http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjMdioiifrY

...No, not that kind! Thank FSM my computer still works.

Anyway, I got myself an emperor scorpion. I've had the tank set up for a while as I've been prepping for one, but finally got around to picking one up. I got it at the same place that I got my BP, seeing as their care is unbelievably great.

I have 3 inches of sanitary potting soil as a burrow-able substrate, with a smidge of cypress at the top to make things look aesthetic. I have him housed (alone) in a 5 gallon aquarium that I refurbished just for this purpose, with a custom plexiglass lid (w/ a humidity slider I installed over the vent) that I made. I've got the original aquarium hood, that I outfitted with a 15 watt fluorescent black light. I've got a small heat mat on the back of the tank (outside) which is also blacked out with some stick on star-paper I found laying around. I made his hide out of an old corner-dish my brother used for his geckos and frogs, which I promptly took a hacksaw to allow entry. There are some pieces of balsa wood in there, as well as a water dish with stones at the bottom to prevent drowning. Humidity is maintained at 50-60%, and the temperature gradient ranges from 75-90.

Whoo-boy. Did I cover everything?

Now, here are pics, for all your viewing pleasures.

Empty tank

Tank in use

My cricket house

Caught him drinking shortly after introducing him to the house

In his hide

Attacking the camera!