36X18X12 tank for Ts

[Pyrelitha]

Ok so I just got this tank https://www.petco.com/shop/en/petcostore/product/exo-terra-large-low-terrarium-36x18x12
an exo terra tank thats quite large. I know it's probably too big for any one T, but I was thinking maybe I could seal a divider dead center and make it a tank for two separate Ts in one?? Is that possible?

 

[Lyrognathus]

Dividers are horrible. Never use them since most people tend to end up with one spider. Also, sometimes certain spiders will chew on the mesh (like my C. darlingi) so I'd skip that tank just for that reason. Shoe boxes, or 5 or 10 gallon tanks if you want a display tank is the way to go.

 

[Ellenantula]

Can't recommend. Too many variables to go wrong. Better in concept than execution. Or perhaps execution was what I meant....

 

[Nightstalker47]

Not worth the hassle IMO, and its very risky. If theres even the slightest gap between the two, one spider will squeeze through and turn the other into lunch.

 

[Pyrelitha]

Well it's not like they'd be small tarantulas. I was thinking more along the lines of housing two Adults in the separate sides, well is it too big to just house an adult A. Geniculata in then?

 

[Pyrelitha]

Dividers are horrible. Never use them since most people tend to end up with one spider. Also, sometimes certain spiders will chew on the mesh (like my C. darlingi) so I'd skip that tank just for that reason. Shoe boxes, or 5 or 10 gallon tanks if you want a display tank is the way to go.

I removed the mesh and replaced it. I got the tank cause it was 30dollars. Due to a small crack on the bottom they knocked off a lot.

 

[Nightstalker47]

Well it's not like they'd be small tarantulas. I was thinking more along the lines of housing two Adults in the separate sides

Even adults can be escape artists.

 

[Razzledazzy]

I wouldn't get anything bigger than 16 inches in length unless you're raising giants. Divider won't work. Why risk it? If you really want to use that tank why don't you purchase a lizard or something.

 

[StampFan]

Ok so I just got this tank https://www.petco.com/shop/en/petcostore/product/exo-terra-large-low-terrarium-36x18x12
an exo terra tank thats quite large. I know it's probably too big for any one T, but I was thinking maybe I could seal a divider dead center and make it a tank for two separate Ts in one?? Is that possible?

Excerpt from the Tarantula Keeper's Guide as to why this is a bad idea:

https://books.google.ca/books?id=rIVAkA3IlHgC&pg=PA133&lpg=PA133&dq=tarantula+keeper's+guide+divider&source=bl&ots=YassI83REi&sig=4ad7umYuDYvJ2W9ue9xGTjJIm8o&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwilu_eB4rrcAhUmHTQIHV8ZDUkQ6AEwCXoECAQQAQ#v=onepage&q=tarantula keeper's guide divider&f=false

 

[Pyrelitha]

Alright! Gotcha, no using it then. Damn they can escape easily. I guess I'll save it for something else.