KaroKoenig
Arachnobaron
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- Dec 7, 2019
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So, I am right now waiting for my breeder to find me a juvenile C. versicolor. And I've been thinking about what I like to call the "water dish problem": Place it on the ground - spider might not be willing to get down to drink. Glue it at some elevated place - spider might crap into it. Here's what I came up with:
- get a piece of bamboo
- steal Lego from your son
As you can see in the pictures, I used one of those antennas (I think it was in some rescue ship kit) and hotglued it right into the hollow bamboo. The other pieces I glued to two bottle caps. Those clip nicely and firmly to the antenna end sticking out of the bamboo, but can be lego-easily detached for cleaning. Here's the end result in the terrarium. For reference: the terrarium is 15 x 15 x 25 cm:
I think it looks pretty good. I'll keep you updated on how it works. I don't particularly like hot snot, because it doesn't form a good bond and might actually fall off during rinsing. I wanted to avoid other glue for the moment, though, because of possible nasty fumes. We'll see how it turns out.
One more thing: I have room for a significant amount of substrate in this tank, and I am using compacted forest soil. That stuff is pretty stable, and the bamboo holds very well. I would predict that in junk like coco fibre (especially when dry), this will probably need some extra stability somehow.
Let me know what you think.
- get a piece of bamboo
- steal Lego from your son
As you can see in the pictures, I used one of those antennas (I think it was in some rescue ship kit) and hotglued it right into the hollow bamboo. The other pieces I glued to two bottle caps. Those clip nicely and firmly to the antenna end sticking out of the bamboo, but can be lego-easily detached for cleaning. Here's the end result in the terrarium. For reference: the terrarium is 15 x 15 x 25 cm:
I think it looks pretty good. I'll keep you updated on how it works. I don't particularly like hot snot, because it doesn't form a good bond and might actually fall off during rinsing. I wanted to avoid other glue for the moment, though, because of possible nasty fumes. We'll see how it turns out.
One more thing: I have room for a significant amount of substrate in this tank, and I am using compacted forest soil. That stuff is pretty stable, and the bamboo holds very well. I would predict that in junk like coco fibre (especially when dry), this will probably need some extra stability somehow.
Let me know what you think.
