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There is no paper in the water dish. When did this become arachnotrolls? Thanks Coldblood and Viper for hijacking this thread with your desire to show just how much you know. This is a temporary hold. Once there might have been a discussion of the cool things spiders do. But not anymore. Thanks...

Yeah, it's a rock. I think I shall add a depth of coconut bedding. Pretty Cool that it was trying to say that.... "Get this tube out of here" I've never seen a T move something in such a calculated manner. And I have actually had dozens of them over the years.

I recently acquired a Red Knee ( Brachypelma smithi) from an LPS. It was mislabeled as a Red Leg ( Fireleg? B. bohemi?) as was small and dull in color. I got it for a great price, so I brought it home and fattened it up. I have had this spider for about 4 months now. It has shed twice in that...

I nabbed a Pic I grabbed it off MSN. I thought we should have a Pic. of it here. Personally, I think it will show up in the hobby and it will be a good thing. How many P. mettallicas are there here as opposed to in the wild. Eventually, re-population will occur. Along with education.

Well, a bunch has happened in the last month or so. I got a Gooty sling, so now I have a year and a half to finish the growth in the vivarium. Which may be about right to try and get everything working well. Here it is: I'm not sure if the Lichen is going to make it. It's not so much the...

The Lichen lives! I was working on the moss chamber ( temporary home for the vivarium ) and I'm pretty sure I can declare the first part of the Lichen formula works: they're still alive! Here's a shot of the moss chamber (90Gal tank): Here's a close-up of the Lichen on the ceramic...

I tried the lichen application. So here's pics and details. I used the formula from the website I linked in my last post. It's called Magnificent Lichen Growth formula. I modified it because I didn't think I needed as much, and I had a bunch of loose Lichen- I wanted to use most of it. While I...

It's back, and it didn't crack! Sorry about the long wait everyone, I was prepping for vacation- which means cramming an extra week of work in before hand. So while it's been out of the kiln for almost two weeks, I've literally had no time for fun stuff like enclosures and posts. But I have...

First glazing The glaze fire completed, and it wasn't quite what I thought. Two glazes, that I've used a lot- but never together- appear to be almost the EXACT same color. So my vines came out the same as the surface behind them. As I've said, glaze is not paint. It doesn't alway behave- some...

Our pets get to enjoy the freedoms we don't. And that's okay... Maybe some day it'll be our turn: HpkmtweNQ-U "We'll make great Pets!"

Glaze firing I did get the time to glaze the background today, so it's going into the kiln tonight. I'm going to let my son run the fire while I'm at work. It's nice to have someone else around who likes doing it. Here's the glazed piece: It will look totally different, but I'm happy with...

Salamander "furniture" My Son took his piece out of the kiln this AM. I was at the fire stations annual pancake breakfast all morning, so he went ahead and stuck it in with his amphibian crew. It really came out astounding! All the shots have Salamanders in them, but what are you going to do...

Firing one is a success PRT2 Sorry. I reached the image limit so here's the rest.... Here it is fitted in the tank: Looks good. The top "mushroom" it made to hold a deli cup. I made holes beneath it, so that when spills occur they tumble down to the next "mushroom" to water the air...

Firing one is a success In ceramics patience is THE virtue. It took awhile to dry the piece, and then my 13 year-old son (who's on summer break) beat me into the kiln with a really cool structure for his salamander tank (you'll see it later) First: here's it going in the kiln: Here's the...

Unfortunately, unless you have a kiln, there's no firing at home. Yo need between 1300 and, say 1700 degrees F. to fuse the clay, most ovens don't have a melt-down setting. Schools and community colleges often have kilns, and they are often willing to share- the only problem being it's taken out...

The Slab roller is an Amaco here's the link: http://www.amaco.com/shop/product-193-brent-mini-src.html Here's the hint: buy a used one. The price used to be outrageous- now it's even worse. I saw a link to a DIY slabroller here:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOCoivzq_pg There is no doubt...

Rough Sculpting Well, I got some time today. And it actually only took a couple of hours. I have to admit that I know an awful lot about structural Terra-cotta- I used to do it for a living. I did the 2X2 ft tiles of columbines on Coors stadium in Denver years back, amongst a lot of other jobs...

Let the build begin Okay, here's the pics.. First, here's the tank as it comes out of storage with the chosen epoxy paint. I really want to try the screen sealing, because nothing else ventilates the same. It it fails, I'll try the acrylic with a few hundred holes in it. I did 8 coats on...

It's been quite a while since I've been on the boards. 4 years back I lost my house to forclosure -and a sizable T collection too. It took almost 4 years to get back to where I could even think about getting a T. Back in the day, I could never think about getting a Gooty (P. metallica- but you...

Jsut to clear things up a bit. When the auction was running there was no indication that it was european stock. In fact, the location was purported to be in New York. Only after bidding and confirming did I get the contact email that was in Great Britain. Interestingly, Metallica posted a link...