Greg In The Desert

I thought I would try to turn a negative into a positive with my scorpions situation by capturing them and keeping in them in a glassed habitat in the house. Perhaps there’s money to be made selling scorpions.

The first thing I did was to clean out a 10 gallon aquarium that was being unused.

I then added cactus from the back yard.

I then added some sandy soil (commonly referred to as dirt), also from the back yard.

I then added a pile of rocks, from the front yard this time.

I then added the scorpion (Vaejovis flavus). This one came from inside the house.

The first scorpion died after keeping it in the tank for about a month. This was despite providing it several crickets that it quickly ate.

Since Saturn the cat came along, I rarely get a scorpion before she kills them. Plus she is has eliminated the scorpion food supply in the house so I don’t know that I will get much more of them. The tank currently sits empty.

Monsterfishkeepers.com is a message board for people keeping big fish in big tanks. User johnptc posts pictures of a giant tank being made of concrete block and steel.

In Russia, Intel’s advertising vehicle is literally a vehicle. A Tank. Also: hot chicks.

I’m skeptical that cybertank.ru is an official effort by Intel. Looks more like a third party using Intel’s advertising funds.

It’s been about 10 days since I set up my aquarium and I’ve suffered 2 losses. After a few days I did the testing for ammonia, nitrides and nitrates and everything looked good. I put in two Bala Sharks, they died almost instantly.

What a waste. As far as I can tell, my test kit chemical had degraded and wasn’t giving accurate readings. I bought a new test kit which showed a high nitrite level. The tank has since settled down and I proceeded to add more fish.

I first added two White Clouds (Tanichthys albonubes), which really are not tropical fish but minnows that come from cool streams in China. They don’t seem to mind the tropical environment and they were really cheap. Next I added a Gold Gourami and a Blue Grurami, both which are doing just fine.

It’s been a long time since I had a aquarium set up. I was given a Eclipse tank for free and I have the perfect place for it right next the fire place.

I still have some work to do to the lighting. The original eclipse hood was broken and ugly, I ended up throwing that away and putting a regular glass hood on. I also need to clean up some of the calcium build up. I also ordered a inline heater to go along with my fancy canister filter.

The first fish will probably be bala sharks (Balantiocheilus melanopterus), they are very hardy and can tolerate the conditions of the new aquarium. From there I will probably put in a algae eater (Gyrinocheilus aymonieri), then freshwater angelfish (Pterophyllum).