Bugs?

Skyswiftwing

Arachnopeon
Joined
Aug 24, 2007
Messages
30
Hi there, me again... Lol. I just cant seem to get this scorp thing down.

Ok so.. I had an old enclosure with my first Imp (Lex) in it. I brought in the second Imp (Houdini) in. A week or so later Lex died. I cleaned out the enclosure (soil, rocks, lex =( ) I cleaned out the 10gallon aquarium, boiled the rocks and put in new soil. So Houdini is enjoying his new enclosure (there were heat issues, that i dealt with. About a week ago there were a bunch of little flies collecting on the sides of the Aquarium. So again I redid the soil, and actually switched to an all new enclosure, reboiled the rocks/hide/waterdish. Two days later, the flies are coming back. I think they might be carried on the scorp. Is there a way to wash the scorp? Or any other suggestions? Thanks a bunch

Thanks again.
 

invertoholic

Arachnosquire
Old Timer
Joined
Apr 3, 2008
Messages
62
ok without a description of the flies or a pic it's kinda hard to tell you but from what i have come to learn from my past dealings either A: they are coming from your home and entering the scorps tank or B: they are emerging from the soil you are using instead of tossing it try spreading the soil out on a high sided cookie sheet pan and baking it at 350f for 30 to 50 minutes allow to cool and return to your scorps tank if the flies return then you know that it is from your home you can put either finer screen in the tank top with some pet safe epoxy or use muslin cloth that should do the trick
 

gh0001356

Arachnosquire
Old Timer
Joined
Oct 18, 2005
Messages
117
Do the flies run around the sides of the enclosure of fly off when disturbed? If they run they are probably scuttle flies. They can be very bad for your scorpions if they start laying eggs inside the enclosure or on your scorpion.
 
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