brood as of 23rd feb2010 - the little 1st instar scorplings have molted into 2nd instar today ")

How come they're so fast turning into 2nd instar?
comparing to other sp

Nice, mine molted on the 4th day too

Then the wait for 3rd instar comes, which seems to take almost forever. Lol.

hmm guys .. i am wondering...

this female is female ????

and this is male ???


both are now at their 6th instar ...

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Added on February 25, 2010, 11:42 amor did i get it wrong and it should be the other way around ???

This post has been edited by s98432512: Feb 25 2010, 11:42 AM

Mine was slightly more than 1month
The waiting for AFS to molt is longer

I tot we told u the other day to snap a pic of its pectines?
Can eeeeaaaaasssssiiiiiilllllllllyyyyyyy tell the sex by there

HAHAHAHAHA ...

i tried but all the little teeth can't been seen

We are not counting teeth, even it's blurry still possible to tell
U know how to sex them right?
Someone posted a picture to show the different to u last time when u ask bout it in another forum

OMG,
my AFS brood left 3 scorplings only
any idea?

the female afs might be disturb and felt threathen ..
it might be hungry too after giving birth .. and took the babies as lunch ...

Sorry for the wrong post,
i was curious and i digged the whole substrate out and
found them all burrowing in a same place
BTW In total,
there are 23 of them,
2 of them passed away without reason

This post has been edited by tunemystylez: Feb 25 2010, 04:20 PM

Well speaking about AFS babies.. my 1st brood still havent molted.. but the 2nd one some has molted to 4th instar and as far as i can see none were eaten. They all run around their mother... cute little fella. should i separate them now or just leave them b with mommy.. coz Alex told me to separate them once they turn to 4i but it seems they molt faster with mother or in a group. so.. should i make some experiment with them.. like making some stay with mum and some in group...

You can observe longer first only decide or can also separate and leave a few to observe

Sorry to ask,
is 2nd instar AFS still in white - brown colour range?

2 little H.h scorplings climb down le

Yes

Congrate, picture of them running around with the mother in the same enclosure are cool

i beem wondering on a few questions on isopods

1) does any one one of you guys add iso pods as cleaning crew in ur scorpion tank or T tank ??

2) Which type of isopods are the cleaning crew type ?

#) will the scorpion eat the iso pods ??

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Added on February 26, 2010, 3:17 pmbtw ... got a friend interested in Liocheles Australasiae.. anyone got a few to spare for adoption ?

This post has been edited by s98432512: Feb 26 2010, 03:17 PM

hi guys, i got 6 afs which i bought from exoreptile.
now i got few noobie question here.......possible if i put them in a sand tank? can they survive? or they need to be in moisture enviroment to survive?
thinking of this bcoz i m actually using coconut peat as thier bedding now, but the mites problem pop out....so is thinking to put them in a dry sandy tank. possible?

Possible, provide if its feed regularly and have a water dish in it
But i wouldn't recommend as it's not a good way to keep a afs....
Those mites u mention are probably springtail which cause no harm to the scorp and will only wandering on the substrate and clean up uneaten food
Unless those mites are sticking on ur scorp and doesn't move around then u ll have to worry
Exoreptile's afs, like other seller are wild caught, chance of them having mites on them are high anw

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Added on March 1, 2010, 1:55 amAnw u are one of the seller who bought a YFT from leetplayer last time rite?

This post has been edited by RyoKenzaki: Mar 1 2010, 01:55 AM

ic......i m not sure wat mite is that, but some in white color n some in orange color. just quite irritating seeing wandering in my tank.and actually there are 2 reason i thinking to change to sand tank
1. to get rid of those stvpid mite
2. to have better viewing pleasure (is already 3 month since i got them, but is less then 3 time i see them preying)
between, should i seperate them? coz after crawling the thread i found out there are risk keeping them in group.

no, i never buy anything from leetplayer b4, i only stick to afs so far.
n this is my second time trying luck on afs....hope things just go alrite...