Scorpion Tank!

Scorpy. For lack of imagination.

Closeup of moss and pebbled surface.

Scorpy's home, with cave, cactus and Japanese contemplation pool.

Well, you can clearly see that the pictures are not from Halo so i'll just explain. I used to have a pet Malayan jungle scorpion. I assembled it a pretty nice tank too.

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For the tank, or as i prefer; terrarrium, nmrgh but it's so hard to spell.. so nah it's tank... i bought the following items:
1x glass aquarium with rounded front corners
1x bag small pebbles
1x bag medium pebbles
3x cacti of varying species
1x bag soil.

...and found the following items:
1x rock / cave roof
4-5x pieces of moss for decor

First, i needed a water dish. I also wanted it to look nice and natural. So i used a clear plastic container's top cover (mine is square and roughly 5in x 5in) as a dish.

Then i poured in the small pebbles to fill the bottom of the aquarium. Now the dish is hidden. I made a small pool side area for Scorpy using medium stones and then poured in the dirt and transplanted the cacti. I kept the dirt in a mound to the side so there was some layering to the terrain. Then i found some moss (growing on the side of certain trees) with lovely lichen leaves on it and sliced off a few pieces to transplant to the tank for a grassy finish. I also found a nice rock that made a nice cave once a hole was dug around one side and that provided Scorpy with shelter.



Sorry for the lou-yah pictures, i never thought to take proper photos of my tank, so i used my old Nokia phone for these shots. One day, i hope to post Scorpy's story, and his tragic end. I also hope to rebuild... a new, and better tank! More thoughtfully and ergonomically designed. An arachnid-approved abode! OK i'll stop now. Heh..