil.Loam - Wikipedia
I don’t trust marketed items though.
Just heard so many people say it hardens permanently. Did not know the truth of it.
I read @l4ansky use it in a mixture of substrates for Aphonopelma. It might have been another species though. So that is when i started to get curious about it.
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Sandy loam, called the gardeners friend in that it is permeable enough for the nutrients from the detritus to be carried deep into the soil.
In our case, and much of S.E.Asia, the clay content is too high, and the soil mingy, low in nutrients. When people want healthy gardens they truck in rice field skimming which is essentially bio-hyperactive mud when wet. (Wet rice fields that grow algae like wildfire.)
In our case, and much of S.E.Asia, the clay content is too high, and the soil mingy, low in nutrients. When people want healthy gardens they truck in rice field skimming which is essentially bio-hyperactive mud when wet. (Wet rice fields that grow algae like wildfire.)
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One adjustment I would make to the enclosure is get one vertical or near vertical cork/rock hide so your scorpion can safely molt.
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H. arizonensis is not arboreal. Vertical platforms are not necessary and in fact could prove to be detrimental.
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No. As long as you use the proper consistency.
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Thank you for that clarification. I will be stocking up on this sooner then later, knowing this.
I will make sure to use it with other substrate to try and get a good balance of aggregates.
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Use a ratio of 70 / 30.
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That makes a lot of sense, I was convinced that all scorps required at least a small piece of cork bark or something to molt properly, at least that's what I heard when I started keeping scorps, classic misconstrued info. Thanks for clearing that up, I will avoid vertical surfaces for any scorp that is not a Centruroides sp from here on out.
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