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Well ive always kept my desert scorps on natural colored or white sand but i just cleaned out an enclosure and decided to try black. It makes a huge difference and i can see the scorp so much easier now.
I think it will cause white reflects heat and light, while black attracts heat and light.yea its unique, and im guessing it will show cricket left overs and poop better so i can spot clean easier. Im woundering if it will heat up alot more than white if im using a redbulb?
Thanks, its exo-terra desert sand i got at a local reptile store.What kind of sand did you use? and where did you get it from? I'm thinking of picking up a H. arizonesis relatively soon and I love the way that looks, great job.
thanks, yea you will have to treat the sand with water and whatnot then it will be sutible for burrowingi don't know...but ideally you would add it in small layers, an inch or so at a time. Moisten the sand ahead of time or as you add it...pack it down pretty hard using your hand (or whatever you want), add another layer, compact, add layer, compact, and so on until it's the depth you want. You won't be able to just pour sand in a tank to allow tunneling, not quite that simple.
edit: btw...i really like how that tank looks
This kind of sand wouldn't be good if I were to use a setup that allowed a scorp to burrow?
Or some nice clay courtsey of your local little league field. LOLbeeennnnttooonniiiiite!
- munis
Ditto. I tried the black calci / desert sand mix for my Hadrurus, but it didn't hold, even after water mixing and tight compacting. For some reason the black sand -that I purchased- was much finer than the yellow or red, even the calci sand was quite fine. So I reverted back to the more regular colors where the calci sand, for whatever reason, is much chunkier and therefore more efficient for preparing a burrowing enivironment.I personally found it too fine to hold a burrow, and very dusty. But if you like it, why not?
what REALLY works for me and looks cool also is I get a bag of regular sand from home depot and about put about 4in on the bottom of my cage, then i lay about 1/2in of the nice expensive sand on the top... that way my cage looks nice, and it's preped for burrows. it's also nice because i don't have to waste alot of money on colored sand which is really a rip off.
oh yes of course, this was a suggestion for some1 who wants scorps to burrow in their enclosure.. if no then it is pointsless.depends on how you look at it, your paying for the color yes, so your paying for something different than normal sand. If you find it on sale, dont keep burrow setups, and want good looking enclosure than its not much of a ripoff.