yes, phase two of my conversion has begun ![Smile](https://thebts.co.uk/forums/core/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
this time it's with a 3ft tank with a cracked bottom. obviously no good for fish but ok for inverts. In particular my 'dry' species
I have put in 3 glass panels so far. Smaller enclosure size to the 4ft aquarium thread. these are 6" x 12" floor space. thankfully desert species are usually smaller than forest species.
I need to put at least one more partition in for the scorpions I am about to move into this new home. These scorpions will be 2 x smeringus mesaensis and 2 x scorpio maurus palmatus (one of which i think is gravid as well)
Anyway in the past the only 'dry' species I have kept are the hadogenes species, which dont burrow but live in cracks and crevices. So a suitable burowing substrate has never been an issue. until now!
I have a barrons book on scorpions which gives a nice recipe for burrowing desert substrate, basically
12-15 parts sand (play / desert)
1 part bentonite clay
1 part pea gravel.
I tried a small mixture and it appears to work well. solid enough not to collapse and loose enough to be dug up.
i might have to leave the end section a square foot enclosure... just in case I happen to buy, oooh i dunno... hadrurus arizonensis![Very Happy](https://thebts.co.uk/forums/core/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)
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this time it's with a 3ft tank with a cracked bottom. obviously no good for fish but ok for inverts. In particular my 'dry' species
I have put in 3 glass panels so far. Smaller enclosure size to the 4ft aquarium thread. these are 6" x 12" floor space. thankfully desert species are usually smaller than forest species.
I need to put at least one more partition in for the scorpions I am about to move into this new home. These scorpions will be 2 x smeringus mesaensis and 2 x scorpio maurus palmatus (one of which i think is gravid as well)
Anyway in the past the only 'dry' species I have kept are the hadogenes species, which dont burrow but live in cracks and crevices. So a suitable burowing substrate has never been an issue. until now!
I have a barrons book on scorpions which gives a nice recipe for burrowing desert substrate, basically
12-15 parts sand (play / desert)
1 part bentonite clay
1 part pea gravel.
I tried a small mixture and it appears to work well. solid enough not to collapse and loose enough to be dug up.
i might have to leave the end section a square foot enclosure... just in case I happen to buy, oooh i dunno... hadrurus arizonensis
![Very Happy](https://thebts.co.uk/forums/core/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)
pictures to follow shortly
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