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She's actually quite pretty for a stirmi. Congrats the find!

Agreed. I remember I read an article about a year ago that was about a man who was arrested for possessing a bunch of illegally imported venomous snakes and his girlfriend had died from a bite "apparently". The article didn't bother me too much, but one of the comments and many like it did. It...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2103818/Father-collapses-bitten-10-times-UKs-venomous-spider-falls-HOOD.html I'm having a very difficult time believing the spider even had enough venom to inject ten times. Perhaps his reaction was to the initial bite? I'm not sure, the article is...

Good to know, thank you. I'll siphon out most of the water and clean it as best I can. Don't know how I'll get the "mold" out without disturbing the gravel though.

Thank you very much for that information. I was afraid the Koi might be a problem. I've kept the light off in the tank and algae has already started to discolor a bit but now there is another problem... There's this bizarre white dirt-like stuff at the bottom of the tank. It looks kind of...

The tank is small, only a five gallon and honestly I'm not even sure he's a true Koi fish. He was what I'll just call a "Walmart rescue", if that makes any sense. He's only about two and a half inches long, and hasn't gotten much bigger since I got him. I've been told that Koi's only grow to fit...

Snails eat algae? Hm, that's a thought then. Though, I'd be concerned about my crayfish trying to eat the snails... I turn the tank light off every night to simulate a day-night cycle. I suppose I could make it night all the time.

I was afraid of that. What you recommend to deal with the algae then, you know, beyond manual scrubbing?

Wow, I am sorry you had to put up with that crap. At my job I am fortunate enough to have coworkers who aren't complete imbeciles and, while one of them is quite afraid of anything small and crawly, they will call me out of my office to remove any spiders, rather than squashing them. I've...

This may not be the correct forum for this, but whatever. A mod can move this if I am wrong. Sorry if I am. I have a couple of fish tanks, but the one in question has a rather significant algae problem. It's...everywhere. I would like to do something about it, but any anti-algae solution I...

The only thing I'm worried about personally is if the theory that she's molting right-side up is correct, then how badly are you messing her up by moving her to an ICU? This is a difficult situation. Pictures of the whole enclosure might help a bit as then we could rule out any other possible...

I would argue against that on the grounds that she wasn't even fully mature yet.

Lost my A. avic. a few months back to unknown causes. It was upsetting. She was my first T.

Yea, it sounds like she's just protecting her home. You'd probably just stress her out by removing it.

My G. rosea is the pure embodiment of apathy.

Ahem, sorry, I was wrong regarding the hairs.

So...it is my understanding that G. roseas don't actually flick hairs. I didn't see anything wrong with the video. The girl was actually handling the T. quite appropriately from my point of view. She wasn't squeezing, she was being gentle, she gently tapped it to move it along. All in all a...

My rosea does this all the time too. Some call it a "feeding mat", but as for why they do it I have no idea. But it is typical rosea behavior.

You should probably ask for a transfer if he's that idiotic. Sorry for your loss.

He stuffed them into those tiny little bags? That's just disgusting. Most of the spiders probably died in transit that way. Also: Careful children, or the giant centipedes will rip your face off. :wall: ---------- Post added 10-20-2011 at 12:25 PM ---------- Okay, sorry to double...