New to Scorpions

[bassic_person]

Originally Posted by scorpion guy

yer hes a male and by the way mealworms have little nutritional value and superworms are very fatty.
if ur looking to grow him as big as u can id go for superworms and maxworms and tong fed.

i just hand feed them they dont use there tail very often at all and when they do the sting is pretty mild.

Yeah, I was just giving mealworms a try for a little bit.

I ended up trading this scorpion with a friend who had a female (she was looking to breed in a little while, but she had two females). This one *loves* to hunt down here prey; It's pretty fantastic. I'm using pinheads for now, as I'm enjoying watching her grab handfuls of crickets.

[scorpion guy]

Originally Posted by bassic_person

Do you guys recommend using meal/superworms? I don't use them for my G. rosea, but they're easy enough to keep around if they're good for a P. imperator.

Also, in terms of heat pads, I need a little help. My apartment is typically around 80 degrees, so I was hoping to get a heating pad. However, I can't a find a good one that will fit a 5.5 gallon tank (measurements are ~8" x 10"). There's an Exo Terra heat pad (Heat Wave Desert) that would fit, but it could run a little hot (8w for a smaller tank could dry everything out, couldn't it?). Would it be easier to get a larger pad at 4w and mount it on the side of the tank?

mealworms have little nutritional value and superworms are very fatty.
id go super worms as a somtimes food and crickets most of the time.

ohk fair enough wat area are u from

[bassic_person]

Originally Posted by scorpion guy

ohk fair enough wat area are u from

Toronto, Ont.

Also, to address me earlier issues with taking UV light pictures, I finally found a good setting. Now if only Sele would stay still more often. Here are the results:







I submitted the last one for the February Picture of the Month thread, mostly because I really like how crisp it came out.

[scorpion guy]

nice its hard to get pics of scorps under uv keeping there shape that is.